By:  Danburg                                           H.C.R. No. 2
       73R569 SMC-F
                                 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Mark Whitt and Mary Whitt allege that:
    1-2              (1)  Mark Whitt was enrolled in the College of
    1-3  Technology at the University of Houston and Mark Whitt and Mary
    1-4  Whitt were both employed in the Micro-computer Service and Support
    1-5  Department of the University of Houston;
    1-6              (2)  Mark Whitt was falsely accused of academic
    1-7  dishonesty, expelled from the university, and terminated from his
    1-8  employment at the university;
    1-9              (3)  he was not given an opportunity to address the
   1-10  charges brought against him in a manner consistent with notions of
   1-11  fair play and fundamental justice;
   1-12              (4)  employees and agents of the University of Houston
   1-13  were involved in a civil conspiracy to prevent Mark Whitt from
   1-14  completing his studies within the College of Technology at the
   1-15  university and the actions and methods employed to find Mark Whitt
   1-16  guilty of academic dishonesty violated his right to due process of
   1-17  law;
   1-18              (5)  because of her association with her brother, Mark
   1-19  Whitt, Mary Whitt was fired from her employment at the university;
   1-20              (6)  they have exhausted all administrative remedies
   1-21  within the university; and
   1-22              (7)  as a result of acts or omissions of employees of
   1-23  the university, they have suffered personal and professional
   1-24  damages; now, therefore, be it
    2-1        RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas,  That Mark
    2-2  Whitt and Mary Whitt are granted permission to sue the State of
    2-3  Texas and the University of Houston System subject to Chapter 107,
    2-4  Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and, be it further
    2-5        RESOLVED, That the chancellor of the University of Houston
    2-6  System be served process as provided by Section 107.002(a)(3),
    2-7  Civil Practice and Remedies Code.