By Ratliff                                            S.R. No. 1086
         76R17216 CAG-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th
 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That Senate Rule 12.03 is
 1-3     suspended in part, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the
 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House
 1-5     Bill No. 1945, relating to the creation of permanent funds for
 1-6     certain public health purposes conducted by institutions of higher
 1-7     education, to consider and take action on the following matters:
 1-8           (1)  Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
 1-9     committee to amend text that is not in disagreement, in Section
1-10     3(b) of the bill, to read as follows:
1-11           (b)  On the effective date of this Act, the comptroller shall
1-12     transfer from the general revenue fund to the separate permanent
1-13     endowment trust fund established by Subchapter B, Chapter 63,
1-14     Education Code, as added by this Act, for each of the following
1-15     institutions of higher education or components of an institution of
1-16     higher education the following amounts:
1-17                 . . .
1-18                 (12)  the regional academic health center established
1-19     under Section 74.611, Education Code - $20 million; and . . . .
1-20           Explanation:  This change is necessary to increase the amount
1-21     of the permanent endowment fund established by Subchapter B,
1-22     Chapter 63, Education Code, as proposed by H.B. 1945, for the
1-23     regional academic health center established under Section 74.611,
1-24     Education Code, from $5 million to $20 million.
 2-1           (2)  Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit
 2-2     the committee to add text not included in either the house or
 2-3     senate version of the bill, in Section 3 of the bill, to read as
 2-4     follows:
 2-5           (e)  On the effective date of this Act, the comptroller shall
 2-6     transfer $1 million from the general revenue fund to the Texas
 2-7     Higher Education Coordinating Board to fund a contract with the
 2-8     Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas for the Institute of
 2-9     Metabolic Disease to study the relationship of maternal smoking and
2-10     metabolic derangements to the impaired growth rate in low-weight
2-11     infants, and for the Division of Prevention and Wellness to support
2-12     an antitobacco task force.  If the coordinating board enters into a
2-13     contract under this subsection, the coordinating board shall enter
2-14     into the contract in the same manner as a contract entered into
2-15     under Section 61.092, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
2-16           Explanation:  This change is necessary to allow the transfer
2-17     of $1 million to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to
2-18     fund a contract with the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas
2-19     to study tobacco-related health issues and conduct related
2-20     activities.