By: Montford S.R. No. 1147 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That Rule 1-2 12.03, Rules of the Senate, 73rd Legislature, is suspended, as 1-3 provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to the extent described in this 1-4 resolution, to enable the conference committee appointed to adjust 1-5 the differences between the House and Senate versions of S.B. No. 1-6 947, relating to continuing legal education, technical assistance, 1-7 and other support programs for prosecuting attorneys and their 1-8 personnel, for criminal defense attorneys who regularly represent 1-9 indigent defendants, and for justices of the peace and their court 1-10 personnel, to successfully conclude the committee's deliberations, 1-11 by authorizing the conferees to consider and take action on the 1-12 following specific matters: 1-13 (1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the 1-14 committee to amend the SECTION of the House third reading amendment 1-15 to the bill adding Section 56.006, Government Code, to read as 1-16 follows: 1-17 "SECTION _____. Chapter 56, Government Code, is amended by 1-18 adding Section 56.007 to read as follows: 1-19 "Sec. 56.007. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. An entity receiving 1-20 a grant of funds from the Court of Criminal Appeals under this 1-21 chapter for continuing legal education, technical assistance, and 1-22 other support programs may not use grant funds to pay any costs of 1-23 the entity not related to approved grant activities." 2-1 This action is necessary to make a technical correction to 2-2 and clarify the legislative intent of House 3rd Reading Amendment 2-3 No. 1. 2-4 (2) Senate Rule 12.03(3) is suspended to permit the 2-5 committee to add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to 2-6 the bill to read as follows: 2-7 "SECTION _____. 2-8 "1. All funds appropriated to the Supreme Court of Texas in 2-9 Senate Bill 5, Acts of the Seventy-third Legislature, Regular 2-10 Session, in line item 2., Judicial and Court Personnel Training, 2-11 and on page IV-17 in rider provision 5., Appropriation, Judicial 2-12 Education, are hereby transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeals 2-13 for the same period and for the same purposes as indicated in that 2-14 Act. 2-15 "2. All rider provisions in Article IV, Senate Bill 5, 2-16 Seventy-third Legislature, Regular Session, limiting, controlling, 2-17 or otherwise affecting the appropriations transferred pursuant to 2-18 subsection 1 of this section shall continue to apply to said 2-19 appropriations and a reference therein to the Supreme Court of 2-20 Texas shall be deemed a reference to the Court of Criminal Appeals. 2-21 "3. Section 5., Contingency Appropriation, Judicial Education, at 2-22 page IV-28 in the Special Provisions - Judiciary of Senate Bill 5, 2-23 Acts of the Seventy-third Legislature, Regular Session, shall have 2-24 no effect." 2-25 This action is necessary to incorporate a provision needed to 3-1 transfer certain appropriations, which provision was intended to be 3-2 added as a rider to the General Appropriations Act. 3-3 _____________________________________ 3-4 President of the Senate 3-5 I hereby certify that the 3-6 above Resolution was adopted by 3-7 the Senate on May 28, 1993. 3-8 _____________________________________ 3-9 Secretary of the Senate