By:  Duncan                                           S.R. No. 1190
                                  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, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the
 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on S.B.
 1-5     No. 1438, relating to a pilot project transferring certain
 1-6     professional and occupational licensing boards to self-directed
 1-7     semi-independent status, to consider and take actions on the
 1-8     following matters:
 1-9           (1)  Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
1-10     committee to change the text of Subsection (c), Section 6, Article
1-11     8930, Revised Statutes, as added by SECTION 2 of the bill, to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (c)  The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy shall
1-14     annually remit $500,000 to the general revenue fund, the Texas
1-15     Board of Professional Engineers shall annually remit $50,000 to the
1-16     general revenue fund, and the Texas Board of Architectural
1-17     Examiners shall annually remit $700,000 to the general revenue
1-18     fund.
1-19           Explanation:  This change is necessary to specify the surplus
1-20     amounts to be remitted by the pilot project agencies to the general
1-21     revenue fund.
1-22           (2)  Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (2) are suspended to permit
1-23     the committee to omit the text of Subsection (a), Section 15,
1-24     Article 8930, Revised Statutes, as added by SECTION 2 of the bill,
 2-1     and to change the section heading of that section, changing the
 2-2     section to read as follows:
 2-3           Sec. 15.  POST-PARTICIPATION LIABILITY.  (a)  If a state
 2-4     agency no longer has status under this Act as a self-directed
 2-5     semi-independent project agency either because of the expiration of
 2-6     this Act or for any other reason, the agency shall be liable for
 2-7     any expenses or debts incurred by the agency during the time the
 2-8     agency participated in the pilot project.  The agency's liability
 2-9     under this section includes liability for any lease entered into by
2-10     the agency.  The state is not liable for any expense or debt
2-11     covered by this subsection and money from the general revenue fund
2-12     may not be used to repay the expense or debt.
2-13           (b)  If a state agency no longer has status under this Act as
2-14     a self-directed semi-independent project agency either because of
2-15     the expiration of this Act or for any other reason, ownership of
2-16     any property or other asset acquired by the agency during the time
2-17     the agency participated in the pilot project shall be transferred
2-18     to the state.
2-19           Explanation:  This change is necessary to clarify the
2-20     liability status of the pilot project agencies.
2-21                                  ______________________________________
2-22                                          President of the Senate
2-23                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-24                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-25                                  on May 30, 1999, by the following
2-26                                  vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
2-27                                  ______________________________________
2-28                                          Secretary of the Senate