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he lalte, AUSTIN — House leaders
onday called on Gov. Dolph Bris
le and Attorney General John Hill
yvtji ^ rea h a House-Senate dead-
* ck concerning tax reform and
pending limitation provisions of a
roposea constitutional amendment
in tax relief.
The conference committee met
Iree times Monday without reach-
g an agreement, then called off
e negotiations until Tuesday the
pal day of the 30-day tax special
mational ; ss i°n convened by Briscoe in the
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“I think it is time for the governor
to get involved in this conference
committee,” said Rep. Wayne
Peveto, D-Orange. “I think the
governor is for property tax relief
and I think he is for property tax
reform, but so far the Senate has re
fused to go along with either.”
Rep. Tim Von Dohlen, D-Goliad,
chairman of the House conferees,
said he would telephone Hill, the
Democratic nominee for governor,
to seek his help in settling the dif
ferences between the two Houses
before the session adjourns at mid
night Tuesday.
There was talk among legislators
Monday that Briscoe would call a
news conference Tuesday afternoon
in a dramatic attempt to push the tax
relief amendment through the
Legislature, and perhaps to
threaten lawmakers with the pros
pect of another special session if the
proposal is not passed before mid
night.
The Senate negotiators, in what
they termed their final offer, agreed
Monday to a House provision re
quiring the Legislature to provide
formulas to protect school districts
from revenue lost through increased
property tax exemptions on home-
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Aug. 6,1 United Press International
'00 m 0t; AUSTIN _ Critics Monday shot
•shimai )wn Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s propo-
ln ’ ■ 1 J to give the Texas Department of
>mb B|Horrections authority to purchase a
ipe m»w prison site anywhere in the
mplel |ate.
Sen. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin,
gged the measure in the Senate by
manding 48 hours notice before a
(mmittee hearing to consider the
iposal when less than 48 hours
mained in the special legislative
ission.
Rep. Jimmy Edwards, D-Conroe,
Bthdrew the proposal from House
Ljitate when Rep. Craig Washing-
I Hi ton, D-Houston, hotly protested
"•haul B^ded-up action there,
tes su PP ose they are waiting for a
tor Ko:ff' SOn r '°t’ Sen. William Moore,
,ne foB-Bryan, grumbled about oppo-
svcholoij 11 * 5 P ro P° sa T “The prisons
'hj n 7wf,bursting at the seams.”
■ T think the project is an unwise
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sals to place limits on the growth of
state spending, require a majority of
the membership rather than simply
a majority of those present to pass
new tax bills, and a requirement for
uniform tax appraisal and county
wide assessment of property taxes.
Von Dohlen told reporters that
the House might go along with the
Senate offer, but said he expects the
Senate to compromise on at least
E art of the three remaining issues
efore negotiations end.
“They have given in substantially
on some crucial things, particularly
the reimbursement language,” Von
Dohlen said. I think we might sell
it to the House, but
get some more
through.”
we re going to
before we’re
Sen. A M. Aikin Jr., D-Paris,
head of the Senate conference
committee, gave no indication that
the senators were willing to yield
any more, however.
This, I think, is our bottom
line, he told Dohlen.
The Senate has presented its
bottom line offer, and that’s it,” said
Sen. Tom Creighton, D-Mineral
Wells.
Creighton referred to the Senate
proposal as a compromise, but
Peveto, who has pushed for adop
tion of the provision requiring uni
form property appraisals, indicated
that he thinks senators have not
yielded enough.
There’s a difference between
compromise and an ultimatum,”
Peveto said. “I thought everybody
was supposed to give a little in a
compromise.”
and unnecessary expenditure,”
Doggett said.
Washington said backers of the
bill improperly circumvented him
and a full hearing by the House
Committee on Social Services in an
effort to win quick approval. Bac
kers of the bill, Washington said,
got the vice chairman of his commit
tee to convene a meeting without
notifying him and approved the bill
for debate by the full House.
The committee vice chairman,
Rep. Dave Allred, D-Wichita Falls,
said he was told Washington was out
of town and that there was no con
troversy on the bill.
“I did not intend to mislead the
committee,” Edwards said. He said
he had been able to locate Washing
ton after the governor’s surprise de
cision to request legislation on the
prison site issue.
Briscoe on Friday with only four
days remaining in the special ses
sion asked legislators to pass a bill to
repeal statutory restrictions that ear
lier this year thwarted a move by
prison officials to buy land for a new
prison in South Texas.
Controversy arose about the
project when questions were raised
about the legality of the move and
news reports revealed the land be
longed until recently to a long-time
associate of Mafia figures.
Attorney General John Hill ruled
that the prison authorities are re
stricted in purchasing a new prison
site by terms of an old statute
providing for the state to sell Blue
Ridge Prison Farm in Harris
County.
The statute specifies proceeds of
the prison property near Houston
must be used to buy land within 75
miles of Huntsville where the Texas
Department of Corrections is head
quartered.
yeath ends life's debate
Houston girl dies in coma
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HOUSTON — A 12-year-old
mtose girl died in her hospital
bed Monday while lawyers debated
trans 1 ' ber fate before a state judge who
tr.i# ^ as as bed to terminate the life-
th*iy#i u PWft systems keeping her legally
Satuii'
hal i -d A spokesman at Texas Children’s
Hospital said Masil “Bunny” Gray
Med of cardiac arrest.
enief® The announcement came in the
leld !l<| hushed courtroom of State District
me; fjtidge W.H. Miller who for the
lird time since last month was
hearing legal arguments on the mat
ter.
George Ford, attorney for the
Harris County Child Welfare Unit,
stood as the delayed afternoon pro
ceeding began and asked the judge
to dismiss all motions pending be
fore the court.
“We were advised the child died
at 1:15 p.m.,” Ford said in a single
statement.
Without looking up, the judge re
sponded in the affirmative on Ford’s
motion.
“The court finds the action moot
and it is dismissed,” Miller said.
Mrs. Nixon had asked that the
county take custody of Bunny July 3
because she had run away from
home and her mother feared she
was becoming delinquent.
Two weeks later, on July 16, the
girl was admitted to the hospital un
conscious from smoke inhalation suf
fered in a fire at the Harris County
child welfare facility where she had
been staying.
Miller ruled earlier Monday that
the county would still be responsi
ble for court and attorneys’ fees in
the matter. Other costs against the
county were still pending.
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