Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. 381.
By: Eckels H.R. No. 865
73R11910 MJW-D
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
1-2 of Texas, 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, That House Rule
1-3 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
1-4 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
1-5 resolve the differences on S.B. No. 381 to consider and take
1-6 action on the following specific matters:
1-7 1. House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
1-8 the committee to delete Part 5 of the bill, which relates to access
1-9 to and charges for copies of public records by state agencies.
1-10 Explanation: This change is necessary to prevent
1-11 inconsistency with H.B. 1009, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
1-12 Session, 1993, which contains similar, though not identical,
1-13 provisions relating to public records.
1-14 2. House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (4), are suspended to
1-15 permit the committee to amend Section 1.01 of the bill to read as
1-16 follows:
1-17 SECTION 1.01. (a) Section 2, Texas Public Finance Authority
1-18 Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-19 read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to provide a
1-21 method of financing:
1-22 (1) for the acquisition or construction of buildings
1-23 in Travis County, Texas; and
1-24 (2) for the purchase or lease of equipment by state
2-1 agencies in the executive or judicial branch of state government.
2-2 (b) The amendment of Section 2, Texas Public Finance
2-3 Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by
2-4 Section 42, H.B. 2626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
2-5 Session, 1993, has no effect.
2-6 Explanation: This addition is necessary to prevent
2-7 inconsistency between the amendment to Section 2, Texas Public
2-8 Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-9 Statutes), in S.B. 381 and the amendment of the same provision that
2-10 appears in H.B. 2626.
2-11 3. House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (4), are suspended to
2-12 permit the committee to amend Section 1.02 of the bill to read as
2-13 follows:
2-14 SECTION 1.02. (a) Section 9A(a), Texas Public Finance
2-15 Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-16 amended to read as follows:
2-17 (a) The authority may issue and sell obligations for the
2-18 financing of a lease or other agreement so long as the agreement
2-19 concerns equipment that a state agency in the executive or judicial
2-20 branch of state government has purchased or leased or intends to
2-21 purchase or lease. The authority's power to issue obligations
2-22 includes the power to issue and sell obligations for the financing
2-23 of a package of agreements involving one or more state agencies.
2-24 (b) The amendment of Subsection (a), Section 9A, Texas
2-25 Public Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-26 Statutes), by Section 43, H.B. 2626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
2-27 Regular Session, 1993, has no effect.
3-1 Explanation: This addition is necessary to prevent
3-2 inconsistency between the amendment to Subsection (a), Section 9A,
3-3 Texas Public Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas
3-4 Civil Statutes), in S.B. 381 and the amendment of the same
3-5 provision that appears in H.B. 2626.
3-6 4. House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
3-7 the committee to amend the bill's caption to read as follows:
3-8 relating to the acquisition or provision of goods and services by
3-9 the state.
3-10 Explanation: The change is necessary to conform the caption
3-11 to the text of the bill, after the provisions relating to public
3-12 records were removed by the conference committee.