81R1759 SMH-D
By: Ritter H.B. No. 3971
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the funding of certain activities of the General Land
Office pertaining to the management of coastal public land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.604(b), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The account consists of:
(1) all money appropriated for the purposes of this
subchapter;
(2) grants to this state from the United States for the
purposes of this subchapter;
(3) all money received by this state from the sale of
dredged material; [and]
(4) penalties or costs collected under Section 61.0184
or 63.1814; and
(5) credits made to the land office under Section
151.801, Tax Code.
SECTION 2. Sections 151.801(c) and (c-1), Tax Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to Subsection (c-1), the proceeds from the
collection of the taxes imposed by this chapter on the sale,
storage, or use of sporting goods shall be deposited as follows:
(1) an amount equal to 74 [94] percent of the proceeds
shall be credited to the Parks and Wildlife Department and
deposited as specified in the Parks and Wildlife Code; [and]
(2) an amount equal to six percent of the proceeds
shall be credited to the Texas Historical Commission and deposited
as specified in Section 442.073, Government Code; and
(3) an amount equal to 20 percent of the proceeds shall
be credited to the General Land Office and deposited as specified in
Section 33.604, Natural Resources Code.
(c-1) The comptroller may not credit to the Parks and
Wildlife Department, [or] the Texas Historical Commission, or the
General Land Office any amounts under this section that are in
excess of the amounts appropriated to the department, [or]
commission, or office for that biennium, less any other amounts to
which the department, [or] commission, or office is entitled.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.