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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to appropriating money to pay for a judgment rendered in |
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certain litigation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) An amount not to exceed $430,000 is |
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appropriated to the comptroller of public accounts out of the |
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General Revenue Fund Account No. 0001 for the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2009, to pay Anna M. Abraham for damages, court |
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costs, expert witness fees, and attorney's fees, plus additional |
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interest, if any, as provided by the judgment of the court in the |
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case styled Anna M. Abraham v. The Texas Rehabilitation Commission, |
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No. GN-303143 (353rd Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex., judgment |
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entered on November 10, 2004), as affirmed by the Third Court of |
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Appeals. |
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(b) A warrant may not be prepared for payment of the |
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judgment unless the judgment is: |
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(1) certified by the attorney general as being final |
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with no further appeals available; and |
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(2) approved by the attorney general as a legally |
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enforceable obligation of the state. |
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(c) Following the certification and approval under |
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Subsection (b) of this section, the comptroller shall issue a |
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warrant as soon as possible in favor of Anna M. Abraham in payment |
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of the judgment and mail or deliver the warrant to Anna M. Abraham |
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or her authorized representative. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |