78R3075 PJR-D

By:  Denny                                                      H.C.R. No. 84 



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Larry Lakes alleges that:                                             

(1)  on or before April 1, 1998, Larry Lakes entered 		into a contract with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to 
construct and operate a new state park development in the Ray 
Roberts Lake State Park, Pilot Point, Texas;
		(2)  the agreement to enter into the contract was based 
on Larry Lakes' understanding that the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Department would provide signage and brochures to promote the state 
park facility and would provide other public relations assistance;
		(3)  the state park facility opened in June 2000 and 
operated for over nine months without specific or general signage 
directing travelers to the facility or to the state park and lake;
		(4)  no brochures were produced by the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Department for the state park facility since the original 
groundbreaking ceremony and there was no public relations 
assistance with promotion of the facility until February 2002;
		(5)  Larry Lakes and the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Department began a dispute resolution process in accordance with 
the contract in May 2001, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Department has refused to continue that process, constituting a 
breach of contract;
		(6)  the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is in 
violation of state open records law by refusing to provide written 
minutes of the dispute resolution meeting, which took place on May 
10, 2001, until January 2, 2002, and has not provided a transcript 
of the recorded meeting;
		(7)  the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has or is 
about to enter into a replacement contract with a new vendor to take 
over responsibility for the state park facility;
		(8)  the conduct of the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Department forced the closing of the state park facility and loss of 
significant assets by Larry Lakes;
		(9)  the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is in 
breach of the contract due to their failure to provide signage, 
brochures, and publicity; and
		(10)  Larry Lakes is entitled to recover damages for 
the loss of revenue as a result of operating without signs, 
brochures, or publicity and for the increased operating costs and 
loss of significant assets that he subsequently incurred and to 
other relief as authorized by law; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Larry 
Lakes is granted permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas 
Parks and Wildlife Department subject to Chapter 107, Civil 
Practice and Remedies Code; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the executive director of the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Department be served process as provided by Section 
107.002(a)(3), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.