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SCR 64, 64th R.S.

Granting permission to T. C. Bateson Construction Company, Ling-Alterman, Natkin/Todd-Ford, Fresno Structural and Hanger Fabricators, Incorporated, Redondo Manufacturing Company, Incoporated, A-1 Pierce Enterprises, and L. E. (Ed) Travis and Sons, Incorporated, and McDonough Brothers, Incorporated, be and the same are hereby granted permission to bring and maintain suit against the State of Texas, including The University of Texas System and its regents, in a district court of Travis County, Texas, or in such other court as may have jurisdiction under the general laws of the State of Texas, to recover judgment in such amount and for such other relief as may be determined by a court or jury; providing that the sole purpose of this resolution is to grant permission to the aforesaid parties to maintain suit against the State of Texas and any instrumentality thereof, and no admission of liability or obligation is intended to be evidenced by this resolution, and further, that the parties described above shall be required to prove all essential facts as in other similar cases, and either party may appeal from any judgement entered, in accordance with the rules and laws of civil procedure; providing that nothing in this resolution shall be construed as an admission of any fact or of any liability by or against the State of Texas or any of the parties named above, and all facts set out herein which are relied upon by the parties must be proved in court for any recovery to be made; providing that nothing contained in this resolution shall constitute a waiver of any defense available to the State of Texas other than the defense of sovereign immunity to suit.

House and Senate Journals

The House and Senate Journals contain the official proceedings of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Journals include the text of proposed amendments to legislation and record votes. The Journals do not routinely contain transcripts of debates on bills; material such as speeches, statements of intent, parlimentary inquiries or other discussion may occasionally be included if members of the Legislature specifically asked that it be recorded in the Journals.

Printed journals for most sessions are available at the Legislative Reference Library, in law libraries around the state, and at the Dallas and Houston public libraries.

Scanned House and Senate Journals from the 64th R.S. are available online.

Recordings

Since 1973, the Texas Legislature has recorded most public committee hearings and House and Senate floor debates. Listening to these recordings may be helpful in compiling a bill's legislative history. To review or request recordings, locate the following dates in the bill history

Names of the House and Senate committees to which the bill was referred.
Dates the bill was considered by the committees in public hearing.
Dates of the second and third readings in the House and Senate

Digitized copies of some of the House recordings for the 64th R.S. are available from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Digitized copies of the Senate recordings for the 64th R.S. are available from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Recordings may be ordered through the mail or obtained in person at the House or Senate media offices:

House Tapes, 63rd Legislature (1973) - present
John H. Reagan Building, Room 330
105 West 15th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 463-0920
(512) 463-5729 Fax
*Requests must be in writing and paid in advance. View a sample request form.

Senate Tapes
Legislative Reference Library
1100 N. Congress Ave. Room 2N.3
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 463-1252
NOTE: Due to preservation concerns for the original cassette tapes, patrons are no longer able to listen to the original tapes. Digitized copies of the Senate recordings are available from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Transcripts

Committee hearings and floor debates are not routinely transcribed; however, they may occasionally be available. If transcripts are included in the committee minutes in the library collection, they will be available on the Committee information tab. Other transcripts found in the library collection are listed on the Articles tab. Contact the offices holding the recordings for each chamber to ask about the availability of additional transcripts.

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Legislative Reports

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State agency reports

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