Bill Text: TX SR98 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. 52.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-19 - Reported enrolled [SR98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR98-Enrolled.html
By: Creighton | S.R. No. 98 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, 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 52 (the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital | ||
projects at public institutions of higher education, the | ||
oversight of certain capital projects at those institutions, and | ||
the designation of certain appropriated funds allocated to those | ||
institutions) to consider and take action on the following | ||
matter: | ||
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to amend text not in disagreement in SECTION 2 of the | ||
bill, in added Section 55.1791(a)(5), Education Code, by | ||
striking "infrastructure upgrades to address accessibility for | ||
persons with disabilities and health and safety issues" and | ||
substituting "an Agricultural Multipurpose Education and | ||
Training Center". | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to enable The Texas | ||
A&M University System to issue revenue bonds to finance an | ||
Agricultural Multipurpose Education and Training Center at Texas | ||
A&M University--Commerce. | ||
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the bill in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added | ||
Section 55.1793(a)(2), Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
and | ||
(C) $52,409,972 for construction of the Sugar | ||
Land Academic Building 2; | ||
Explanation: This addition is necessary to enable the | ||
University of Houston System to issue revenue bonds to finance | ||
construction of the Sugar Land Academic Building 2 at the | ||
University of Houston. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on October 18, 2021, | ||
by the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |