Bill Text: TX HB2154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a commission to study the needs of areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Point of order sustained Article III, Section 30, and Article III, Section 35 [HB2154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2154-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a commission to study the needs of areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Point of order sustained Article III, Section 30, and Article III, Section 35 [HB2154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2154-Introduced.html
86R11489 CJC-D | ||
By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 2154 |
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relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of | ||
money to the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, | ||
and the generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund | ||
and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the generate | ||
recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 316.092(a), (b), and (c), Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year | ||
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the lieutenant governor shall appoint a select committee as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) the speaker of the house of representatives shall | ||
appoint five members of the house of representatives as members of | ||
the committee; and | ||
(2) the lieutenant governor shall appoint five members | ||
of the senate as members of the committee. | ||
(b) For the purposes of Section 49-g(c-2), Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution, not later than December 1 of each even-numbered | ||
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for the next state fiscal biennium a sufficient balance of the fund | ||
in an amount that the committee estimates will ensure an | ||
appropriate amount of revenue available in the fund. In | ||
determining the sufficient balance for that fiscal biennium, the | ||
committee shall consider: | ||
(1) the history of fund balances; | ||
(2) the history of transfers to the fund; | ||
(3) estimated fund balances during that fiscal | ||
biennium; | ||
(4) estimated transfers to the fund to occur during | ||
that fiscal biennium; | ||
(5) information available to the committee regarding | ||
state highway congestion and funding demands; and | ||
(6) any other information requested by the committee | ||
regarding the state's financial condition. | ||
(c) On or before October 1 of each even-numbered year | ||
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committee the comptroller's projection of the amounts to be | ||
transferred to the fund during the next state fiscal biennium. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 316.093, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 316.093. ADJUSTMENT OF CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL | ||
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SECTION 3. Sections 316.093(b), (c), and (e), Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) If the sum described by Subsection (a) is less than the | ||
sufficient balance adopted under Section 316.092, the comptroller | ||
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state highway fund and the generate recurring oil wealth for Texas | ||
(GROW Texas) fund provided by Section 49-g(c-1) [ |
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III, Texas Constitution, and increase the allocation to the | ||
economic stabilization fund[ |
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adopted under Section 316.092 is achieved. | ||
(c) If under Section 316.092 a sufficient balance has not | ||
been adopted for the comptroller to consider under this section, | ||
the comptroller shall adjust the allocation of amounts to be | ||
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generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund as | ||
provided by Section 49-g(c-1) [ |
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Constitution, so that the total of those amounts is transferred to | ||
the economic stabilization fund, except that the comptroller shall | ||
reduce a transfer made under this subsection as necessary to | ||
prevent the amount in the fund from exceeding the limit in effect | ||
for that biennium under Section 49-g(g) of that article. | ||
(e) For the purposes of Section 49-g(c-2), Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution, the comptroller shall adjust the allocation | ||
provided by Section 49-g(c-1) of that article so that the amount | ||
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to the economic stabilization fund, except that the comptroller | ||
shall reduce a transfer made under this subsection as necessary to | ||
prevent the amount in the fund from exceeding the limit in effect | ||
for that biennium under Section 49-g(g) of that article. The | ||
adjustment required of the comptroller under this subsection does | ||
not increase the amount allocated for transfer to the generate | ||
recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund under Section | ||
49-g(c-1) of that article. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter G, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 403.1081 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 403.1081. GENERATE RECURRING OIL WEALTH FOR TEXAS | ||
(GROW TEXAS) FUND; GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "fund" | ||
means the generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund | ||
under Section 49-g-3, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated by the legislature | ||
only as provided under Subsections (c), (d), and (e). | ||
(c) The legislature may appropriate money in the fund to the | ||
Texas Department of Transportation for the purposes of | ||
constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining transportation | ||
infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and culverts, in areas of | ||
this state affected by increased oil and gas production to | ||
alleviate the degradation of that infrastructure. | ||
(d) The legislature may appropriate money in the fund to the | ||
Department of Public Safety for the purposes of: | ||
(1) paying the salaries, benefit costs, and other | ||
costs associated with additional full-time equivalent department | ||
employees stationed in areas of this state affected by increased | ||
oil and gas production; | ||
(2) paying salary increases to department employees | ||
stationed in areas of this state affected by increased oil and gas | ||
production; or | ||
(3) providing additional resources to prevent gang | ||
violence and human trafficking in areas of this state affected by | ||
increased oil and gas production. | ||
(e) The legislature may appropriate money in the fund to the | ||
comptroller for the purpose of implementing, administering, and | ||
funding the grant program established under Subsection (f). | ||
(f) The comptroller by rule shall establish a grant program | ||
to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions located | ||
in areas of this state affected by increased oil and gas production | ||
and shall develop an application process for grants made under the | ||
program. The comptroller shall adopt rules to prioritize grants | ||
for first responder, emergency services, educational, and | ||
workforce preparedness needs. | ||
SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Government Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 316.092(e); | ||
(2) Section 316.093(f); and | ||
(3) Section 404.0241(d). | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019, providing for the creation of the generate | ||
recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund, dedicating the | ||
money in that fund to benefit areas of the state from which oil and | ||
gas are produced, and providing for the transfer of certain general | ||
revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the | ||
state highway fund is approved by the voters. If that amendment is | ||
not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |