73R8708 SOS-D By Rudd H.B. No. 1207 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1207: By Junell C.S.H.B. No. 1207 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to increasing the amount of certain constitutionally 1-3 dedicated funds for certain public institutions of higher 1-4 education. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Education Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 62.024 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 62.024. AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED. In accordance 1-9 with Article VII, Section 17(a), of the Texas Constitution, the 1-10 amount of the annual constitutional appropriation under that 1-11 subsection is increased to $150 million. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.