Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2377 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R11021 SLB-D
2	2	By: Raymond H.B. No. 2377
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the re-creation, funding, and uses of the off-highway
8	8	vehicle trail and recreational area account.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 11.046, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
11	11	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 11.046. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAIL AND RECREATIONAL
13	13	AREA ACCOUNT. (a) The off-highway vehicle trail and recreational
14	14	area account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
15	15	(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the
16	16	off-highway vehicle trail and recreational area account all
17	17	revenue, less allowable costs, from the following sources:
18	18	(1) decal fees collected under Chapter 29;
19	19	(2) fines assessed against persons operating
20	20	off-highway vehicles in violation of Chapter 29 or any other law
21	21	relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles;
22	22	(3) all funding outside the general revenue fund
23	23	received by the department under Section 29.007; [and]
24	24	(4) revenue allocated for deposit to the account under
25	25	Section 162.502, Tax Code; and
26	26	(5) all interest that accrues to the account.
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 11.047, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	Sec. 11.047. USE OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAIL AND
30	30	RECREATIONAL AREA ACCOUNT. Money in the off-highway vehicle trail
31	31	and recreational area account may be used only for expenditures
32	32	necessary under Chapter 29 to:
33	33	(1) acquire, construct, develop, and maintain trails
34	34	and other recreational areas for use by owners and riders of
35	35	off-highway vehicles as defined by Section 29.001;
36	36	(2) provide access to those trails and recreational
37	37	areas;
38	38	(3) make grants under Section 29.008; [and]
39	39	(4) establish an education and outreach program about
40	40	the trails and recreational areas;
41	41	(5) make safety information available on the trails
42	42	and in the recreational areas; and
43	43	(6) enforce and administer the off-highway vehicle
44	44	trail and recreational area program, including by hiring law
45	45	enforcement officers commissioned by the director to maintain the
46	46	safety of the users of the trails and recreational areas.
47	47	SECTION 3. Sections 162.502(b) and (c), Tax Code, are
48	48	amended to read as follows:
49	49	(b) The comptroller shall allocate and deposit these
50	50	unclaimed refunds as follows:
51	51	(1) 25 percent of the revenues based on unclaimed
52	52	refunds of taxes paid on motor fuel used in motorboats shall be
53	53	deposited to the credit of the available school fund; [and]
54	54	(2) if the balance of the off-highway vehicle trail
55	55	and recreational area account is projected to be less than $20
56	56	million at any time during a state fiscal biennium, 10 percent of
57	57	the revenues based on unclaimed refunds of taxes paid on motor fuel
58	58	used in motorboats shall be deposited to the credit of that account;
59	59	and
60	60	(3) the remaining portion of the revenues based on
61	61	unclaimed refunds of taxes paid on motor fuel used in motorboats [75
62	62	percent of the revenue] shall be deposited to the credit of the
63	63	general revenue fund.
64	64	(c) Money deposited to the credit of the general revenue
65	65	fund under Subsection (b)(3) [(b)(2)] may be appropriated only to
66	66	the Parks and Wildlife Department for any lawful purpose.
67	67	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.