Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1365
By: Harris S.R. No. 1045
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
House Bill No. 1365, relating to the Texas emissions reduction
plan, to consider and take action on the following matter:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended in order to allow
the committee to omit text from Section 151.0515(a), Tax Code, as
amended by both houses, so that the section reads as follows:
(a) In this section, "equipment" includes all off-road,
heavy-duty diesel equipment [classified as construction
equipment], other than implements of husbandry used solely for
agricultural purposes, including:
(1) pavers;
(2) tampers/rammers;
(3) plate compactors;
(4) concrete pavers;
(5) rollers;
(6) scrapers;
(7) paving equipment;
(8) surface equipment;
(9) signal boards/light plants;
(10) trenchers;
(11) bore/drill rigs;
(12) excavators;
(13) concrete/industrial saws;
(14) cement and mortar mixers;
(15) cranes;
(16) graders;
(17) off-highway trucks;
(18) crushing/processing equipment;
(19) rough terrain forklifts;
(20) rubber tire loaders;
(21) rubber tire tractors/dozers;
(22) tractors/loaders/backhoes;
(23) crawler tractors/dozers;
(24) skid steer loaders;
(25) off-highway tractors; [and]
(26) Dumpsters/tenders; and
(27) mining equipment.
Explanation: This change is necessary to provide that
only mining equipment but not certain drilling equipment is added
to the kinds of equipment subject to the sale, lease, or rental
surcharge on new or used equipment.
(2) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to allow
the committee to add the following text to SECTION 27 of the bill
to read as follows:
(c) The change in law made by Section 25 of this Act does
not affect speed limits that have been approved by the Texas
Transportation Commission before the effective date of this Act.
Explanation: This change is necessary to make clear that
a speed limit approved by the Texas Transportation Commission
before the effective date of the Act is not affected by the change
in law made by SECTION 25 of the Act.
_______________________________
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 1, 2003, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate