81R11246 JJT-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3534
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of a judgment against the state in favor of
Marilou Morrison.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) For payment to Marilou Morrison according to
the terms of a judgment in the case of Marilou Morrison v. Texas
Commission on Human Rights, Texas Workforce Commission, Cause No.
D-1-GN-03-00863, 353rd District Court, there is appropriated to the
comptroller of public accounts from the General Revenue Fund
Account No. 0001 an amount not to exceed $900,000 plus postjudgment
interest for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2009.
(b) A warrant may not be prepared for payment of the
judgment unless the judgment is:
(1) certified by the attorney general as being final
with no further appeals available; and
(2) approved by the attorney general as a legally
enforceable obligation of the state.
(c) Following the certification and approval under
Subsection (b) of this section, the comptroller of public accounts
shall issue a warrant as soon as possible in favor of Marilou
Morrison in payment of the judgment and mail or deliver the warrant
to Marilou Morrison or her authorized representative.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.