CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 276(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act providing for a  credit against the oil and gas                                                                    
     production  tax  for   costs  incurred  for  conducting                                                                    
     seismic  exploration   and  drilling  certain   oil  or                                                                    
     natural  gas  exploration   wells  in  certain  basins;                                                                    
     relating  to the  determination of  the production  tax                                                                    
     value  of oil  and gas  production; and  relating to  a                                                                    
     special tax  rate for new  oil or gas  production south                                                                    
     of 68 degrees North latitude."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 276(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.