By:  Ratliff                                          S.R. No. 1158
                                  SENATE RESOLUTION
 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 be
 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 Senate
 1-5     Bill No. 177, relating to codification of certain provisions in the
 1-6     General Appropriations Act that authorize, restrict, or prohibit
 1-7     expenditures by public entities, to consider and take action on the
 1-8     following matter:
 1-9           Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to
1-10     add a new section to the bill to read as follows:
1-11           SECTION 3.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 2054.1185 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 2054.1185.  DELAY OF TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE.  (a)  A
1-14     state agency may request permission from the Legislative Budget
1-15     Board and the budget division of the governor's office to delay
1-16     implementation of a technology initiative, including a major
1-17     information resources project as defined by Section 2054.118, if
1-18     the implementation would significantly interfere with the state
1-19     agency's ability to prepare adequately for the millennium date
1-20     change and its attendant problems.
1-21           (b)  A request for permission for a delay must be submitted
1-22     in writing to the Legislative Budget Board and the budget division
1-23     of the governor's office.  Those entities may require the
1-24     requesting state agency to provide any information the entities
 2-1     consider necessary for the proper evaluation of the request and may
 2-2     require the department or any other state agency to assist in
 2-3     evaluating the request.
 2-4           (c)  If the Legislative Budget Board and the budget division
 2-5     of the governor's office determine that a state agency has provided
 2-6     sufficient evidence of a need for a delay in implementation of a
 2-7     technology initiative, the agency shall be notified in writing of
 2-8     the determination and shall be permitted to delay implementation
 2-9     for the time specified by the Legislative Budget Board and the
2-10     budget division of the governor's office.
2-11           Explanation:  This addition is necessary to ensure computer
2-12     compatibility with the millennium date change.
2-13                                  ______________________________________
2-14                                          President of the Senate
2-15                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-16                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-17                                  on May 27, 1999, by the following
2-18                                  vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
2-19                                  ______________________________________
2-20                                          Secretary of the Senate