1-1 By: Turner of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Luna) H.B. No. 1898 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, as amended, by the 1-5 following vote: 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 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Luna 1-22 Amend H.B. No. 1898 in Section 1 of the bill, by striking 1-23 amended Section 3.25(b), State Purchasing and General Services Act 1-24 (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and substituting the 1-25 following: 1-26 (b) There shall also be placed in the contract a stipulation 1-27 requiring the printer to have the proof read and corrected before 1-28 submitting such proof to the state, a stipulation requiring the 1-29 printer to set out in the first volume of the general and special 1-30 laws passed by each legislature and in any bound volume of general 1-31 and special laws passed by the legislature in special session, 1-32 immediately preceding those general and special laws, an errata 1-33 section containing corrections of any errors or omissions made in 1-34 the publication of the general and special laws of preceding 1-35 legislatures, and a stipulation that each bound volume of general 1-36 and special laws of a specific legislature, including laws passed 1-37 in a special session, be numbered consecutively. A stipulation may 1-38 not require the printer to set out errors and omissions in laws 1-39 passed in a legislative session that ended more than five years 1-40 before the date of the call for bids for the contract. The 1-41 secretary of state shall provide the printer with the list of 1-42 errors and omissions, if any, and the appropriate corrections on or 1-43 before the date provided by Subsection (c) of this section for the 1-44 secretary of state to furnish the printer a copy of the laws and 1-45 resolutions passed at the first session of each legislature. The 1-46 comptroller shall not issue a warrant to the printer in payment for 1-47 the printing of such laws and resolutions unless and until the 1-48 printer, if an individual, or if a corporation, partnership, or 1-49 association, the vice-president, secretary, or manager of same has 1-50 made a sworn affidavit that he has complied with this section. 1-51 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-52 AN ACT 1-53 relating to the printing of corrections to the published general 1-54 and special laws. 1-55 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-56 SECTION 1. Section 3.25(b), State Purchasing and General 1-57 Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is 1-58 amended to read as follows: 1-59 (b) There shall also be placed in the contract a stipulation 1-60 requiring the printer to have the proof read and corrected before 1-61 submitting such proof to the state and a stipulation requiring the 1-62 printer to set out in the first volume of the general and special 1-63 laws passed by each legislature, immediately preceding those 1-64 general and special laws, a special section containing corrections 1-65 of any errors or omissions made in the publication of the general 1-66 and special laws of preceding legislatures. The stipulation may 1-67 not require the printer to set out errors and omissions in laws 1-68 passed in a legislative session that ended more than five years 2-1 before the date of the call for bids for the contract. The 2-2 secretary of state shall provide the printer with the list of 2-3 errors and omissions, if any, and the appropriate corrections on or 2-4 before the date provided by Subsection (c) of this section for the 2-5 secretary of state to furnish the printer a copy of the laws and 2-6 resolutions passed at the first session of each legislature. The 2-7 comptroller shall not issue a warrant to the printer in payment for 2-8 the printing of such laws and resolutions unless and until the 2-9 printer, if an individual, or if a corporation, partnership, or 2-10 association, the vice-president, secretary, or manager of same has 2-11 made a sworn affidavit that he has complied with this section. 2-12 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not apply 2-13 to a contract for the publication of the laws of this state 2-14 executed before the effective date of this Act. 2-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-21 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-22 * * * * * 2-23 Austin, 2-24 Texas 2-25 May 26, 1993 2-26 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-27 President of the Senate 2-28 Sir: 2-29 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B. No. 2-30 1898, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 2-31 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 2-32 pass, as amended, and be printed. 2-33 Harris of 2-34 Dallas, Chairman 2-35 * * * * * 2-36 WITNESSES 2-37 FOR AGAINST ON 2-38 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-39 Name: Gregory D. Watson x 2-40 Representing: Self 2-41 City: Austin 2-42 -------------------------------------------------------------------