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HB 246                                                                                            
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the May 15,                                 
2003, calendar (page 1692), was read the third time:                                                
                                                                                                    
    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,                             
    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."                            
                                                                                                    
Title Amendment was offered by Representative Kerttula:                                             
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 1, following "relating":                                                               
 Delete "to oil and gas,"                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that                                      
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Fate objected and withdrew the objection.  There being                               
no further objection, it was so ordered and the new title follows:                                  
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 246(RES)(title am)                                                        
    "An Act relating to certain audits regarding oil and gas royalty and                            
    net profits, to audits regarding costs relating to exploration                                  

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    incentive credits and oil and gas exploration licenses, 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 question being:  "Shall CSHB 246(RES)(title am) pass the                                        
House?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                              
                                                                                                    
CSHB 246(RES)(title am)                                                                             
Third Reading                                                                                       
Final Passage                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford,                                    
Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris,                                
Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Lynn,                                       
Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton,                                      
Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf                                                
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Croft, Joule, Kookesh, Moses                                                              
                                                                                                    
And so, CSHB 246(RES)(title am) passed the House.                                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                             
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 246(RES)(title am) was referred to the Chief Clerk for                                         
engrossment.