By Junell                                             H.R. No. 1188
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, That House Rule
 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
 1-5     resolve the differences on House Joint Resolution No. 97, proposing
 1-6     a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general
 1-7     obligation bonds for construction and repair projects and for the
 1-8     purchase of needed equipment, to consider and take action on the
 1-9     following matter:
1-10           House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit the
1-11     committee to add new text to Subsection (b), Section 50-f, Article
1-12     III, Texas Constitution, as added by the joint resolution, so that
1-13     Subsection (b) reads as follows:
1-14           (b)  Proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited
1-15     in a separate fund or account within the state treasury created by
1-16     the comptroller for that purpose.  Money in the separate fund or
1-17     account may be used only to pay for:
1-18                 (1)  construction and repair projects authorized by the
1-19     legislature by general law or the General Appropriations Act and
1-20     administered by or on behalf of the General Services Commission,
1-21     the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Department of Criminal
1-22     Justice, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
1-23     Retardation, the Parks and Wildlife Department, the adjutant
1-24     general's department, the Texas School for the Deaf, the Department
 2-1     of Agriculture, the Department of Public Safety of the State of
 2-2     Texas, the State Preservation Board, the Texas Department of
 2-3     Health, the Texas Historical Commission, or the Texas School for
 2-4     the Blind and Visually Impaired; or
 2-5                 (2)  the purchase, as authorized by the legislature by
 2-6     general law or the General Appropriations Act, of needed equipment
 2-7     by or on behalf of a state agency listed in Subdivision (1) of this
 2-8     subsection.
 2-9           Explanation:  The added text is necessary to allow the Texas
2-10     Department of Health and the Texas Historical Commission to be
2-11     eligible to use the proceeds of bonds authorized by the
2-12     constitutional amendment for construction and repair projects and
2-13     for the purchase of needed equipment.