1-1 By: Turner of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Luna) H.B. No. 1897 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993; 1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 26, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 26, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Harris of Dallas x 1-9 Rosson x 1-10 Carriker x 1-11 Henderson x 1-12 Leedom x 1-13 Lucio x 1-14 Luna x 1-15 Nelson x 1-16 Patterson x 1-17 Shelley x 1-18 Sibley x 1-19 West x 1-20 Whitmire x 1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-22 AN ACT 1-23 relating to the authority of the publisher of the session laws to 1-24 sell copies of the session laws to the public. 1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-26 SECTION 1. Section 3.25, State Purchasing and General 1-27 Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is 1-28 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-29 (e) Section 3.26 of this Act does not apply to the printing 1-30 and sale of copies of the general and special laws to the public by 1-31 the printer of those laws under a contract authorized by this 1-32 section. 1-33 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the 1-34 printing and sale of copies of the general and special laws by a 1-35 printer under a contract authorized by Section 3.25, State 1-36 Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas 1-37 Civil Statutes), even if the contract was entered into before the 1-38 effective date of this Act. 1-39 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-44 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-45 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-46 * * * * * 1-47 Austin, 1-48 Texas 1-49 May 26, 1993 1-50 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-51 President of the Senate 1-52 Sir: 1-53 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B. 1-54 No. 1897, have had the same under consideration, and I am 1-55 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 1-56 that it do pass and be printed. 1-57 Harris of 1-58 Dallas, Chairman 1-59 * * * * * 1-60 WITNESSES 1-61 FOR AGAINST ON 1-62 ___________________________________________________________________ 1-63 Name: Gregory Watson x 1-64 Representing: Self 1-65 City: Austin 1-66 -------------------------------------------------------------------