By:  Ratliff                                          S.R. No. 1136
                                  SENATE RESOLUTION
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th
 1-2     Legislature, That Senate Rules 12.03 and 12.04, be suspended in
 1-3     part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable consideration of,
 1-4     and action on, the following specific matters which may be
 1-5     contained in the Conference Committee Report on H.B. No. 1.
 1-6     1.  Salary Policy
 1-7         The Conference Committee Report provides appropriations for a
 1-8         $100 per month salary increase in the first year of the
 1-9         biennium for employees of state agencies and for non-faculty
1-10         employees of institutions of higher education.  The salary
1-11         increase includes county extension agents and employees of
1-12         health science institutions paid through interagency contract
1-13         to provide services to inmates of correctional facilities.
1-14         Salaries are increased for law enforcement officers classified
1-15         under Salary Schedule C of Article IX through separate salary
1-16         schedule adjustments.  Contingent on the availability of
1-17         additional revenues, appropriations are provided in the second
1-18         year of the biennium for a three percent salary increase for
1-19         faculty at institutions of higher education.  This salary
1-20         increase includes faculty at general academic institutions,
1-21         technical colleges, service agencies, and health science
1-22         institutions.
1-23     2.  Format Changes
1-24         For each general academic institution, service agency, health
 2-1         center, health science center, technical college, and system
 2-2         office, the Conference Committee Report combines all strategy
 2-3         appropriations into one single appropriation with the
 2-4         individual strategies shown, for information only, as the first
 2-5         rider in the institution's bill pattern.  This format change
 2-6         does not affect the amount of appropriations to any institution
 2-7         or the method of financing any institution's appropriations.
 2-8                                  ______________________________________
 2-9                                          President of the Senate
2-10                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-11                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-12                                  on May 27, 1999, by the following vote:
2-13                                  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
2-14                                  ______________________________________
2-15                                          Secretary of the Senate