Bill Text: TX HB3328 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain state fiscal matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB3328 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3328-Introduced.html
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By: Otto | H.B. No. 3328 |
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relating to certain state fiscal matters. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. On September 1, 2015, the Texas Department of | ||
Motor Vehicles fund created by Section 1001.151, Transportation | ||
Code, as enacted by Section 71, Chapter 1287 (H.B. 2202), Acts of | ||
the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is re-created by this | ||
Act as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general | ||
revenue fund, and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of | ||
the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund by a provision of | ||
Chapter 1287 (H.B. 2202), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 2. On September 1, 2015, the environmental | ||
radiation and perpetual care account created by Section 401.306, | ||
Health and Safety Code, as enacted by Section 12, Chapter 1159 (S.B. | ||
347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is | ||
re-created by this Act as an account in the general revenue fund, | ||
and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of the | ||
environmental radiation and perpetual care account by a provision | ||
of Chapter 1159 (S.B. 347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 161.060(c), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) This subsection and Subsection (b) expire September 1, | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 403.093(d), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) The comptroller shall transfer from the general revenue | ||
fund to the foundation school fund an amount of money necessary to | ||
fund the foundation school program as provided by Chapter 42, | ||
Education Code. The comptroller shall make the transfers in | ||
installments as necessary to comply with Section 42.259, Education | ||
Code, and permit the Texas Education Agency, to the extent | ||
authorized by the General Appropriations Act, to make temporary | ||
transfers from the foundation school fund for payment of the | ||
instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, Education | ||
Code. Unless an earlier date is necessary for purposes of temporary | ||
transfers for payment of the instructional materials allotment, an | ||
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date an installment to school districts is required by Section | ||
42.259, Education Code, and must not exceed the amount necessary | ||
for that payment and any temporary transfers for payment of the | ||
instructional materials allotment. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 411.013, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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real or personal property from any individual, group, association, | ||
corporation, or governmental agency and may use those donations for | ||
any purpose designated by the donor that furthers the exercise of | ||
duties imposed by law on the department. | ||
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SECTION 6. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), | ||
and (a-4) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for | ||
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operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or | ||
reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a | ||
biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment. The | ||
Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the | ||
biennial operating plan for a state fiscal biennium on or before [ |
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after the last day of the regular legislative session held during | ||
the calendar year during which that state fiscal biennium begins | ||
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(a-1) If an amendment to a biennial operating plan is | ||
submitted to the Legislative Budget Board on a date that falls | ||
during the period beginning September 1 of an even-numbered year | ||
and ending the last day of the following regular legislative | ||
session, the Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or | ||
disapprove the amendment on or before the 60th day after the last | ||
day of that regular legislative session. | ||
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that falls outside of the period described by Subsection (a-1), the | ||
Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the | ||
amendment on or before the 60th day after the date the amendment is | ||
submitted. | ||
(a-3) The Legislative Budget Board may extend the deadline | ||
for the Legislative Budget Board's action on an amendment to a | ||
biennial operating plan by the number of days the review of the | ||
amendment is delayed while board staff waits for the submission of | ||
additional information regarding the amendment requested by the | ||
staff as necessary for the completion of the review. | ||
(a-4) An amendment to a biennial operating plan is | ||
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(1) the day following the last day of the period for | ||
approval or disapproval of the amendment as provided by Subsection | ||
(a-1) or (a-2), as applicable; or | ||
(2) the day following the last day of the period for | ||
approval or disapproval of the amendment as extended under | ||
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SECTION 7. Sections 502.357(b) and (c), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
the credit of the state highway fund except that the comptroller | ||
shall provide for a portion of the fees to be deposited first to the | ||
credit of a special fund in the state treasury outside the general | ||
revenue fund to be known as the TexasSure Fund in a total amount | ||
that is necessary to cover the total amount appropriated to the | ||
Texas Department of Insurance from that fund and for the remaining | ||
fees to be deposited to the state highway fund. Subject to | ||
appropriations, the money deposited to the credit of the state | ||
highway fund under this section may [ |
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Department of Public Safety to: | ||
(1) support the Department of Public Safety's | ||
reengineering of the driver's license system to provide for the | ||
issuance by the Department of Public Safety of a driver's license or | ||
personal identification certificate, to include use of image | ||
comparison technology; | ||
(2) establish and maintain a system to support the | ||
driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and | ||
(3) make lease payments to the master lease purchase | ||
program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering | ||
project. | ||
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Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Insurance, the | ||
Department of Information Resources, and the department to carry | ||
out Subchapter N, Chapter 601. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |