Bill Text: TX HB119 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-10 - Filed [HB119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB119-Introduced.html
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| By: Paul | H.B. No. 119 | |
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| relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast protection account to be | ||
| administered by the General Land Office. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 31.070 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.070. GULF COAST PROTECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Gulf | ||
| Coast protection account is a dedicated account in the general | ||
| revenue fund administered by the land office under this section and | ||
| rules adopted by the land office. | ||
| (b) The Gulf Coast protection account consists of: | ||
| (1) money from gifts, donations, and grants; and | ||
| (2) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to | ||
| the account by the legislature. | ||
| (c) Money in the Gulf Coast protection account may be used | ||
| only to pay for expenditures that: | ||
| (1) are necessary to fulfill nonfederal sponsor | ||
| obligations under agreements with the United States Army Corps of | ||
| Engineers for implementing projects included in the plan | ||
| recommended by the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration | ||
| Feasibility Study Final Report and Final Environmental Impact | ||
| Statement, both dated August 2021 and issued by the Galveston | ||
| District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the land | ||
| office; | ||
| (2) comply with the terms of a local cooperation | ||
| agreement executed by the land office and the Gulf Coast Protection | ||
| District established under Chapter 9502, Special District Local | ||
| Laws Code; and | ||
| (3) are for projects that: | ||
| (A) are necessary or useful for the protection of | ||
| the portion of the Gulf Coast located within the territory of the | ||
| district; or | ||
| (B) would benefit the district and are designated | ||
| as coastal storm risk management projects within the Coastal Texas | ||
| Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study. | ||
| (d) The legislature finds that the expenditure of money in | ||
| the Gulf Coast protection account in accordance with Subsection (c) | ||
| serves a public purpose. | ||
| (e) The expenditure of money in the Gulf Coast protection | ||
| account is subject to audit by the state auditor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
