Bill Text: TX SB1205 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to an appropriation of money from the general revenue fund to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board for the purpose of eradicating Carrizo cane, contingent on the receipt of federal funds for the same purpose.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1205 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1205-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 1205
(Miller)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an appropriation of money from the general revenue fund
to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board for the purpose of
eradicating Carrizo cane, contingent on the receipt of federal
funds for the same purpose.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. If the State Soil and Water
Conservation Board receives at least $10 million in federal funds
for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for
the purpose of eradicating Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande River,
then the amount of $10 million is appropriated from the general
revenue fund to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of
eradicating Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande River.
SECTION 2. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. The State Soil and Water
Conservation Board is required to implement a provision of this Act
only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that
purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
specifically for that purpose, the board may, but is not required
to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
available for that purpose.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2019.