HB 223-TAX & ROYALTY FOR CERTAIN GAS                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:11:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 223, "An Act  relating to the production  tax and                                                               
royalty  rates on  certain gas;  and providing  for an  effective                                                               
date."  [Before  the committee, adopted as a  working document on                                                               
2/23/24, was the  proposed committee substitute (CS)  for HB 223,                                                               
Version 33-LS0886\S, Nauman, 2/10/24 ("Version S").]                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:12:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCKAY  opened  public  testimony   on  HB  223.      After                                                               
ascertaining  that no  one wished  to testify,  he closed  public                                                               
testimony on  HB 223 and  announced that  the bill would  be held                                                               
over.