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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of a judgment against the state in favor of |
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Marilou Morrison. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) For payment to Marilou Morrison according to |
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the terms of a judgment in the case of Marilou Morrison v. Texas |
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Commission on Human Rights, Texas Workforce Commission, Cause No. |
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D-1-GN-03-00863, 353rd District Court, there is appropriated to the |
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comptroller of public accounts from the General Revenue Fund |
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Account No. 0001 an amount not to exceed $900,000 plus postjudgment |
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interest for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2009. |
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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 of public accounts |
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shall issue a warrant as soon as possible in favor of Marilou |
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Morrison in payment of the judgment and mail or deliver the warrant |
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to Marilou Morrison or her authorized representative. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |