By West                                               S.R. No. 1109
         76R17386 MRB-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, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the
 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between
 1-5     the house and senate versions of H.B. No. 1865, relating to the
 1-6     operations of the Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and
 1-7     Historical Commission, to consider and take action on the following
 1-8     matters:
 1-9           Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the committee to
1-10     omit from the bill the text of the added Section 448.0325,
1-11     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.