By:  Montford                                   S.R. No. 1164
                                   SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-1        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That
    1-2  Senate Rule 12.03, Rules of the Senate, 73rd Legislature, is
    1-3  suspended, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to the extent
    1-4  described in this Resolution, to enable the conference committee
    1-5  appointed to adjust the differences between the House and Senate
    1-6  versions of H.B. No. 2223, relating to the dedication of certain
    1-7  funds for the use of the Texas Commission on the Arts, to
    1-8  successfully conclude the committee's deliberations, by authorizing
    1-9  the conferees to consider and take action on the following specific
   1-10  matters:
   1-11        (1)  Senate Rule 12.03(3) is suspended to permit the
   1-12  committee to add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
   1-13  the bill to read as follows:
   1-14        SECTION 7.  (a)  There is hereby appropriated to the Texas
   1-15  Cultural Endowment Fund established in this Act from the general
   1-16  revenue fund for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 1995, the
   1-17  amount of $2.2 million.
   1-18        (b)  The speaker of the house of representatives and the
   1-19  lieutenant governor are directed to appoint a joint interim
   1-20  committee to study the options available to provide a dedicated
   1-21  source of funding to the Texas Cultural Endowment Fund.  The
   1-22  committee shall make a full report of its findings and
   1-23  recommendations to the 74th Legislature when it convenes in
    2-1  January, 1995.
    2-2        Explanation:  This action is necessary to provide a source of
    2-3  funding for the Texas Commission on the Arts, established in H.B.
    2-4  No. 2223, and to provide for the creation of a study committee to
    2-5  study the options available to provide a dedicated source of
    2-6  funding for the Texas Cultural Endowment Fund.
    2-7                                 _____________________________________
    2-8                                        President of the Senate
    2-9                                      I hereby certify that the
   2-10                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   2-11                                 the Senate on May 30, 1993.
   2-12                                 _____________________________________
   2-13                                        Secretary of the Senate