By: Harris of Dallas S.R. No. 190
SENATE RESOLUTION
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That the
1-2 Temporary Rules of the 73rd Legislature are adopted as the
1-3 Permanent Rules of the 73rd Legislature with the following
1-4 modifications:
1-5 1. Amend Subsections (b), (e), and (f) of Rule 7.09 to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (b) On any bill or resolution that proposes to change
1-8 benefits or participation in benefits of a public retirement system
1-9 or that would otherwise change the financial obligations of a
1-10 public retirement system, there shall be attached an actuarial
1-11 impact statement <analysis, together with a statement> prepared by
1-12 the State Pension Review Board <reviewing the actuarial analysis
1-13 and commenting on the legislation>.
1-14 (e) On any bill or resolution that authorizes or requires a
1-15 change in the public school finance system, there shall be attached
1-16 an Equalized Education Funding Impact Statement signed by the
1-17 director of the Legislative Budget <Education> Board and outlining
1-18 the estimated impact of the proposed policy changes on state
1-19 equalized funding requirements and policies.
1-20 <(f) On any bill or resolution that has an identifiable and
1-21 measurable effect on the dockets, work loads, efficiency, staff and
1-22 personnel requirements, operating resources, and currently existing
1-23 material resources of the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of
2-1 Criminal Appeals of Texas, the courts of appeals, the district
2-2 courts, the statutory county courts, the county courts at law, the
2-3 county courts, and the justice courts of this state, there shall be
2-4 attached a Judicial System Impact Statement signed by the director
2-5 of the Legislative Budget Board and outlining the estimated impact
2-6 of the measure on the judicial system.>
2-7 2. Amend Subsection (b) of Rule 7.12 to read as follows:
2-8 (b) Every committee report printing on a bill or resolution
2-9 shall include:
2-10 (1) a copy of the committee report form showing the
2-11 record vote by which the measure was reported, whether the measure
2-12 was reported favorably or unfavorably, with amendment or with a
2-13 substitute;
2-14 (2) a copy of the original bill or resolution, unless
2-15 the committee reports a substitute measure;
2-16 (3) a copy of any substitute bill or resolution;
2-17 (4) a copy of each amendment adopted to the bill or
2-18 resolution;
2-19 (5) any fiscal note on the bill or resolution,
2-20 including any updated fiscal note to reflect any change in fiscal
2-21 implications made by amendment or substitute;
2-22 (6) any criminal justice impact statement, including
2-23 any updated statement to reflect any change made by amendment or
2-24 substitute;
2-25 (7) <any judicial system impact statement, including
3-1 any updated statement to reflect any change made by amendment or
3-2 substitute;>
3-3 <(8)> any education funding impact statement,
3-4 including any updated statement to reflect any change made by
3-5 amendment or substitute;
3-6 (8) <(9)> any actuarial analysis, including any
3-7 updated analysis to reflect any change made by amendment or
3-8 substitute;
3-9 (9) <(10)> a bill analysis, including any updated
3-10 analysis to reflect any change made by amendment or substitute; and
3-11 (10) <(11)> a list of witnesses testifying in favor,
3-12 against, or on the bill or resolution.
3-13 3. Amend Rule 7.16 to read as follows:
3-14 AMENDMENTS TO TAX BILLS OR SUNSET BILLS
3-15 Rule 7.16. No amendment shall be considered to any tax bill
3-16 or sunset bill on second reading unless the subject matter it
3-17 entails has been discussed at a Senate committee meeting at which
3-18 the bill was heard. (Former Rule 72.1)
3-19 4. Amend Rule 11.05 to read as follows:
3-20 LIMITATIONS ON MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES
3-21 Rule 11.05. A Senator's appointment to any committee or
3-22 subcommittee, standing, special, select, statutory, or otherwise,
3-23 is terminated if the Senator is not <fails to be> renominated to
3-24 the Senate <or is nominated to any other office>. (Former Rule
3-25 94(c))
4-1 5. Amend Subsection (b) of Rule 11.20 to read as follows:
4-2 (b) If the bill or resolution is on the agenda of a
4-3 committee and the committee meeting has already begun to consider
4-4 matters on the agenda, the request shall be presented to the chair
4-5 of the committee rather than the Secretary of the Senate, and the
4-6 chair shall note the time of the receipt of the request on the
4-7 request form and immediately deliver the form to the Secretary.
4-8 After receipt of the request by the chair, the bill shall not be
4-9 laid before the committee until notice is delivered to the Senator
4-10 in accordance with this rule.
4-11 _____________________________________
4-12 President of the Senate
4-13 I hereby certify that the
4-14 above Resolution was adopted by
4-15 the Senate on February 10, 1993.
4-16 _____________________________________
4-17 Secretary of the Senate
4-18 _____________________________________
4-19 Member, Texas Senate