By: Montford S.B. No. 4 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for projects 1-2 relating to corrections institutions and to an emergency 1-3 appropriation to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 1-4 acquiring, constructing, and equipping corrections institutions. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. From the unissued balance of general obligation 1-7 bonds that are authorized under Section 49-h, Article III, Texas 1-8 Constitution, the Texas Public Finance Authority shall issue bonds 1-9 in the amount of $236.4 million and distribute the proceeds for the 1-10 purposes specified in the emergency appropriation for the Texas 1-11 Department of Criminal Justice made by Subsection (b) of Section 2 1-12 of this Act. 1-13 SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "current General 1-14 Appropriations Act" means Chapter 1051, Acts of the 73rd 1-15 Legislature, 1993. 1-16 (b) In addition to amounts previously appropriated under the 1-17 current General Appropriations Act or other law for the current 1-18 fiscal biennium, the sum of $236.4 million is appropriated to the 1-19 Texas Department of Criminal Justice from the proceeds of the 1-20 issuance of bonds previously authorized under Section 49-h, Article 1-21 III, Texas Constitution, for the two-year period beginning on the 1-22 date the proceeds are available, for the payment of expenses 1-23 incurred in acquiring, constructing, or equipping new corrections 1-24 institutions. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.