Bill Text: TX SR98 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. 52.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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 | ||
