Bill Text: TX SB1739 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1739 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1739-Enrolled.html
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relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 434.017, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Money in the fund may only be appropriated to the Texas | ||
Veterans Commission. Money appropriated under this subsection | ||
shall be used to: | ||
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SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 434.017, | ||
Government Code, as amended by Chapters 840 (S.B. 1940) and 1385 | ||
(S.B. 1655), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, | ||
are reenacted and amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in | ||
the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is | ||
composed of: | ||
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of | ||
the legislature; | ||
(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund; | ||
(3) the earnings of the fund; [ |
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(4) money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the | ||
lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the | ||
fund under Section 466.408(b); and | ||
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under Section 502.1746, Transportation Code. | ||
(e) To carry out any purpose of this chapter, the commission | ||
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gift, grant, devise, bequest of money, security, service, or | ||
property, including money raised or a service provided by a | ||
volunteer or volunteer group, to promote the work of the commission | ||
for any purpose related to the fund for veterans' assistance. The | ||
commission may participate in the establishment and operation of an | ||
affiliated nonprofit organization that is established for the | ||
purpose of raising money for or providing services or other | ||
benefits to the commission. A gift, grant, devise, or bequest to | ||
the fund may be appropriated in the same manner as other money in | ||
the fund, subject to the purposes provided by Subsection (c) and any | ||
limitation or requirement placed on the gift, grant, devise, or | ||
bequest by the donor or granting entity. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1739 passed the Senate on | ||
April 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1739 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |