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1	1	84R10637 JJT-D
2	2	By: Otto H.B. No. 3328
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain state fiscal matters.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. On September 1, 2015, the Texas Department of
10	10	Motor Vehicles fund created by Section 1001.151, Transportation
11	11	Code, as enacted by Section 71, Chapter 1287 (H.B. 2202), Acts of
12	12	the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is re-created by this
13	13	Act as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general
14	14	revenue fund, and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of
15	15	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund by a provision of
16	16	Chapter 1287 (H.B. 2202), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
17	17	Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose.
18	18	SECTION 2. On September 1, 2015, the environmental
19	19	radiation and perpetual care account created by Section 401.306,
20	20	Health and Safety Code, as enacted by Section 12, Chapter 1159 (S.B.
21	21	347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
22	22	re-created by this Act as an account in the general revenue fund,
23	23	and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of the
24	24	environmental radiation and perpetual care account by a provision
25	25	of Chapter 1159 (S.B. 347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
26	26	Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose.
27	27	SECTION 3. Section 161.060(c), Agriculture Code, is amended
28	28	to read as follows:
29	29	(c) This subsection and Subsection (b) expire September 1,
30	30	2017 [2015].
31	31	SECTION 4. Section 403.093(d), Government Code, is amended
32	32	to read as follows:
33	33	(d) The comptroller shall transfer from the general revenue
34	34	fund to the foundation school fund an amount of money necessary to
35	35	fund the foundation school program as provided by Chapter 42,
36	36	Education Code. The comptroller shall make the transfers in
37	37	installments as necessary to comply with Section 42.259, Education
38	38	Code, and permit the Texas Education Agency, to the extent
39	39	authorized by the General Appropriations Act, to make temporary
40	40	transfers from the foundation school fund for payment of the
41	41	instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211, Education
42	42	Code. Unless an earlier date is necessary for purposes of temporary
43	43	transfers for payment of the instructional materials allotment, an
44	44	[An] installment must be made not earlier than two days before the
45	45	date an installment to school districts is required by Section
46	46	42.259, Education Code, and must not exceed the amount necessary
47	47	for that payment and any temporary transfers for payment of the
48	48	instructional materials allotment.
49	49	SECTION 5. Section 411.013, Government Code, is amended to
50	50	read as follows:
51	51	Sec. 411.013. [EXPENDITURES,] DONATIONS AND USE OF
52	52	DONATIONS [, AND APPROPRIATIONS].
53	53	[(b)] The department may accept donations of money and other
54	54	real or personal property from any individual, group, association,
55	55	corporation, or governmental agency and may use those donations for
56	56	any purpose designated by the donor that furthers the exercise of
57	57	duties imposed by law on the department.
58	58	[(c) Appropriations for the Texas Highway Patrol must be
59	59	made from the state highway fund.]
60	60	SECTION 6. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended by
61	61	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3),
62	62	and (a-4) to read as follows:
63	63	(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for
64	64	[the] submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial
65	65	operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or
66	66	reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a
67	67	biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment. The
68	68	Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the
69	69	biennial operating plan for a state fiscal biennium on or before [or
70	70	biennial operating plan amendment not later than] the 60th day
71	71	after the last day of the regular legislative session held during
72	72	the calendar year during which that state fiscal biennium begins
73	73	[date the plan or amendment to the plan is submitted].
74	74	(a-1) If an amendment to a biennial operating plan is
75	75	submitted to the Legislative Budget Board on a date that falls
76	76	during the period beginning September 1 of an even-numbered year
77	77	and ending the last day of the following regular legislative
78	78	session, the Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or
79	79	disapprove the amendment on or before the 60th day after the last
80	80	day of that regular legislative session.
81	81	(a-2) If an [The plan or] amendment to a biennial operating
82	82	[the] plan is submitted to the Legislative Budget Board on a date
83	83	that falls outside of the period described by Subsection (a-1), the
84	84	Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the
85	85	amendment on or before the 60th day after the date the amendment is
86	86	submitted.
87	87	(a-3) The Legislative Budget Board may extend the deadline
88	88	for the Legislative Budget Board's action on an amendment to a
89	89	biennial operating plan by the number of days the review of the
90	90	amendment is delayed while board staff waits for the submission of
91	91	additional information regarding the amendment requested by the
92	92	staff as necessary for the completion of the review.
93	93	(a-4) An amendment to a biennial operating plan is
94	94	considered to be approved [on the 61st day after the date the plan
95	95	or amendment is submitted] if the Legislative Budget Board does not
96	96	disapprove the [plan or] amendment before the later of:
97	97	(1) the day following the last day of the period for
98	98	approval or disapproval of the amendment as provided by Subsection
99	99	(a-1) or (a-2), as applicable; or
100	100	(2) the day following the last day of the period for
101	101	approval or disapproval of the amendment as extended under
102	102	Subsection (a-3) [that date].
103	103	SECTION 7. Sections 502.357(b) and (c), Transportation
104	104	Code, are amended to read as follows:
105	105	(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
106	106	the credit of the state highway fund except that the comptroller
107	107	shall provide for a portion of the fees to be deposited first to the
108	108	credit of a special fund in the state treasury outside the general
109	109	revenue fund to be known as the TexasSure Fund in a total amount
110	110	that is necessary to cover the total amount appropriated to the
111	111	Texas Department of Insurance from that fund and for the remaining
112	112	fees to be deposited to the state highway fund. Subject to
113	113	appropriations, the money deposited to the credit of the state
114	114	highway fund under this section may [shall] be used by the
115	115	Department of Public Safety to:
116	116	(1) support the Department of Public Safety's
117	117	reengineering of the driver's license system to provide for the
118	118	issuance by the Department of Public Safety of a driver's license or
119	119	personal identification certificate, to include use of image
120	120	comparison technology;
121	121	(2) establish and maintain a system to support the
122	122	driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and
123	123	(3) make lease payments to the master lease purchase
124	124	program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering
125	125	project.
126	126	(c) [Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
127	127	the credit of the state highway fund.] Subject to appropriation,
128	128	fees collected under this section [the money] may be used by the
129	129	Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Insurance, the
130	130	Department of Information Resources, and the department to carry
131	131	out Subchapter N, Chapter 601.
132	132	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.