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Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Senate on
Wednesday approved a proposal to
keep a closer eye on the “cash How”
in the state treasury. It also directed
the Legislative Budget Board to con
sider abolishing or consolidating
some of the more than 400 funds
now in existence.
Yet another proposal directs the
state treasurer to investigate the po
tential benefits of assisting local gov
ernment financial managers in ob
taining higher interest income.
All three proposals were spon
sored by Sen. John Leedon, and
were sent to the House without a dis
senting vote in the 31-member Sen
ate.
Leedon, chairman of the interim
Senate Committee on Agency Funds
Management, said Texas has more
than 400 funds and “there is now no
control over the state funds that are
established.”
“This is like havig 400 bank ac
counts — it’s hard to have money in
all of them at the same time,” said
Leedon, R-Dallas.
One of his resolutions directs the
Budget Board to report by Aug. 1,
1986, on whether there are “any
funds that can be abolished or con
solidated within the general revenue
fund.”
A Leedon bill would create the
State Cash Flow Policy Committee to
“monitor and review the state man
agement of its cash flow” and make
recommendations to the Legislature.
The committee would include the
governor, comptroller, treasurer
and two members of the Budget
Board.
Leedom was asked about the reso
lution to provide local communities
with financial advice, and he said the
treasury department would offer as
sistance in getting higher interest in
come, with the communities paying
the department a small fee to offset
the state’s cost.
He said State Treasurer Ann
Richards felt communities are recep
tive to the proposal.
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Skillern dead, funeral
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lern’s family prepared for his fune
ral Wednesday as relatives of an un
dercover officer killed in 1974 said
they were pleased the convict had
been put to death.
Skillern was pronounced dead at
12:23 a.m., four minutes after War
den Jack Pursley gave the order for
prison employees to start the flow of
lethal drugs into the condemned
man’s body, which was belted secu
rely to a gurney. Skillern stared at
the death chamber ceiling, looking
away from witnesses, said a reporter
who witnessed the execution. He
coughed violently and attempted to
sit up after about 10 seconds, then
lay back and was motionless.
His final statement was, “I pray
my family will rejoice and forgive.
Thank you.”
Skillern, 48, was executed for the
1974 killing of Patrick Randel, an
undercover narcotics agent who
worked for the Department of Pub
lic Safety. Trial testimony showed
Skillern and Charles Sanne, 51, were
trying to sell Randel $ 1,000 worth of
Quaaludes when Sanne fired six
shots which killed the officer.
Skillern was convicted undei^
Texas’ “law of parties,” which states
that an accomplice to a killing is as
guilty as the killer. He became the
fifth inmate put to death in Texas
and the 36th nationally since the
death penalty was reinstated in
1976.
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“It was a great relief when it was
all over,” Randel’s widow, Wanda
Randel Hogg of Odessa, said shortly
after the execution Wednesday. She
said she believes Sanne should die
for his part in the killing, but added,
“I have no control over that.”
Sanne was sentenced to life in
prison and could be paroled soon.
An autopsy was performed on
Skillern in Houston early Wednes
day, said Santos Vitela, a Harris
County medical examiner’s assistant.
The results were expected within
three weeks.
Skillern’s sister, Mattie Sparks,
and brother-in-law William Sparks
III claimed the body and scheduled
a Friday funeral in the East Texas
town of Weches.
James R. Allen, of the funeral
home O.T. Allen and Sons in Alto,
said services tentatively were set for
10 a.m.
Skillern had selected five family
members — sisters Mattie Sparks,
Juanita Anders and Mrs. Carriere;
his brother, Morris, and brother-in-
law, William Sparks III — as the per
sonal witnesses to his execution.
Sparks was the only one to attend
the execution. He left the prison
Wednesday morning without speak- .
ing to reporters.
His niece, Linda Gage of Hous
ton, said in a phone interview that
Sparks told family members “just a
little” of what went on in the execu
tion chamber. She said her uncle was
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too upset to be interviewed.
Randel’s daughter, Sheila Randel,
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“They’re happy now,” she said.
“They got what they wanted. He’s
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