By: Workman H.B. No. 2083
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appropriation of service fees collected by the
state and distributed to regional planning commissions via the
commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 771, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(g) All funds collected under this section shall be
appropriated and used for the purpose for which they were
collected. The comptroller shall not divert these funds for any
other purpose nor shall these funds be allowed to accumulate to an
amount greater than ten percent of the estimated annual collection.
The commission shall distribute funds to the regional planning
commissions in proportion to the geographic region in which they
were collected.
(h) The comptroller shall deposit funds previously
collected under this chapter into the general revenue fund of the
state, except that the comptroller shall leave within the account
an amount equal to ten percent of the estimated revenues for the
2014-2015 biennium.
SECTION 2. Section 771.0711, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) All funds collected under this section shall be
appropriated and used for the purpose for which they were
collected. The comptroller shall not divert these funds for any
other purpose nor shall these funds be allowed to accumulate to an
amount greater than ten percent of the estimated annual collection.
The commission shall distribute funds to the regional planning
commissions in proportion to the geographic region in which they
were collected.
SECTION 3. Section 771.0712, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) All funds collected under this section shall be
appropriated and used for the purpose for which they were
collected. The comptroller shall not divert these funds for any
other purpose nor shall these funds be allowed to accumulate to an
amount greater than ten percent of the estimated annual collection.
The commission shall distribute funds to the regional planning
commissions in proportion to the geographic region in which they
were collected.
(f) The comptroller shall deposit funds previously
collected under this chapter into the general revenue fund of the
state, except that the comptroller shall leave within the account
an amount equal to ten percent of the estimated revenues for the
2014-2015 biennium.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.