H.R. No. 876
                                  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 H.B. No.
    1-7  2223, relating to the dedication of certain funds for the use of
    1-8  the Texas Commission on the Arts, to successfully conclude the
    1-9  committee's deliberations, by authorizing the conferees to consider
   1-10  and take action on the following specific matters:
   1-11        (1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit
   1-12  the committee to add the following appropriately numbered SECTION
   1-13  to the bill to read as follows:
   1-14        SECTION 7.  (a)  There is hereby appropriated to the Texas
   1-15  Cultural Endowment Fund established in this Act from the general
   1-16  revenue fund for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 1995, the
   1-17  amount of $2.2 million.
   1-18        (b)  The speaker of the house of representatives and the
   1-19  lieutenant governor are directed to appoint a joint interim
   1-20  committee to study the options available to provide a dedicated
   1-21  source of funding to the Texas Cultural Endowment Fund.  The
   1-22  committee shall make a full report of its findings and
   1-23  recommendations to the 74th Legislature when it convenes in
    2-1  January, 1995.
    2-2        This action is necessary to provide a source of funding for
    2-3  the Texas Commission on the Arts, established in H.B. 2223, and to
    2-4  provide for the creation of a study committee to study the options
    2-5  available to provide a dedicated source of funding for the Texas
    2-6  Cultural Endowment Fund.
    2-7  Cultural Endowment Fund.
    2-8                                                               Junell
    2-9                                                      H.R. No. 876
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   2-11                                            Speaker of the House
   2-12        I certify that H.R. No. 876 was adopted by the House on May
   2-13  30, 1993, by a non-record vote.
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   2-15                                          Chief Clerk of the House