88R13486 KBB-D
 
  By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 4911
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a one-time cash payment to certain residents of this
  state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  The comptroller of public accounts of the
  State of Texas shall make a one-time payment to each resident of
  this state to whom the Department of Public Safety of the State of
  Texas has issued a form of identification, as provided by this
  section.
         (b)  The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
  shall provide the comptroller of public accounts of the State of
  Texas with a list of the names and addresses of each individual who
  holds a current form of identification issued by that department as
  shown by that department's records.
         (c)  The comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas
  shall issue a single payment of $500 to each individual identified
  on the list provided under Subsection (b) of this section and whose
  listed address is in this state.
         SECTION 2.  An amount, estimated not to exceed $15 billion,
  is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
  comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas for the state
  fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, to provide the
  payments required by Section 1 of this Act and to pay costs incurred
  by the comptroller and by the Department of Public Safety of the
  State of Texas in facilitating the payments.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.