1-1 By: Woolley, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 138 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 1, 1997; 1-3 April 2, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Finance; May 5, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 5, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to authorization of the creation of Texas growth fund II. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. The creation of Texas growth fund II is 1-11 authorized, as provided by Section 70(m), Article XVI, Texas 1-12 Constitution. 1-13 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-18 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-19 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-20 * * * * *