1-1 By: Harris S.C.R. No. 103
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 23, 1995; March 27, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
1-4 April 19, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
1-5 Nays 0; April 19, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-7 WHEREAS, National Projects, Inc., alleges that:
1-8 (1) in the month of November, 1990, it entered into
1-9 contracts with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
1-10 (2) under the contracts it was to construct prisons at
1-11 Dilley and Beeville, Texas;
1-12 (3) it worked in good faith to comply with all the terms of
1-13 the contract under the timeline prescribed by the Texas Department
1-14 of Criminal Justice and according to the designs supplied by the
1-15 Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
1-16 (4) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has failed to
1-17 comply with the provisions of the contract and failed to pay
1-18 National Projects, Inc., money rightfully owed in spite of the fact
1-19 that National Projects, Inc., had complied with all the conditions
1-20 of the contract;
1-21 (5) National Projects, Inc., is entitled to damages due to
1-22 the breach of contract by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
1-23 now, therefore, be it
1-24 RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That
1-25 National Projects, Inc., be and is hereby granted permission to sue
1-26 the State of Texas and the Department of Criminal Justice subject
1-27 to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and, be it
1-28 further
1-29 RESOLVED, That the Executive Director of the Texas Department
1-30 of Criminal Justice be served process as provided by Subdivision
1-31 (3), Subsection (a), Section 107.002, Civil Practice and Remedies
1-32 Code.
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