| 1 | 1 | | By: Eltife S.B. No. 446 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2013; February 13, 2013, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 4, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 14, Nays 0; April 4, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to allowable transfers to the Parks and Wildlife |
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| 11 | 11 | | Department and the Texas Historical Commission of proceeds from the |
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| 12 | 12 | | taxes on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (c-1), Section 151.801, Tax Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c-1) Except as provided by this subsection, the [The] |
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| 17 | 17 | | comptroller may not credit to the Parks and Wildlife Department or |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Texas Historical Commission any amounts under this section that |
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| 19 | 19 | | are in excess of the amounts appropriated to the department or |
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| 20 | 20 | | commission for that biennium[, less any other amounts to which the |
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| 21 | 21 | | department or commission is entitled]. In addition to amounts |
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| 22 | 22 | | appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department from the proceeds |
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| 23 | 23 | | described by Subsection (c), the comptroller shall transfer to |
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| 24 | 24 | | appropriate department accounts amounts from those proceeds |
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| 25 | 25 | | sufficient to fund the state contributions for employee benefits of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Parks and Wildlife Department employees whose salaries or wages are |
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| 27 | 27 | | paid from department accounts receiving the transfers. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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