By Junell H.B. No. 3049
74R7861 GCH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 making appropriations for and directing payment of certain
1-3 miscellaneous claims and judgments out of funds designated by this
1-4 Act and requiring approval of the claims in the manner specified in
1-5 this Act before payment is made.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out
1-8 of the General Revenue Fund No. 001 for payment of itemized claims
1-9 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
1-10 To pay Steve D. Thompson Trucking for warrant voided by
1-11 statute of limitations. $6,368.40
1-12 To pay Steve D. Thompson Trucking for warrant voided by
1-13 statute of limitations. $8,471.70
1-14 To pay Lexton-Ancira, Inc., care of Southmark Corporation,
1-15 for warrant voided by statute of limitations. $2,063.70
1-16 To pay the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for
1-17 unpaid underground storage tank fees for the Texas Youth
1-18 Commission. $100.00
1-19 To pay Del Barker Stigler, M.D., for warrant voided by
1-20 statute of limitations. $1,700.86
1-21 To pay Prudential-Bache Moneymart Assets, Inc., for warrant
1-22 voided by statute of limitations. $45,000.00
1-23 To pay Terminal Freight Handling Co., doing business as Sears
1-24 Logistics, for warrant voided by statute of limitations. $31,894.50
2-1 To pay Canon U.S.A., Inc., for outstanding invoices for
2-2 copier maintenance and service for the Texas Department of Health.
2-3 $406.04
2-4 To pay Bruce G. Kinzy, M.D., P.A., for warrant voided by
2-5 statute of limitations. $162.00
2-6 To pay Amparos Apothecary for outstanding invoices for drug
2-7 purchases for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
2-8 Retardation. $4,210.45
2-9 To pay James D. Thompson for warrant voided by statute of
2-10 limitations. $1,022.73
2-11 To pay Cris Haines for warrant voided by statute of
2-12 limitations. $3.50
2-13 To pay Lucy M. Carlson for warrant voided by statute of
2-14 limitations. $87.93
2-15 To pay Annice M. Elliott for warrant voided by statute of
2-16 limitations. $369.41
2-17 To pay Willmar Distributors, Inc., for warrant voided by
2-18 statute of limitations. $12,251.90
2-19 To pay Dallas County Hospital District, doing business as
2-20 Parkland Memorial Hospital, for warrant voided by statute of
2-21 limitations. $58,585.64
2-22 To pay Masterson, Moreland, Sauer, Whisman, Inc., care of
2-23 Moak Consulting, for outstanding invoices for expert witness fees
2-24 for the Office of the Attorney General. $51,500.00
2-25 To pay Fred C. Bunch for warrant voided by statute of
2-26 limitations. $792.53
2-27 To pay Robin D. Etie for warrant voided by statute of
3-1 limitations. $40.07
3-2 To pay Mary Helen Gaines for warrant voided by statute of
3-3 limitations. $80.77
3-4 To pay American Finance Group for warrant voided by statute
3-5 of limitations. $782.00
3-6 To pay the City of Richmond for warrant voided by statute of
3-7 limitations. $20,435.89
3-8 To pay Bill Long, District Clerk of Dallas County, for
3-9 outstanding invoices for filing fees and court costs for the Office
3-10 of the Attorney General. $355.00
3-11 To pay Jon C. Ford for warrant voided by statute of
3-12 limitations. $2,831.04
3-13 To pay Virginia Pritz for warrant voided by statute of
3-14 limitations. $457.47
3-15 To pay Live Oak Realty Company for warrant voided by statute
3-16 of limitations. $3,580.80
3-17 To pay Northern Frost Investment Company for warrant voided
3-18 by statute of limitations. $551.25
3-19 To pay Hicks Water Conditioning for warrant voided by statute
3-20 of limitations. $187.50
3-21 To pay Mansfield Feed Mills, Inc., for warrant voided by
3-22 statute of limitations. $250.00
3-23 To pay Marriott MHP Two Corporation for warrant voided by
3-24 statute of limitations. $25,416.23
3-25 To pay Reddy Medical Association for unpaid workers'
3-26 compensation benefits provided to Rosendo M. Garcia. $51.35
3-27 To pay Dan R. Hillard, M.D., for unpaid workers' compensation
4-1 benefits provided to Margaret Stanberry. $475.00
4-2 To pay Orthopaedic and Back Pain Center for unpaid workers'
4-3 compensation benefits provided to Julian Garcia. $2,075.95
4-4 To pay IBM Corporation for unpaid interest on computer system
4-5 and software contract. $89,428.61
4-6 To pay Betty Jo Quash for warrant voided by statute of
4-7 limitations. $53.76
4-8 To pay Mountain Creek Golf Club for warrants voided by
4-9 statute of limitations. $91.69
4-10 To pay Comal County Juvenile Residential Supervision and
4-11 Treatment Center, Inc., for warrant voided by statute of
4-12 limitations. $5,040.00
4-13 To pay YMCA of Greater Houston for warrant voided by statute
4-14 of limitations. $3,476.03
4-15 To pay Duke Salisbury, trustee for bankruptcy estate of
4-16 Michigan General Corporation for Krestmark of Houston, Inc., for
4-17 warrant voided by statute of limitations. $7,969.87
4-18 To pay Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 48 for warrant voided
4-19 by statute of limitations. $1,900.00
4-20 To pay the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for
4-21 unpaid underground storage tank fees for the Texas Department of
4-22 Mental Health and Mental Retardation. $75.00
4-23 To pay Melody Ensz Carpenter for warrant voided by statute of
4-24 limitations. $395.59
4-25 To pay Jack V. Gardner for warrant voided by statute of
4-26 limitations. $2,645.70
4-27 To pay the Travis County District Clerk for outstanding
5-1 invoices for court costs for the Office of the Attorney General.
5-2 $2,135.00
5-3 To pay Roy Widener for warrant voided by statute of
5-4 limitations. $12.00
5-5 To pay Samuel Ortegon for warrant voided by statute of
5-6 limitations. $136.25
5-7 To pay Sourjyebdra Dasgupta for warrant voided by statute of
5-8 limitations. $110.00
5-9 To pay the Travis County District Clerk for outstanding
5-10 invoices for court costs for the Office of the Attorney General.
5-11 $135.00
5-12 To pay Victoria Lewis-Dunn for warrants voided by statute of
5-13 limitations. $240.88
5-14 To pay Les Arthur Eastwood for warrant voided by statute of
5-15 limitations. $1,136.78
5-16 To pay Cheshire and Associates, Inc., for warrant voided by
5-17 statute of limitations. $45.00
5-18 SECTION 2. The following sums of money are appropriated out
5-19 of Fund No. 006 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
5-20 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
5-21 To pay Alamo Title Company, agent for Alamo Title Insurance
5-22 of Texas, for warrant voided by statute of limitations. $436.00
5-23 To pay Victor E. Hudman, M.D., for unpaid medical services.
5-24 $45.00
5-25 To pay Harley E. Baker for warrant voided by statute of
5-26 limitations. $35.24
5-27 To pay Permian Basin Chiropractic for unpaid chiropractic
6-1 services. $3,830.00
6-2 To pay Upper Valley Radiology Clinic PA for unpaid
6-3 radiological services. $157.00
6-4 To pay Rehabilitation Associates of Odessa for unpaid
6-5 physical rehabilitation services. $150.00
6-6 SECTION 3. The following sums of money are appropriated out
6-7 of Fund No. 009 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
6-8 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
6-9 To pay Canon U.S.A. for unpaid copier service. $7,897.33
6-10 SECTION 4. The following sums of money are appropriated out
6-11 of Fund No. 019 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
6-12 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
6-13 To pay Earnest Garman, Jr., for warrant voided by statute of
6-14 limitations. $7.00
6-15 SECTION 5. The following sums of money are appropriated out
6-16 of Fund No. 026 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
6-17 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
6-18 To pay Michael L. Miller for warrant voided by statute of
6-19 limitations. $7.56
6-20 To pay Travis County District Clerk for outstanding invoices
6-21 for court costs for the Texas Employment Commission. $2,290.00
6-22 To pay Elaine G. Davis for warrant voided by statute of
6-23 limitations. $92.04
6-24 SECTION 6. The following sums of money are appropriated out
6-25 of Fund No. 037 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
6-26 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
6-27 To pay Galveston County Child Welfare Board for unpaid foster
7-1 care services. $78,229.21
7-2 SECTION 7. The following sums of money are appropriated out
7-3 of Fund No. 061 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
7-4 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
7-5 To pay the Institute for Rehabilitation Research for
7-6 outstanding invoices for medical services for various clients of
7-7 the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. $2,302.99
7-8 To pay TSO for outstanding invoices for eyeglasses for a
7-9 client of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. $160.00
7-10 To pay the University of Houston for outstanding invoices for
7-11 tuition for various Texas Rehabilitation Commission employees.
7-12 $11,632.40
7-13 To pay Georgetown Medical Center for outstanding invoices for
7-14 medical services. $390.00
7-15 SECTION 8. The following sums of money are appropriated out
7-16 of Fund No. 064 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
7-17 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
7-18 To pay Fort Bend Telephone for unpaid telephone bill for
7-19 Brazos Bend State Park. $198.20
7-20 SECTION 9. The following sums of money are appropriated out
7-21 of Fund No. 127 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
7-22 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
7-23 To pay Barbra Crane for warrant voided by statute of
7-24 limitations. $462.00
7-25 SECTION 10. The following sums of money are appropriated out
7-26 of Fund No. 141 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
7-27 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
8-1 To pay Rodney J. Puryear for warrant voided by statute of
8-2 limitations. $150.00
8-3 SECTION 11. The following sums of money are appropriated out
8-4 of Fund No. 166 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
8-5 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
8-6 To pay Peoplecare Heritage Oaks, Inc., for unpaid charges for
8-7 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $420.80
8-8 To pay Brownsville Good Samaritan Center for unpaid charges
8-9 for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $845.80
8-10 To pay L & L Equities, Inc., doing business as All Seasons
8-11 Nursing Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for
8-12 Medicaid recipients. $341.01
8-13 To pay David W. Nesbit, doing business as Nesbit Nursing
8-14 Home, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
8-15 recipients. $70.88
8-16 To pay Rockwall Nursing Care Center for unpaid charges for
8-17 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,538.31
8-18 To pay Peoplecare Heritage Oaks, Inc., for unpaid charges for
8-19 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $684.42
8-20 To pay Southwestern Medical Centers, Inc., doing business as
8-21 Deer Creek Nursing Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care
8-22 for Medicaid recipients. $570.36
8-23 To pay Foundation, Inc., doing business as Bryan Manor, for
8-24 unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
8-25 $924.00
8-26 To pay Quality Care of Waco for unpaid charges for nursing
8-27 home care for Medicaid recipients. $28.62
9-1 To pay White Acres Good Samaritan Retirement Village for
9-2 unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
9-3 $2,585.25
9-4 To pay National Heritage Insurance Company for unpaid charges
9-5 for medical assistance for Medicaid recipients. $95,819.64
9-6 To pay Honorcare Operating Co., doing business as Angelina
9-7 Nursing Home, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
9-8 recipients. $870.98
9-9 To pay Tutor Nursing Home, Inc., for unpaid charges for
9-10 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $910.50
9-11 To pay Bethphage Mission South, Inc., for unpaid charges for
9-12 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $615.10
9-13 To pay Vari Care, Inc., doing business as Edgewater Care
9-14 Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
9-15 recipients. $2,052.33
9-16 To pay Southwest Care Center for unpaid charges for nursing
9-17 home care for Medicaid recipients. $354.20
9-18 To pay Four Seasons Nursing Centers, Inc., for unpaid charges
9-19 for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $2,107.99
9-20 To pay Paula A. Prince for warrant voided by statute of
9-21 limitations. $128.36
9-22 To pay Unicare Homes, Inc., doing business as Convalescent
9-23 Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
9-24 recipients. $1,868.24
9-25 To pay Wright Nursing Home, Inc., for unpaid charges for
9-26 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $6,358.98
9-27 To pay Living Centers of America, doing business as Care,
10-1 Inc., of Waco, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for
10-2 Medicaid recipients. $37,100.50
10-3 To pay Granbury Nursing Home, Inc., doing business as
10-4 Granbury Care Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for
10-5 Medicaid recipients. $724.50
10-6 To pay Colonial Manor for unpaid charges for nursing home
10-7 care for Medicaid recipients. $114.90
10-8 To pay Advanced Living Technologies, Inc., doing business as
10-9 Floresville, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
10-10 recipients. $35.21
10-11 To pay Mason Management Company for unpaid charges for
10-12 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $859.85
10-13 To pay Leon Valley Lodge for unpaid charges for nursing home
10-14 care for Medicaid recipients. $379.36
10-15 To pay Mission Nursing Home for unpaid charges for nursing
10-16 home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,163.52
10-17 To pay Valley View Care Center for unpaid charges for nursing
10-18 home care for Medicaid recipients. $364.30
10-19 To pay St. David's Rehabilitation Center for unpaid charges
10-20 for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $14,590.21
10-21 To pay Vari Care, Inc., doing business as Edgewater Care
10-22 Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
10-23 recipients. $1,560.28
10-24 To pay Josephine Godoy for warrant voided by statute of
10-25 limitations. $10.00
10-26 To pay Quality Care of Waco for unpaid charges for nursing
10-27 home care for Medicaid recipients. $396.91
11-1 To pay Dallas County Hospital District, doing business as
11-2 Parkland Memorial Hospital, for warrant voided by statute of
11-3 limitations. $16,239.93
11-4 To pay Silsbee Convalescent Center for unpaid charges for
11-5 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $254.92
11-6 To pay Briarcliff Village Health Center for unpaid charges
11-7 for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,816.28
11-8 To pay Spectrum Nursing Homes of Texas, doing business as
11-9 Alamo Heights Manor, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for
11-10 Medicaid recipients. $434.81
11-11 To pay Alvin Convalescent Center for unpaid charges for
11-12 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $172.13
11-13 To pay Harlingen Good Samaritan Center for unpaid charges for
11-14 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $4,092.32
11-15 To pay Mason Management Company, doing business as Village
11-16 Care Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
11-17 recipients. $2,440.83
11-18 To pay Southwest Care Center for unpaid charges for nursing
11-19 home care for Medicaid recipients. $80.91
11-20 To pay David Gregg Johns, doing business as Pecos Nursing
11-21 Home, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
11-22 recipients. $71.24
11-23 To pay Four Seasons Nursing Center for unpaid charges for
11-24 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,202.90
11-25 To pay the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
11-26 Retardation for unpaid administrative services under Title XIX,
11-27 federal Social Security Act. $1,114,592.00
12-1 To pay The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, doing
12-2 business as McAllen Good Samaritan Center, for unpaid charges for
12-3 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $2,296.84
12-4 To pay Brentwood Place Two for unpaid charges for nursing
12-5 home care for Medicaid recipients. $409.50
12-6 To pay Convalescent Management, Inc., doing business as
12-7 Parkview Convalescent Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home
12-8 care for Medicaid recipients. $780.91
12-9 To pay Lutheran Home of West Texas for unpaid charges for
12-10 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $3,217.64
12-11 To pay Twin Pines Nursing Home for unpaid charges for nursing
12-12 home care for Medicaid recipients. $923.21
12-13 To pay Avante Villa at Corpus Christi for unpaid charges for
12-14 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $840.42
12-15 To pay the United States Internal Revenue Service, Financial
12-16 Operations Division, for unpaid charges for services rendered by
12-17 the Internal Revenue Service. $47,659.77
12-18 To pay Western Manor for unpaid charges for nursing home care
12-19 for Medicaid recipients. $774.08
12-20 To pay Greentree Health Center, Inc., for unpaid charges for
12-21 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $2,398.41
12-22 To pay 3927 Foundation, doing business as Del Mar Health Care
12-23 Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
12-24 recipients. $914.95
12-25 To pay Brentwood Place Three for unpaid charges for nursing
12-26 home care for Medicaid recipients. $19,370.93
12-27 To pay Dallas County MHMR Center for unpaid charges for
13-1 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $3,985.98
13-2 To pay Cleburne Health Care Center for unpaid charges for
13-3 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,559.58
13-4 To pay Eckerd Drugs #818 for unpaid charges for warrant
13-5 voided by statute of limitations. $2,339.01
13-6 To pay Beverly Enterprises for unpaid charges for nursing
13-7 home care for Medicaid recipients. $81,933.75
13-8 To pay Texas Health Enterprises for unpaid charges for
13-9 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $217,374.93
13-10 To pay Sierra Health Center for unpaid charges for nursing
13-11 home care for Medicaid recipients. $203.84
13-12 To pay Heartland of Corpus Christi #5224 for unpaid charges
13-13 for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $639.98
13-14 To pay Health Center Monte Vista-CRDO for unpaid charges for
13-15 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $3,517.62
13-16 To pay Opal Mennella, doing business as Sweetbriar Nursing
13-17 Home, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
13-18 recipients. $889.08
13-19 To pay Olsen Manor Nursing Home for unpaid charges for
13-20 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $15.52
13-21 To pay Peoplecare Heritage Oaks for unpaid charges for
13-22 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $991.17
13-23 To pay Floydada Nursing Home for unpaid charges for nursing
13-24 home care for Medicaid recipients. $1,804.44
13-25 To pay Estate of Sam Hardy, doing business as Calvert Nursing
13-26 Center, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid
13-27 recipients. $37,208.75
14-1 To pay Angela L. Rodriguez for warrant voided by statute of
14-2 limitations. $128.69
14-3 To pay HEB Nursing Center for warrant voided by statute of
14-4 limitations. $57,813.16
14-5 To pay Convalescent Management, Inc., doing business as
14-6 Cherry Street Manor, for unpaid charges for nursing home care for
14-7 Medicaid recipients. $1,186.65
14-8 To pay James F. Cotter, doing business as Shady Oaks Manor,
14-9 for warrant voided by statute of limitations. $11,692.66
14-10 To pay Memorial Hospital and Medical Center of Midland for
14-11 unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
14-12 $2,457.70
14-13 To pay the District Attorney for the 38th Judicial District
14-14 for unpaid attorney fees in food stamp fraud cases. $2,497.50
14-15 To pay Golden Age Manor-Bellfort for unpaid charges for
14-16 nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $665.28
14-17 To pay Beneva Nyamu for warrant voided by statute of
14-18 limitations. $10.31
14-19 SECTION 12. The following sums of money are appropriated out
14-20 of Fund No. 167 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
14-21 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
14-22 To pay Katherine Ann Smith for warrant voided by statute of
14-23 limitations. $158.00
14-24 To pay Joyce Marie Somerville for accrued AFDC benefits.
14-25 $4,492.00
14-26 To pay Janice M. Gafford for warrant voided by statute of
14-27 limitations. $144.00
15-1 SECTION 13. The following sums of money are appropriated out
15-2 of Fund No. 224 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
15-3 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
15-4 To pay the University of Houston for outstanding claims for
15-5 reimbursement under enhanced oil recovery ("Annex") grants made
15-6 through the governor's office. $15,361.55
15-7 To pay the University of Houston for outstanding claims for
15-8 reimbursement under enhanced oil recovery ("Annex") grants made
15-9 through the governor's office. $12,773.53
15-10 To pay The University of Texas at Austin for outstanding
15-11 claims for reimbursement under enhanced oil recovery ("Annex")
15-12 grants made through the governor's office. $7,865.79
15-13 To pay The University of Texas at Austin for outstanding
15-14 claims for reimbursement under enhanced oil recovery ("Annex")
15-15 grants made through the governor's office. $762.02
15-16 To pay the Texas Engineering Experiment Station for
15-17 outstanding claims for reimbursement under enhanced oil recovery
15-18 ("Annex") grants made through the governor's office. $65,937.47
15-19 SECTION 14. The following sums of money are appropriated out
15-20 of Fund No. 237 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
15-21 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
15-22 To pay Robert Hawkins for warrant voided by statute of
15-23 limitations. $91.60
15-24 SECTION 15. The following sums of money are appropriated out
15-25 of Fund No. 274 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
15-26 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
15-27 To pay Gary W. Harvey/Total Radiator and Automotive for
16-1 warrant voided by statute of limitations. $118.25
16-2 To pay Resler Chevron for warrant voided by statute of
16-3 limitations. $649.00
16-4 SECTION 16. The following sums of money are appropriated out
16-5 of Fund No. 551 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
16-6 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
16-7 To pay Chris J. Bailey for warrant voided by statute of
16-8 limitations. $1,824.55
16-9 To pay Paula Maria Yanez for warrant voided by statute of
16-10 limitations. $2,870.40
16-11 SECTION 17. The following sums of money are appropriated out
16-12 of Fund No. 937 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus
16-13 interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
16-14 To pay Ralph Duvall for warrant voided by statute of
16-15 limitations. $896.00
16-16 SECTION 18. It is specifically provided that before any
16-17 claim or judgment may be paid from funds appropriated by this Act,
16-18 the claim or judgment must be verified and substantiated by the
16-19 administrator of the special fund or account against which the
16-20 claim is to be charged and have the approval of the attorney
16-21 general and the comptroller of public accounts. Any claim or
16-22 judgment itemized in this Act that has not been verified and
16-23 substantiated by the administrator of the special fund or account
16-24 and approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
16-25 accounts by August 31, 1996, may not be paid from funds
16-26 appropriated. Each claim must contain such information as may be
16-27 required by the comptroller but at a minimum must contain the
17-1 specific reason for the claim. If the claim is for a void warrant,
17-2 the claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
17-3 services, refund, or other item for which the warrant was
17-4 originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
17-5 the original payee or the original payee's successor, heirs, or
17-6 assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim is for
17-7 unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by an invoice or
17-8 other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account and any other
17-9 information that may be required by the comptroller.
17-10 SECTION 19. Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
17-11 this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller is
17-12 authorized and directed to issue one or more warrants on the state
17-13 treasury, as soon as possible following the effective date of this
17-14 Act, in the favor of each of the persons, firms, or corporations
17-15 named in this Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set
17-16 opposite their respective names and shall mail or deliver to each
17-17 of the persons, firms, or corporations one or more warrants in
17-18 payment of all claims included in this Act.
17-19 SECTION 20. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
17-20 SECTION 21. The importance of this legislation and the
17-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
17-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
17-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
17-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.