Bill Text: TX SR1038 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 55.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-30 - Reported enrolled [SR1038 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR1038-Enrolled.html
By: Nelson | S.R. No. 1038 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, 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 | ||
Senate Bill 55 (the creation of a grant program to support | ||
community mental health programs for veterans and their | ||
families) to consider and take action on the following matter: | ||
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | ||
to add text on a matter which is not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the bill by adding the following text to | ||
SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 531.0992, Government | ||
Code: | ||
(g) The executive commissioner shall use a | ||
noncompetitive procurement procedure to select a qualified | ||
nonprofit or private entity to administer a pilot program of the | ||
grant program established under this section. In selecting the | ||
qualified nonprofit or private entity, the executive | ||
commissioner must consider the purposes of the program and the | ||
duties of the program administrator described in this section. | ||
Explanation: This addition is necessary to allow a pilot | ||
program of the grant program to be implemented. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 30, 2015, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |