R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That House Rule
 1-3     13, Section 9(a), is suspended, as provided by House Rule 13,
 1-4     Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
 1-5     resolve the differences between the house and senate versions of
 1-6     H.B. No. 1865, relating to the operations of the Texas Emancipation
 1-7     Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, to consider and take
 1-8     action on the following matters:
 1-9           House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit the
1-10     committee to omit from the bill the text of the added Section
1-11     448.0325, Government Code, which reads as follows:
1-12           Sec. 448.0325.  CONTRACT WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.  The
1-13     commission by contract may provide money to a nonprofit
1-14     organization that has as one of its primary functions the promotion
1-15     of Juneteenth.  The contract must ensure that the nonprofit
1-16     organization provides services or goods that accomplish a public
1-17     purpose of the commission.
1-18           Explanation:  This change is needed to remove an unnecessary
1-19     provision.
                                                                     Edwards
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                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 1080 was adopted by the House on May
         24, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House