By:  Haley                                           S.C.R. No. 102
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe of Texas alleges
    1-2  that:
    1-3        (1)  in 1954, federal supervision of the Alabama-Coushatta
    1-4  Indian Tribe was terminated and all trust responsibility for the
    1-5  tribe was transferred to the State of Texas;
    1-6        (2)  the State of Texas was required to assist the tribe's
    1-7  development of the human and economic resources of the tribe, as
    1-8  well as the development of the health, educational, agricultural,
    1-9  business, and industrial capabilities of the reservation;
   1-10        (3)  on or about January 7, 1986, it was discovered that
   1-11  $458,841 of revenue had been unlawfully appropriated from the
   1-12  tribe;
   1-13        (4)  the funds were unlawfully appropriated by Brenda
   1-14  Thompson, an employee of the State of Texas;
   1-15        (5)  during the period in which she unlawfully appropriated
   1-16  the funds, Brenda Thompson was under the supervision of Vermin
   1-17  Jeanie Young and Russell DaMetz, who were both also employees of
   1-18  the State of Texas;
   1-19        (6)  the State of Texas was negligent in hiring Brenda
   1-20  Thompson;
   1-21        (7)  the State of Texas provided negligent, inadequate, and
   1-22  reckless supervision of Brenda Thompson by Vermin Jeanie Young and
   1-23  Russell DaMetz, who were also hired by the State of Texas; and
   1-24        (8)  the negligent acts and omissions by the State of Texas
    2-1  resulted in injury and damages to the tribe and constitute a breach
    2-2  of fiduciary duty and a breach of the trust relationship between
    2-3  the State of Texas and the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe of Texas;
    2-4  now, therefore, be it
    2-5        RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas,  That the
    2-6  Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe of Texas is granted permission to
    2-7  sue the State of Texas subject to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and
    2-8  Remedies Code.