By Horn H.B. No. 2517 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to grants awarded under the smart jobs fund program. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 481.155(f), Government Code, as added by 1-5 S.B. No. 130, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, 1-6 is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (f) A grant may not be awarded for a project if the project 1-8 will impair existing contracts for services or collective 1-9 bargaining agreements to which the grant applicant is subject at 1-10 the time of the application, except that a project inconsistent 1-11 with the terms of the applicant's collective bargaining agreement 1-12 may be undertaken with the written concurrence of the collective 1-13 bargaining unit and the employer or employers who are parties to 1-14 the agreement. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.