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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2

                                    BYLAWS

                                      OF

                             PLAINS RESOURCES INC.
                    (hereinafter called the "Corporation")

                                   ARTICLE I

                                    OFFICES

     Section 1.  Registered Office.  The registered office of the Corporation
shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

     Section 2.  Other Offices.  The Corporation may also have offices at such
other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.

                                  ARTICLE II

                           MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     Section 1.  Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the Stockholders for the
election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and
place, either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the
meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

     Section 2.  Annual Meetings.  The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be
held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by
the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which
meetings the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors,
and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Written notice of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not
less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

     Section 3.  Special Meetings.  Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose
or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman if there be one or (ii)
the President, and shall be called by any officer of the Corporation at the
request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors or at the request in
writing of stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the
Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.  Such request shall
state the purpose or purposes of the proposed
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meeting. Written notice of a Special Meeting stating the place, date and hour of
the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be
given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting
to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

     Section 4.  Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the capital stock
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the
stockholders for the transaction of business.  If, however, such quorum shall
not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders,  the
stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or
represented.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally noticed.  If after any adjournment a new record date
is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

     Section 5.  Voting.  Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question brought before any meeting of
stockholders shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the
stock represented and entitled to vote thereat.  Each stockholder represented at
a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of
the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder.  Such votes
may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after one
year from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  The Board
of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at
a meeting of stockholders, in his discretion, may require that any votes cast at
such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

     Section 6.  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.  The officer of the
Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare
and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete
list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number
of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  Such list shall be open
to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting,
during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,

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which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall also be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of the Corporation who is
present.

     Section 7.  Stock Ledger.  The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the
only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock
ledger, the list required by Section 6 of this Article II or the books of the
Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   DIRECTORS

     Section 1.  Number and Election of Directors.  Upon adoption of this
Section 1, the Board of Directors shall consist of twelve directors, and
thereafter the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of
Directors may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors,
but in no case shall be less than five directors.  Except as provided in Section
2 of this Article, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast
at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold
office until the next Annual Meeting and until his successor is duly elected and
qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.  Any director may resign
at any time upon notice to the Corporation.  Directors need not be stockholders.

     Section 2.  Vacancies.  Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from
the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or
other cause and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
authorized number of directors may be filled only by a majority vote of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and directors so chosen
shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of
stockholders.  No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting
the entire Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

     Section 3.  Duties and Powers.  The business of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise
all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws
directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

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     Section 4.  Meetings.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the
Board of Directors.   Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called
by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or any three directors.  Notice
thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each
director either by mail not less than three (3) days before the date of the
meeting or by telephone, telecopy or telegram on twenty-four (24)  hours notice.

     Section 5.  Quorum.  Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the
Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the
directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of
the Board of Directors.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the
Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present.

     Section 6.  Actions of Board.  Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken
at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be
taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or
committee.

     Section 7.  Meetings By Means of Conference Telephone.  Unless otherwise
provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board
of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such
committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other,
and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.

     Section 8.  Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed
by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or

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more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate
one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any
absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Any
committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution
establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporaration. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and
report to the Board of Directors when required.

     Section 9.  Compensation.  The directors may be paid their expenses, if
any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a
fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and unless
otherwise prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
such other compensation as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of
Directors. No such compensation shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.

     Section 10.  Interested Directors.  No contract or transaction between the
Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the
Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or
officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for
this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or
participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which
authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are
counted for such purpose if (i) the material facts as to his or their
relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or
are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors
or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the
disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to
his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the
stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation
as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of
Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested
directors may be counted in determining the presence of a

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quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes
the contract or transaction.

                                  ARTICLE IV

                                   OFFICERS

     Section 1.  General.  The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by
the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who
must be a director), one or more Vice-Chairmen (who must be directors) and one
or more Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other
officers.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless
otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor,
except in the case of the Chairman and any Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.

     Section 2.  Election.  The Board of Directors at its first meeting held
after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers of the
Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until
their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or
removal by the President or the Board of Directors.  Any officer elected by the
Board of Directors may be removed at any time by action of the President or by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.  Any vacancy
occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of
Directors.  The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

     Section 3.  Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation.  Powers of
attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments
relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of
and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice-President, and any
such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such
action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at
any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may
own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and
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such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have
exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution,
from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

     Section 4.  Duties.  The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers
and duties as generally pertain to their offices, except as modified herein or
by the Board of Directors or the President.  The Chairman of the Board if there
is one, shall have such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors and shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and at
meetings of the stockholders.  The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation and shall have the general supervision over the
business, affairs and property of the Corporation.  The Secretary and Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation shall record all proceedings at meetings and
actions in writing of stockholders, directors and committees of directors, and
shall exercise such additional authority and perform such additional duties as
the Board of Directors or the President may assign.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                     STOCK

     Section 1.  Form of Certificates.  Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the Corporation
(i) by the President or a Vice-President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.

     Section 2.  Signatures.  Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) a registrar
other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the
certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date
of issue.

     Section 3.  Lost Certificates.  The Corporation may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of Stock

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to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new
certificate, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent
to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as the Corporation shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such
sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.

     Section 4.  Transfers.  Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in
the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws.  Transfers of stock shall be
made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate
or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the
certificate therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate shall be
issued.

     Section 5.  Record Date.  In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or
any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or
other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any
rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the
purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance,
a record date, which shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days
before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other
action.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.

     Section 6.  Beneficial Owners.  The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable
for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of
shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
law.

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                                  ARTICLE VI

                                    NOTICES

     Section 1.  Notices.  Whenever written notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director,
member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail,
addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at his address
as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid,
and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be
deposited in the United States mail.  Written notice may also be given
personally or by telegram, telecopier, telex or cable.

     Section 2.  Waivers of Notice.  Whenever any notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director,
member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

     Section 3.  Lost Stockholders.  Notwithstanding anything contained in these
Bylaws to the contrary, whenever notice is required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (a) notice of two
consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of
action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period
between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (b) all, and at least two,
payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities
during a twelve month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his
address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned
undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required.
Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person
shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given.  If
any such person shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth
his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person
shall be reinstated.  In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is
such as to require the filing of a certificate by law, the certificate need not
state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be
given pursuant to this subsection.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                              GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 1.  Dividends.  Dividends upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock

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of the Corporation.  Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out
of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper
as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or
for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper
purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

     Section 2.  Disbursements.  All checks or demands for money and notes of
the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person
or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

     Section 3.  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed
by resolution of the Board of Directors.

     Section 4.  Corporate Seal.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the Corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware".
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

                                 ARTICLE VIII

                                INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 1.  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other Than
Those by or in the Right of the Corporation.  Subject to Section 3 of this
Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
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good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.

     Section 2.  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in
the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the
Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in
the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.

     Section 3.  Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under
this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.  Such
determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders.  To the extent, however, that a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on
the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described
above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified against expenses

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(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific
case.

     Section 4.  Good Faith Defined.  For purposes of any determination under
Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful,
if his action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or
another enterprise, or on information supplied to him by the officers of the
Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the
advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on
information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another
enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or
other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another
enterprise.  The term "another enterprise" as used in this Section 4 shall mean
any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request
of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent.  The provisions of
this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the
circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, as the
case may be.

     Section 5.  Indemnification by a Court.  Notwithstanding any contrary
determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and
notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director,
officer, employee or agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in
the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible
under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VIII.  The basis of such indemnification
by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he
has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this
Article VIII, as the case may be.  Notice of any application for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the
filing of such application.

     Section 6.  Expenses Payable in Advance.  Expenses incurred in defending or
investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding shall be paid
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final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.

     Section 7.  Non-exclusivity of Indemnification.  The indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VIII
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any Bylaw,
agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant
to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the
Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.  The
provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the
indemnification of any person who is not specified in Sections 1 or 2 of this
Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify
under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or
otherwise.

     Section 8.  Survival of Indemnification.  The indemnification and
advancement of expenses, provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VIII,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.

     Section 9.  Insurance.  The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of
his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the
obligation to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this
Article VIII.

     Section 10.  Meaning of "Corporation" for Purposes of Article VIII.  For
purposes of this Article VIII, references to "the Corporation" shall include (a)
the Corporation's subsidiaries and (b) the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation and its subsidiaries (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate
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would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and
employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation and its subsidiaries, or is or
was serving at the request of such constituent corporation and its subsidiaries
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in
the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

                                  ARTICLE IX

                                  AMENDMENTS

     Amendment of Bylaws.  These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in
whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders entitled to
vote thereon or by the Board of Directors, provided, however, that notice of
such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the
notice of such meeting of stockholders or Board of Directors as the case may be.
All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the
entire Board of Directors then in office.

     ADOPTED by the Board of Directors as of December 18, 1992.

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