1-1  By:  Henderson                                        S.C.R. No. 53
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed February 15, 1995; February 16, 1995,
    1-3  read first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
    1-4  April 20, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
    1-5  Nays 0; April 20, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6                     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-7        WHEREAS, John R. Phenix & Associates, Inc., alleges that:
    1-8        (1)  it was promised the award of a contract for the design
    1-9  of an athletic training facility on the University of Houston
   1-10  campus;
   1-11        (2)  as a condition of the award of the contract, it deferred
   1-12  billing for the preparation of conceptual drawings and schematics
   1-13  that were to be used to raise funds for the facility;
   1-14        (3)  it prepared conceptual drawings and schematics and
   1-15  several subsequent redesigns of the structure at a cost of over
   1-16  $80,000 in professional fees;
   1-17        (4)  the university originally awarded it the contract;
   1-18        (5)  at the instigation of a university employee, the
   1-19  university reneged on the contract and awarded it to another
   1-20  architectural firm;
   1-21        (6)  the contract was awarded to the other firm on the basis
   1-22  of a previous relationship with the university employee, rather
   1-23  than on the firm's abilities; and
   1-24        (7)  the university's wrongful breach of contract has cost
   1-25  John R. Phenix & Associates, Inc., a loss of over $80,000 in
   1-26  professional fees; now, therefore, be it
   1-27        RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That John
   1-28  R. Phenix & Associates, Inc., be and is hereby granted permission
   1-29  to sue the State of Texas and the University of Houston System
   1-30  subject to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and, be
   1-31  it further
   1-32        RESOLVED, That the chancellor or vice-chancellor of the
   1-33  University of Houston System be served process as provided by
   1-34  Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), Section 107.002, Civil Practice
   1-35  and Remedies Code.
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