By:  Haley                                      S.R. No. 1151
       73R11911 MJW-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 S.B.
    1-5  No. 381 to consider and take action on the following specific
    1-6  matters:
    1-7        1.  Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the committee
    1-8  to delete Part 5 of the bill, which relates to access to and
    1-9  charges for copies of public records by state agencies.
   1-10        Explanation:  This change is necessary to prevent
   1-11  inconsistency with H.B.  1009, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
   1-12  Regular Session, 1993, which contains similar, though not
   1-13  identical, provisions relating to public records.
   1-14        2.  Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (4) are suspended to permit the
   1-15  committee to amend Section 1.01 of the bill to read as follows:
   1-16        SECTION 1.01.  (a)  Section 2, Texas Public Finance Authority
   1-17  Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
   1-18  read as follows:
   1-19        Sec. 2.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this Act is to provide a
   1-20  method of financing:
   1-21              (1)  for the acquisition or construction of buildings
   1-22  in Travis County, Texas; and
   1-23              (2)  for the purchase or lease of equipment by state
   1-24  agencies in the executive or judicial branch of state government.
    2-1        (b)  The amendment of Section 2, Texas Public Finance
    2-2  Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by
    2-3  Section 42, H.B. 2626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
    2-4  Session, 1993, has no effect.
    2-5        Explanation:  This addition is necessary to prevent
    2-6  inconsistency between the amendment to Section 2, Texas Public
    2-7  Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil
    2-8  Statutes), in S.B. 381 and the amendment of the same provision that
    2-9  appears in H.B. 2626.
   2-10        3.  Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (4) are suspended to permit the
   2-11  committee to amend Section 1.02 of the bill to read as follows:
   2-12        SECTION 1.02.  (a)  Section 9A(a), Texas Public Finance
   2-13  Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
   2-14  amended to read as follows:
   2-15        (a)  The authority may issue and sell obligations for the
   2-16  financing of a lease or other agreement so long as the agreement
   2-17  concerns equipment that a state agency in the executive or judicial
   2-18  branch of state government has purchased or leased or intends to
   2-19  purchase or lease.  The authority's power to issue obligations
   2-20  includes the power to issue and sell obligations for the financing
   2-21  of a package of agreements involving one or more state agencies.
   2-22        (b)  The amendment of Subsection (a), Section 9A, Texas
   2-23  Public Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas Civil
   2-24  Statutes), by Section 43, H.B. 2626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
   2-25  Regular Session, 1993, has no effect.
   2-26        Explanation:  This addition is necessary to prevent
   2-27  inconsistency between the amendment to Subsection (a), Section 9A,
    3-1  Texas Public Finance Authority Act (Article 601d, Vernon's Texas
    3-2  Civil Statutes), in S.B. 381 and the amendment of the same
    3-3  provision that appears in H.B. 2626.
    3-4        4.  Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee
    3-5  to amend the bill's caption to read as follows:
    3-6  relating to the acquisition or provision of goods and services by
    3-7  the state.
    3-8        Explanation:  The change is necessary to conform the caption
    3-9  to the text of the bill, after the provisions relating to public
   3-10  records were removed by the conference committee.