| 1 | 1 | | 85R439 SGA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 78 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes |
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| 9 | 9 | | imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.035(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the state |
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| 14 | 14 | | parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, received from the |
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| 15 | 15 | | following sources: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) grants or operation of concessions in state parks |
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| 17 | 17 | | or fishing piers; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) publications on state parks, state historic sites, |
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| 19 | 19 | | or state scientific areas; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) fines or penalties received from violations of |
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| 21 | 21 | | regulations governing parks issued pursuant to Subchapter B, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Chapter 13; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b) |
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| 24 | 24 | | or (c) that are associated with state park lands; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) credits made to the department under Section |
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| 26 | 26 | | 151.801, Tax Code, in an amount equal to the amount of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | department's share [not to exceed the amount] of the tax proceeds |
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| 28 | 28 | | under that section minus the sum of the amounts appropriated from |
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| 29 | 29 | | other accounts that receive credits from the tax proceeds as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Sections 11.043(b), 24.003(a), and 24.053(a) [account] |
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| 31 | 31 | | for use during the then-current state fiscal biennium [plus the |
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| 32 | 32 | | amount necessary to fund the cost of state contributions for |
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| 33 | 33 | | benefits of department employees whose salaries or wages are paid |
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| 34 | 34 | | from the account]; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (6) any other source provided by law. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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