1-1 By: Junell (Senate Sponsor - Montford) H.B. No. 2115
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 12, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
1-4 May 22, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Montford x
1-9 Turner x
1-10 Armbrister x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Ellis x
1-14 Haley x
1-15 Moncrief x
1-16 Parker x
1-17 Ratliff x
1-18 Sims x
1-19 Truan x
1-20 Zaffirini x
1-21 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Montford
1-22 Amend H.B. 2115 by deleting Section 2 on page 1 and by adding three
1-23 new, appropriately numbered sections as follows:
1-24 SECTION___. The Office of the Governor is hereby authorized
1-25 to transfer such amounts as may be necessary from one program to
1-26 another within the total appropriations for the current fiscal
1-27 biennium.
1-28 SECTION___. From amounts previously appropriated from
1-29 general revenue for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of
1-30 $3,000,000 is transferred from the Office of the Governor and
1-31 hereby appropriated to the Central Education Agency for the
1-32 two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. The
1-33 Commissioner of Education is authorized to expend these funds and
1-34 to enter into agreements with other state agencies for the purpose
1-35 of implementing the provisions of Senate Bill 7, Acts of the 73rd
1-36 Legislature, Regular Session, or similar legislation. Any
1-37 unexpended balance from this appropriation shall be transferred to
1-38 the Office of the Governor prior to the expiration of this
1-39 appropriation. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
1-40 General Services Commission, the Comptroller of Public Accounts,
1-41 and the State Auditor's Office shall assist the Commissioner in
1-42 expediting necessary purchasing and contracting agreements
1-43 associated with implementation of Senate Bill 7. This section is
1-44 contingent upon passage of Senate Bill 7 or similar legislation.
1-45 SECTION___. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
1-46 for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $345,000 is hereby
1-47 appropriated from the Advance Interest Trust Fund 935 to the Texas
1-48 Employment Commission for implementation of the Smart Jobs Program
1-49 for the two-year period beginning with the effective date of this
1-50 act.
1-51 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-52 AN ACT
1-53 relating to emergency appropriations.
1-54 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-55 SECTION 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
1-56 for the current fiscal biennium to the Office of Court
1-57 Administration of the Texas Judicial System by Item 2., page IV-21,
1-58 Chapter 19, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991,
1-59 the sum of $21,000 is appropriated for the two-year period
1-60 beginning on the effective date of this Act from the general
1-61 revenue fund to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
1-62 Judicial System for the travel expenses of justices of courts of
1-63 appeals to hear transferred cases.
1-64 SECTION 2. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
1-65 for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $300,000 is
1-66 appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31,
1-67 1993, from the general revenue fund to The University of Texas
1-68 Health Science Center at San Antonio for the use of the Center for
2-1 the Enhancement of the Biology/Biomaterials Interface.
2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-8 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-9 * * * * *
2-10 Austin,
2-11 Texas
2-12 May 22, 1993
2-13 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-14 President of the Senate
2-15 Sir:
2-16 We, your Committee on Finance to which was referred H.B. No. 2115,
2-17 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-18 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-19 pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-20 Montford,
2-21 Chairman
2-22 * * * * *
2-23 WITNESSES
2-24 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2115.