Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3529 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2017

                    85R13720 KLA-D
 By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3529


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the comptroller's investment of certain money held
 outside the state treasury.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 404, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 404.0242 to read as follows:
 Sec. 404.0242.  INVESTMENT OF CERTAIN MONEY HELD OUTSIDE
 STATE TREASURY. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law:
 (1)  the comptroller shall invest state money held
 outside the state treasury and administered by the comptroller in
 accordance with the investment standard described by Section
 404.024(j); and
 (2)  the comptroller's investment of that money is not
 subject to any other limitation or other requirement provided by
 Section 404.024.
 (b)  The comptroller shall adjust the investment portfolio
 of an account or fund from which the comptroller invests money as
 provided by Subsection (a) periodically to ensure that the account
 or fund has sufficient liquidity to meet the cash flow requirements
 of the account or fund.
 (c)  This section does not apply to money held outside the
 state treasury in trust by the comptroller as trustee for the
 benefit of specified persons, including money deposited in a trust
 account or fund established under a settlement agreement this state
 enters into as a result of litigation.
 SECTION 2.  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, 2017.