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HB 246                                                                                            
The Resources Committee has considered:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 246                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the limitation on upland acreage that a person                              
    may take or hold under oil and gas leases; and providing for an                                 
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 246(RES)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to oil and gas, to certain audits regarding oil and                            
    gas royalty and net profits, to audits regarding costs relating to                              
    exploration incentive credits and oil and gas exploration licenses,                             

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    and to the limitation on upland acreage that a person may take or                               
    hold under oil and gas leases; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Fate, Chair, with the                                       
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (4):  Gatto, Morgan, Cissna, Fate                                                           
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (1):  Wolf                                                                        
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 246(RES):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                       
                                                                                                    
HB 246 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                     
calendar.