Bill Text: TX HB98 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recovery by the attorney general from the federal government of certain border security expenditures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-09 - Filed [HB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB98-Introduced.html
88S40116 CJC-D | ||
By: Raymond | H.B. No. 98 |
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relating to the recovery by the attorney general from the federal | ||
government of certain border security expenditures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 402.0211 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 402.0211. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY | ||
EXPENDITURES. (a) The attorney general shall, not later than the | ||
30th day after the beginning of each state fiscal biennium: | ||
(1) determine the amount of money spent by this state | ||
on border security during the preceding state fiscal biennium; | ||
(2) prepare an invoice requesting payment of the | ||
amount determined under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(3) submit the invoice prepared under Subdivision (2) | ||
to the appropriate agency of the federal government for payment. | ||
(b) The attorney general may request the assistance of the | ||
Legislative Budget Board in making the determination required under | ||
Subsection (a)(1), and the Legislative Budget Board shall provide | ||
the requested assistance. | ||
(c) An invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) must | ||
include the date the invoice is due, which must be at least six, but | ||
not more than eight, months after the date the invoice is submitted. | ||
(d) If an invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) is paid | ||
on or before the date the invoice is due, the attorney general shall | ||
deposit the payment in the state treasury to the credit of the | ||
general revenue fund. | ||
(e) If an invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) is not | ||
timely paid, the attorney general shall bring an action against the | ||
appropriate agency of the federal government to recover the amount | ||
due as stated on the invoice. | ||
(f) The attorney general shall deposit any money received as | ||
a result of an action brought under Subsection (e) in the state | ||
treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. | ||
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of Subsection (a) to the | ||
contrary, for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023: | ||
(1) the attorney general shall take the actions | ||
described by Subsection (a) not later than March 1, 2024; and | ||
(2) for purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the attorney | ||
general shall determine the amount of money spent by this state on | ||
border security to be the lesser of: | ||
(A) the amount of money spent by this state for | ||
that purpose during the period beginning September 1, 2001, and | ||
ending August 31, 2023; or | ||
(B) $20 billion. | ||
(h) Subsection (g) and this subsection expire August 31, | ||
2025. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |