1-1 By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Carriker) H.B. No. 1544
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 11, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic
1-4 Development; May 19, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Parker x
1-9 Lucio x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Haley x
1-12 Harris of Dallas x
1-13 Harris of Tarrant x
1-14 Leedom x
1-15 Madla x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Shapiro
1-20 Amend H.B. 1544 (house engrossment) by adding a new Section 20 of
1-21 the bill (page 16, between lines 10 and 11) to read as follows and
1-22 renumbering the remaining sections appropriately:
1-23 SECTION 20. (a) Not later than September 1, 1994, the Texas
1-24 Higher Education Coordinating Board, with the cooperation of the
1-25 Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications, shall
1-26 inventory residential PBX facilities that are owned or operated by
1-27 a public or private institution of higher education as defined by
1-28 Section 61.003 or Section 61.302, Education Code. The inventory
1-29 shall identify each institution's telecommunications equipment,
1-30 estimate the cost, and specify the technical requirements that
1-31 would be necessary to provide the level of 9-1-1 services required
1-32 by this Act and may recommend alternative plans that will provide
1-33 substantially equivalent efficient and effective emergency response
1-34 services.
1-35 (b) Each institution shall evaluate the technical and
1-36 financial feasibility of and establish a schedule for providing
1-37 access to an effective 9-1-1 emergency response service.
1-38 (c) A public, private, or independent institution of higher
1-39 education that provides residential services on telecommunications
1-40 equipment that cannot be technically modified to provide the
1-41 required level 9-1-1 service is exempt from the requirements of
1-42 this Act until the PBX system is replaced, and at that time a new
1-43 PBX system shall be installed with equipment that provides the
1-44 required level of 9-1-1 service.
1-45 (d) A public, private, or independent institution of higher
1-46 education providing residential PBX facilities that can provide the
1-47 required level of 9-1-1 service shall do so on or before September
1-48 1, 1995, unless the institution has received a waiver(s) from the
1-49 Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications. A waiver
1-50 may be granted for technical or financial reasons.
1-51 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-52 AN ACT
1-53 relating to providing 9-1-1 emergency service to certain
1-54 residential facilities.
1-55 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-56 SECTION 1. Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, is
1-57 amended to read as follows:
1-58 Sec. 771.001. Definitions. In this chapter:
1-59 (1) "Advisory commission" means the Advisory
1-60 Commission on State Emergency Communications.
1-61 (2) "Business service user" means a business service
1-62 that provides telecommunications service, including 9-1-1 service,
1-63 to residential end users through a private telephone switch.
1-64 (3) "Emergency communication district" means:
1-65 (A) a public agency or group of public agencies
1-66 acting jointly that provided 9-1-1 service before September 1,
1-67 1987, or that had voted or contracted before that date to provide
1-68 that service; or
2-1 (B) a district created under Subchapter B, C, or
2-2 D, Chapter 772.
2-3 (4) <(3)> "Intrastate long distance service provider"
2-4 means a telecommunications carrier providing intrastate long
2-5 distance service, as defined by the advisory commission.
2-6 (5) <(4)> "Local exchange service provider" means a
2-7 telecommunications carrier providing telecommunications service in
2-8 a local exchange service area under a certificate of public
2-9 convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utility Commission
2-10 of Texas.
2-11 (6) <(5)> "9-1-1 service" means a telecommunications
2-12 service that provides the user of the public telephone system the
2-13 ability to reach a public safety answering point by dialing the
2-14 digits 9-1-1.
2-15 (7) <(6)> "Public agency" means the state, a
2-16 municipality, a county, an emergency communication district, a
2-17 regional planning commission, or any other political subdivision or
2-18 district that provides or has authority to provide fire-fighting,
2-19 law enforcement, ambulance, medical, 9-1-1, or other emergency
2-20 services.
2-21 (8) <(7)> "Public safety agency" means the division of
2-22 a public agency that provides fire-fighting, police, medical, or
2-23 other emergency services, or a private entity that provides
2-24 emergency medical or ambulance services.
2-25 (9) <(8)> "Public safety answering point" means a
2-26 continuously operated communications facility that is assigned the
2-27 responsibility to receive 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, to
2-28 dispatch public safety services or to extend, transfer, or relay
2-29 9-1-1 calls to appropriate public safety agencies.
2-30 (10) <(9)> "Regional planning commission" means a
2-31 commission established under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.
2-32 SECTION 2. Section 771.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is
2-33 amended to read as follows:
2-34 (a) A service provider of telecommunications service
2-35 involved in providing 9-1-1 service, a manufacturer of equipment
2-36 used in providing 9-1-1 service, or an officer or employee of a
2-37 service provider <of telecommunications service> involved in
2-38 providing 9-1-1 service is not liable for any claim, damage, or
2-39 loss arising from the provision of 9-1-1 service unless the act or
2-40 omission proximately causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes
2-41 gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.
2-42 SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
2-43 Code, is amended by adding Section 771.060 to read as follows:
2-44 Sec. 771.060. BUSINESS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE
2-45 SWITCHES. A business service user that provides residential
2-46 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
2-47 provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
2-48 those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
2-49 service supplier is providing to other residential end users in the
2-50 area participating in the regional plan under Section 771.051(2).
2-51 SECTION 4. Section 771.071(a), Health and Safety Code, is
2-52 amended to read as follows:
2-53 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the
2-54 advisory commission may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on
2-55 each local exchange access line or equivalent local exchange access
2-56 line, including lines of customers in an area served by an
2-57 emergency communication district participating in the applicable
2-58 regional plan. If a business service user provides residential
2-59 facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit, and
2-60 that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
2-61 exchange access line, shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
2-62 fee. The fee may not be imposed on a line to coin-operated public
2-63 telephone equipment or to public telephone equipment operated by
2-64 coin or by card reader. For purposes of this section, the advisory
2-65 commission shall determine what constitutes an equivalent local
2-66 exchange access line.
2-67 SECTION 5. Sections 771.073(b), (c), and (d), Health and
2-68 Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-69 (b) A business service user that provides residential
2-70 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
3-1 provide telephone service to facility residents shall collect the
3-2 9-1-1 emergency service fee and transmit the fees monthly to the
3-3 regional planning commission or other entity designated by the
3-4 commission to collect the fee. A business service user that does
3-5 not collect and remit the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required
3-6 is subject to a civil cause of action. A court may award court
3-7 costs, attorney's fees, and interest on the amount delinquent at an
3-8 annual rate of 12 percent, to be paid by the nonpaying business
3-9 service user. A sworn affidavit by the entity that administers the
3-10 9-1-1 service specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie
3-11 evidence that the fees were not remitted and of the amount of the
3-12 unremitted fees.
3-13 (c) The regional planning commission or a public agency
3-14 designated by the regional planning commission may establish
3-15 collection procedures and recover the cost of collection from the
3-16 customer liable for the fee or surcharge. The regional planning
3-17 commission or designated public agency may institute legal
3-18 proceedings to collect a fee or surcharge and in those proceedings
3-19 is entitled to recover from the customer court costs, attorney's
3-20 fees, and an interest on the amount delinquent. The interest is
3-21 computed at an annual rate of 12 percent beginning on the date the
3-22 fee or surcharge becomes due.
3-23 (d) <(c)> A service provider may not disconnect services for
3-24 nonpayment of a fee or surcharge imposed under this subchapter.
3-25 (e) <(d)> A service provider collecting fees or surcharges
3-26 under this subchapter may retain as an administrative fee an amount
3-27 equal to two percent of the total amount collected.
3-28 SECTION 6. Section 771.075, Health and Safety Code, is
3-29 amended to read as follows:
3-30 Sec. 771.075. Use of Revenue. Except as provided by Section
3-31 771.072(e) or 771.073(e) <771.073(d)>, fees and surcharges
3-32 collected under this subchapter may be used only for planning,
3-33 development, and provision of 9-1-1 service as approved by the
3-34 advisory commission.
3-35 SECTION 7. Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code, is
3-36 amended by amending Subdivision (17) and adding Subdivision (20) to
3-37 read as follows:
3-38 (17) "Service user" means a person that is provided
3-39 local exchange access lines, or their equivalent, in an emergency
3-40 communication district.
3-41 (20) "Business service user" means a business service
3-42 that provides telecommunications service, including 9-1-1 service,
3-43 to residential end users through a private telephone switch.
3-44 SECTION 8. Section 772.114(b), Health and Safety Code, is
3-45 amended to read as follows:
3-46 (b) The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
3-47 its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
3-48 equipment. The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
3-49 exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
3-50 entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
3-51 of the location. If a business service user provides residential
3-52 facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
3-53 that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
3-54 exchange access line, shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
3-55 fee. The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
3-56 each participating jurisdiction.
3-57 SECTION 9. Section 772.115, Health and Safety Code, is
3-58 amended to read as follows:
3-59 Sec. 772.115. Collection of Fee. (a) Each billed service
3-60 user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.114 until the
3-61 fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee must be added to and
3-62 stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
3-63 supplier. The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
3-64 time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
3-65 the regular billing practice of the service supplier. A business
3-66 service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
3-67 leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
3-68 to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
3-69 and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
3-70 (b) The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
4-1 is due quarterly. The service supplier shall remit the amount
4-2 collected in a calendar quarter to the district not later than the
4-3 60th day after the last day of the calendar quarter. With each
4-4 payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
4-5 prescribed by the board.
4-6 (c) Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
4-7 under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
4-8 it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
4-9 The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
4-10 service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
4-11 business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
4-12 the collection and remittance of the fees.
4-13 (d) A business service user that does not collect and remit
4-14 the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
4-15 cause of action under Subsection (g). A sworn affidavit by the
4-16 district specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie evidence
4-17 that the fees were not remitted and of the amount of the unremitted
4-18 fees.
4-19 (e) A service supplier is entitled to retain an
4-20 administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects. The amount
4-21 of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
4-22 collects under this section.
4-23 (f) <(e)> A service supplier is not required to take any
4-24 legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
4-25 service fee. However, the service supplier shall provide the
4-26 district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
4-27 the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
4-28 nonpaying service user. The certificate of delinquency is prima
4-29 facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
4-30 delinquent. A service user account is considered delinquent if the
4-31 fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
4-32 the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
4-33 supplier.
4-34 (g) <(f)> The district may institute legal proceedings to
4-35 collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
4-36 procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
4-37 service user. If legal proceedings are established, the court may
4-38 award the district court costs, attorney's fees, and interest to be
4-39 paid by the nonpaying service user. A delinquent fee accrues
4-40 interest at an annual rate of 12 percent beginning on the date the
4-41 payment becomes due.
4-42 SECTION 10. Section 772.118, Health and Safety Code, is
4-43 amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
4-44 (d) to read as follows:
4-45 (b) A business service user that provides residential
4-46 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
4-47 provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
4-48 those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
4-49 service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
4-50 other residential end users in the district.
4-51 (c) Information furnished under this section is confidential
4-52 and is not available for public inspection.
4-53 (d) <(c)> A service supplier or a business service user
4-54 under Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who
4-55 uses a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release
4-56 to the district of the information specified in Subsections
4-57 <Subsection> (a) and (b).
4-58 SECTION 11. Section 772.214(b), Health and Safety Code, is
4-59 amended to read as follows:
4-60 (b) The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
4-61 its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
4-62 equipment. The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
4-63 exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
4-64 entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
4-65 of the location. If a business service user provides residential
4-66 facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
4-67 that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
4-68 exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
4-69 fee. The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
4-70 each participating jurisdiction.
5-1 SECTION 12. Section 772.215, Health and Safety Code, is
5-2 amended to read as follows:
5-3 Sec. 772.215. COLLECTION OF FEE. (a) Each billed service
5-4 user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.214 until the
5-5 fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee must be added to and
5-6 stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
5-7 supplier. The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
5-8 time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
5-9 the regular billing practice of the service supplier. A business
5-10 service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
5-11 leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
5-12 to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
5-13 and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
5-14 (b) The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
5-15 is due monthly. The service supplier shall remit the amount
5-16 collected in a calendar month to the district not later than the
5-17 60th day after the last day of the calendar month. With each
5-18 payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
5-19 prescribed by the board.
5-20 (c) Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
5-21 under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
5-22 it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
5-23 The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
5-24 service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
5-25 business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
5-26 the collection and remittance of the fees.
5-27 (d) A business service user that does not collect and remit
5-28 the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
5-29 cause of action under Subsection (g). A sworn affidavit by the
5-30 district specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie evidence
5-31 that the fees were not remitted and of the amount of the unremitted
5-32 fees.
5-33 (e) A service supplier is entitled to retain an
5-34 administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects. The amount
5-35 of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
5-36 collects under this section.
5-37 (f) <(e)> A service supplier is not required to take any
5-38 legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
5-39 service fee. However, the service supplier shall provide the
5-40 district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
5-41 the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
5-42 nonpaying service user. The certificate of delinquency is prima
5-43 facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
5-44 delinquent. A service user account is considered delinquent if the
5-45 fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
5-46 the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
5-47 supplier.
5-48 (g) <(f)> The district may institute legal proceedings to
5-49 collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
5-50 procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
5-51 service user. If the district prevails in legal proceedings
5-52 instituted to collect a fee, the court may award the district court
5-53 costs, attorney's fees, and interest in addition to other amounts
5-54 recovered. A delinquent fee accrues interest at an annual rate of
5-55 12 percent beginning on the date the payment becomes due.
5-56 SECTION 13. Section 772.218, Health and Safety Code, is
5-57 amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
5-58 (d) to read as follows:
5-59 (b) A business service user that provides residential
5-60 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
5-61 provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
5-62 those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
5-63 service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
5-64 other residential end users in the district.
5-65 (c) Information furnished under this section is confidential
5-66 and is not available for public inspection.
5-67 (d) <(c)> A service supplier or business service user under
5-68 Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who uses
5-69 a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release to the
5-70 district of the information specified in Subsections <Subsection>
6-1 (a) and (b).
6-2 SECTION 14. Section 772.314(b), Health and Safety Code, is
6-3 amended to read as follows:
6-4 (b) The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or
6-5 its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone
6-6 equipment. The fee may not be imposed on more than 100 local
6-7 exchange access lines or their equivalent for a single business
6-8 entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents
6-9 of the location. If a business service user provides residential
6-10 facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and
6-11 that is a communication link equivalent to a residential local
6-12 exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service
6-13 fee. The fee must have uniform application and must be imposed in
6-14 each participating jurisdiction.
6-15 SECTION 15. Section 772.315, Health and Safety Code, is
6-16 amended to read as follows:
6-17 Sec. 772.315. COLLECTION OF FEE. (a) Each billed service
6-18 user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.314 until the
6-19 fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee must be added to and
6-20 stated separately in the service user's bill from the service
6-21 supplier. The service supplier shall collect the fee at the same
6-22 time as the service charge to the service user in accordance with
6-23 the regular billing practice of the service supplier. A business
6-24 service user that provides residential facilities and owns or
6-25 leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service
6-26 to facility residents shall collect the 9-1-1 emergency service fee
6-27 and transmit the fees monthly to the district.
6-28 (b) The amount collected by a service supplier from the fee
6-29 is due monthly. The service supplier shall remit the amount
6-30 collected in a calendar month to the district not later than the
6-31 60th day after the last day of the calendar month. With each
6-32 payment the service supplier shall file a return in a form
6-33 prescribed by the board.
6-34 (c) Both a <A> service supplier and a business service user
6-35 under Subsection (a) shall maintain records of the amount of fees
6-36 it collects for at least two years after the date of collection.
6-37 The board may require at the board's expense an annual audit of a
6-38 service supplier's books and records or the books and records of a
6-39 business service user described by Subsection (a) with respect to
6-40 the collection and remittance of the fees.
6-41 (d) A business service user that does not collect and remit
6-42 the 9-1-1 emergency service fee as required is subject to a civil
6-43 cause of action under Subsection (g). A sworn affidavit by the
6-44 district specifying the unremitted fees is prima facie evidence
6-45 that the fees were not remitted and of the amount of the unremitted
6-46 fees.
6-47 (e) A service supplier is entitled to retain an
6-48 administrative fee from the amount of fees it collects. The amount
6-49 of the administrative fee is two percent of the amount of fees it
6-50 collects under this section.
6-51 (f) <(e)> A service supplier is not required to take any
6-52 legal action to enforce the collection of the 9-1-1 emergency
6-53 service fee. However, the service supplier shall provide the
6-54 district with an annual certificate of delinquency that includes
6-55 the amount of all delinquent fees and the name and address of each
6-56 nonpaying service user. The certificate of delinquency is prima
6-57 facie evidence that a fee included in the certificate is
6-58 delinquent. A service user account is considered delinquent if the
6-59 fee is not paid to the service supplier before the 31st day after
6-60 the payment due date stated on the user's bill from the service
6-61 supplier.
6-62 (g) <(f)> The district may institute legal proceedings to
6-63 collect fees not paid and may establish internal collection
6-64 procedures and recover the cost of collection from the nonpaying
6-65 service user. If the district prevails in legal proceedings
6-66 instituted to collect a fee, the court may award the district court
6-67 costs, attorney's fees, and interest in addition to other amounts
6-68 recovered. A delinquent fee accrues interest at an annual rate of
6-69 12 percent beginning on the date the payment becomes due.
6-70 SECTION 16. Section 772.318, Health and Safety Code, is
7-1 amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
7-2 (d) to read as follows:
7-3 (b) A business service user that provides residential
7-4 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
7-5 provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to
7-6 those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a
7-7 service supplier is required to provide under Subsection (a) to
7-8 other residential end users in the district.
7-9 (c) Information furnished under this section is confidential
7-10 and is not available for public inspection.
7-11 (d) <(c)> A service supplier or business service user under
7-12 Subsection (b) <provider> is not liable to a <any> person who uses
7-13 a 9-1-1 system created under this subchapter for the release to the
7-14 district of the information specified in Subsections <Subsection>
7-15 (a) and (b).
7-16 SECTION 17. Section 772.403(a), Health and Safety Code, is
7-17 amended to read as follows:
7-18 (a) A county to which this subchapter applies may implement
7-19 a system for providing 9-1-1 service in the unincorporated areas of
7-20 the county and may impose a service fee on local exchange telephone
7-21 service customers in the area served. If a business service user
7-22 provides residential facilities, each line that terminates at a
7-23 residential unit and that is a communication link equivalent to a
7-24 residential local exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1
7-25 emergency service fee.
7-26 SECTION 18. Section 772.404, Health and Safety Code, is
7-27 amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
7-28 read as follows:
7-29 (c) A business service user that provides residential
7-30 facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to
7-31 provide telephone service to facility residents shall collect the
7-32 9-1-1 emergency service fee and transmit the fees monthly to the
7-33 county.
7-34 (d) A local exchange service provider collecting fees under
7-35 this subchapter may retain as an administrative fee an amount equal
7-36 to two percent of the total amount of the fees it collects.
7-37 SECTION 19. Subchapter E, Chapter 772, Health and Safety
7-38 Code, is amended by adding Section 772.406 to read as follows:
7-39 Sec. 772.406. NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION. A
7-40 business service user that provides residential facilities and owns
7-41 or leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone
7-42 service to facility residents shall provide to those residential
7-43 end users the same level of 9-1-1 service relating to number and
7-44 location identification that a service supplier provides to other
7-45 residential end users in the county.
7-46 SECTION 20. A business service user shall provide the level
7-47 of 9-1-1 service required by this Act not later than September 1,
7-48 1994.
7-49 SECTION 21. The importance of this legislation and the
7-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
7-54 * * * * *
7-55 Austin,
7-56 Texas
7-57 May 19, 1993
7-58 Hon. Bob Bullock
7-59 President of the Senate
7-60 Sir:
7-61 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred
7-62 H.B. No. 1544, have had the same under consideration, and I am
7-63 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
7-64 that it do pass, as amended, and be printed.
7-65 Parker,
7-66 Chairman
7-67 * * * * *
7-68 WITNESSES
7-69 FOR AGAINST ON
7-70 ___________________________________________________________________
8-1 Name: Joe Kirk x
8-2 Representing: Adv. Comm. on St. Emergency Commun
8-3 City: Austin
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8-5 Name: Mary A. Boyd x
8-6 Representing: Adv. Comm. on St. Emergency Commn
8-7 City:
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8-9 Name: Jim Ray x
8-10 Representing: Councils of Governments
8-11 City: Austin
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8-13 Name: Laverne Hogan x
8-14 Representing: Gr. Harris Co. 911 Emerg Netwrk
8-15 City: Houston
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8-17 Name: Ron Harris x
8-18 Representing: Adv. Comm. on St. Emergency Commn
8-19 City: McKinney
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