By: Whitmire S.R. No. 1099
73R11756 GWK-D
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 73rd
1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
1-3 suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
1-5 Bill No. 532 to consider and take action on the following specific
1-6 matters:
1-7 1. Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee
1-8 to add by amendment Section 507.027, Government Code, to read as
1-9 follows:
1-10 Sec. 507.027. INSPECTIONS. The board shall adopt rules
1-11 relating to inspections by the department of state jail felony
1-12 facility construction projects.
1-13 EXPLANATION. This change is necessary to provide for an
1-14 inspection mechanism for state jail felony facility construction
1-15 projects.
1-16 2. Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee
1-17 to amend Section 10, Article 42.131, Code of Criminal Procedure, by
1-18 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-19 (d) A department may acquire, hold title to, and own real
1-20 property for the purpose of establishing a community corrections
1-21 facility or a state jail felony facility.
1-22 EXPLANATION. This change is necessary to permit community
1-23 supervision and corrections departments, authorized elsewhere in
1-24 the law to operate community corrections facilities and state jail
2-1 felony facilities, to own the real property on which those
2-2 facilities are located.
2-3 3. Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee
2-4 to amend Section 8.01 of the bill to read as follows:
2-5 SECTION 8.01. In addition to other amounts appropriated for
2-6 the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 1995, the balance of the
2-7 economic stabilization fund, but not to exceed $72,000,000, is
2-8 appropriated to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for:
2-9 (1) the operation of additional capacity; and
2-10 (2) increased supervision for probation.
2-11 EXPLANATION. This change is necessary to ensure that the
2-12 appropriation made by this section does not exceed the balance of
2-13 the economic stabilization fund.