General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 285
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APPROPRIATIONS--GENERAL ACT
and rental of the postage meter machine shall be paid from appropriations item-
ized in this Act for general operating, current and recurring operating expense,
other operating, maintenance, miiscellaneous, or contingent expenses.
Sec. 44. COURT REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE. Except as other-
wise provided by the Constitution or general or special statutes, the Attorney
General shall have the primary dluty of representing the State of Texas in the
trial of civil cases, and none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be ex-
pended by any agency of the State Government to initiate a law suit or defend
itself against any legal action unless such agency is represented in that particu-
lar action by the Attorney General or a member of his staff. Where the Attorney
General, District Attorney, Criminal District Attorney, County Attorney, or other
lawyer is required by constitutional or statutory provision to represent a State
agency, State official, State board or State departmentt, no compensation shall be
paid from any appropriation made in this Act to any other attorney for repre-
senting the State of Texas in the trial of a civil law suit except in those cases
where the Attorney General, District Attorney, Criminal District Attorney, County
Attorney or other lawyer, as the case may be, has requested that the attorney
or attorneys employed by the particular State agency, State official, State de-
partment or State board, assist with the trial of the particular law suit. This
provision shall not, however, restrict a State agency, State official, State depart-
ment or State board in the investigation and assembling of evidence in connec-
tion with a pending or prospective civil suit. Further, this provision shall not
prohibit the foregoing State officials, State agencies, State boards or State de-
partments and their employees from investigating, filing or presenting a claim,
owing to the State of Texas, when such claim is filed with or presented to an
individual, association, corporation, guardian, administrator, executor, receiver,
trustee, legal representative, or probate court.
This provision was not intended and shall not restrict the Attorney General
from employing special assistants to assist in the trial of civil suits to be paid
from the appropriations therefor made to the Attorney General's Office.
Sec. 45. ARCHITECTURAL FEES. Architectural fees paid from funds ap-
p)ropriated in this Act shall be governed by the following schedule and provisions:
a. The schedule of basic fees to be paid an architect or architects for all
professional services as set out below, based on the total cost of the work, shall
not exceed:
Dormitories, Classroom, Health, Research,
Construction Garages, and Office and Special Education
Cost of Project Warehouses Other Bldgs. Facilities
Over $1,000,000 6.5% 7% 71/%
Up to $200,000 7/l% 8% 81/%
For construction costs between tabular limits, the fee shall be determined by
direct interpolation.
Basic fee for remodeling and alterations shall be one-third greater than sched-
uled above. Alterations and remodeling is defined as any change, architectural,
structural, mechanical or electrical, made to an existing structure and includes
portions of that structure changed as a result of additions or extensions to a
structure.
b. When one building design is used in two or more locations within the same
project, the fees to be paid shall be:
1. For the first building of such design, a basic fee calculated according to
the schedule above.
2. For the second and subsequent buildings utilizing such design, the basic fee
shall be reduced 35%. Such fee shall include changes required by site conditions
including foundation redesign; partition changes; mechanical and electrical chang-
es; necessary program changes; other architectural services normal under such
circumstances; and supervision of the construction.
c. Architectural fees shall include:
1. The necessary conferences, and the preparation of preliminary studies and
final designs.
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/363/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.