Suspending limitations on conference committee
                           jurisdiction, S.B. No. 421
       By:  Cook                                              H.R. No. 872
       73R11969 DWS-F
                                  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, That Rule 13, Section 9(a), Rules of the House of
    1-3  Representatives, 73rd Legislature, is suspended, as provided by
    1-4  House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to the extent described in this
    1-5  resolution, to enable the conference committee appointed to adjust
    1-6  the differences between the house and senate versions of S.B. 421,
    1-7  relating to the rates of a gas utility,  to successfully conclude
    1-8  the committee's deliberations, by authorizing the conferees to
    1-9  consider and take action on the following specific matter:
   1-10        House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
   1-11  committee to add language to the emergency clause of the bill
   1-12  concerning the effective date of the bill as follows:
   1-13  , and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   1-14  passage, and it is so enacted
   1-15        Explanation:  This change is needed to give the bill
   1-16  immediate effect.