By Willis                                             H.C.R. No. 76
                              HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, Billy Gee's, Inc., alleges that:
    1-2              (1)  in February 1987, it contracted with the State
    1-3  Department of Highways and Public Transportation (now the Texas
    1-4  Department of Transportation) to perform certain highway
    1-5  maintenance in Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant
    1-6  Counties;
    1-7              (2)  it began work to fulfill its obligations under the
    1-8  contract in February 1987; and
    1-9              (3)  in May 1987, the State of Texas, acting by and
   1-10  through the department, wrongfully terminated the contract, refused
   1-11  to permit it to complete its obligations under the contract, and
   1-12  has wrongfully withheld form it sums to which it is entitled; now,
   1-13  therefore be it
   1-14        RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Billy
   1-15  Gee's, Inc., is granted permission to sue the State of Texas and
   1-16  the Department of Transportation subject to Chapter 107, Civil
   1-17  Practice and Remedies Code; and be it further
   1-18        RESOLVED, That the director of the Texas Department of
   1-19  Transportation be served process as provided by Section
   1-20  107.002(a)(3), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.