By Horn H.B. No. 2517 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to grant applications to the Smart Jobs Program Fund. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 481.155., Government Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 481.155. GRANTS. Subsection (f) A grant may not be 1-7 awarded for a project if the project will impair existing contracts 1-8 for services or collective bargaining agreements, that the 1-9 applicant is currently abiding by, except that a project 1-10 inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement 1-11 may be undertaken with the written concurrence of the collective 1-12 bargaining unit and the employer or employers who are parties to 1-13 the agreement. 1-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.