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1-H.B. No. 3317
1+By: Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3317
2+ (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
3+ April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
4+ Finance; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
5+ Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0;
6+ May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
7+Click here to see the committee vote
8+ COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3317 By: Nelson
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11+ A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
412 AN ACT
513 relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the
614 dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued
715 interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated
816 money from use for general governmental purposes.
917 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1018 SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In any provision of this Act that
1119 does not amend current law, "state agency" means an office,
1220 institution, or other agency that is in the executive branch or the
1321 judicial branch of state government, has authority that is not
1422 limited to a geographical portion of the state, and was created by
1523 the constitution or a statute of this state. The term does not
1624 include an institution of higher education as defined by Section
1725 61.003, Education Code.
1826 SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF FUNDS, ACCOUNTS, AND DEDICATIONS.
1927 Except as otherwise specifically provided by this Act, all funds
2028 and accounts created or re-created by an Act of the 86th
2129 Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, that becomes law and all
2230 dedications or rededications of revenue collected by a state agency
2331 for a particular purpose by an Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular
2432 Session, 2019, that becomes law are abolished on the later of August
2533 31, 2019, or the date the Act creating or re-creating the fund or
2634 account or dedicating or rededicating revenue takes effect.
2735 SECTION 3. PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT DEDICATIONS, FUNDS, AND
2836 ACCOUNTS. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to:
2937 (1) statutory dedications, funds, and accounts that
3038 were enacted before the 86th Legislature convened to comply with
3139 requirements of state constitutional or federal law;
3240 (2) dedications, funds, or accounts that remained
3341 exempt from former Section 403.094(h), Government Code, at the time
3442 dedications, accounts, and funds were abolished under that
3543 provision;
3644 (3) increases in fees or in other revenue dedicated as
3745 described by this section; or
3846 (4) increases in fees or in other revenue required to
3947 be deposited in a fund or account described by this section.
4048 SECTION 4. FEDERAL FUNDS. Section 2 of this Act does not
4149 apply to funds created under an Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular
4250 Session, 2019, for which separate accounting is required by federal
4351 law, except that the funds shall be deposited in accounts in the
4452 general revenue fund unless otherwise required by federal law.
4553 SECTION 5. TRUST FUNDS. Section 2 of this Act does not
4654 apply to trust funds or dedicated revenue deposited to trust funds
4755 created under an Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session,
4856 2019, except that the trust funds shall be held in the state
4957 treasury, with the comptroller in trust, or outside the state
5058 treasury with the comptroller's approval.
5159 SECTION 6. BOND FUNDS. Section 2 of this Act does not apply
5260 to bond funds and pledged funds created or affected by an Act of the
5361 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, except that the funds
5462 shall be held in the state treasury, with the comptroller in trust,
5563 or outside the state treasury with the comptroller's approval.
5664 SECTION 7. CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDS. Section 2 of this Act does
5765 not apply to funds or accounts that would be created or re-created
5866 by the Texas Constitution or revenue that would be dedicated or
5967 rededicated by the Texas Constitution under a constitutional
6068 amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
6169 or to dedicated revenue deposited to funds or accounts that would be
6270 so created or re-created, if the constitutional amendment is
6371 approved by the voters.
6472 SECTION 8. ADDITIONAL USES FOR DEDICATED FUNDS OR ACCOUNTS.
6573 Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a newly authorized use of a
6674 dedicated fund or dedicated account as provided by an Act of the
6775 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, to the extent:
6876 (1) the fund or account was exempted from abolition by
6977 an Act of the legislature that became law before January 1, 2019;
7078 and
7179 (2) the newly authorized use is within the scope of the
7280 original dedication of the fund or account.
73- SECTION 9. TEXAS B-ON-TIME STUDENT LOAN ACCOUNT. (a)
81+ SECTION 9. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION VICTIM FUND;
82+ DEDICATION OF REVENUE. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the
83+ commercial sexual exploitation victim fund, created as a dedicated
84+ account in the general revenue fund by Article 102.023, Code of
85+ Criminal Procedure, as added by House Bill No. 3206 or similar
86+ legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, that
87+ becomes law, and does not apply to the dedication of revenue to that
88+ account as provided by that legislation.
89+ SECTION 10. TEXAS B-ON-TIME STUDENT LOAN ACCOUNT. (a)
7490 Section 56.0092(d), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
7591 (d) On September 1, 2024 [2020], the Texas B-On-time student
7692 loan account is abolished, and any remaining money in the account
7793 may be appropriated only to eligible institutions in the manner
7894 provided by Subsection (e).
7995 (b) Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the dedication of
8096 money in the Texas B-On-time student loan account as rededicated by
8197 this Act.
82- SECTION 10. ACCOUNTS IN GENERAL REVENUE FUND. Effective on
98+ SECTION 11. ACCOUNTS IN GENERAL REVENUE FUND. Effective on
8399 the later of the effective date of the Act creating or re-creating
84100 the specified account or August 31, 2019, the following accounts,
85101 the revenue deposited to the credit of those accounts, and the
86102 revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of those accounts, are
87103 exempt from Section 2 of this Act and the accounts are created or
88104 re-created in the general revenue fund, if created or re-created by
89105 an Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, that becomes
90106 law:
91107 (1) the identification fee exemption account, created
92108 as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 123 or
93109 similar legislation;
94110 (2) the newborn screening preservation account,
95111 created as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill
96112 No. 1111, Senate Bill No. 748, or similar legislation;
97113 (3) the cultivated oyster mariculture cleanup
98114 subaccount in the game, fish, and water safety account, created as a
99115 subaccount by House Bill No. 1300 or similar legislation;
100116 (4) the state hemp production account, created as an
101117 account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 1325 or
102118 similar legislation;
103- (5) the dedicated account in the general revenue fund
104- for proceeds from the sale of certain historic property, created by
105- House Bill No. 1422 or similar legislation;
106- (6) the disaster recovery loan account, created as an
119+ (5) the disaster recovery loan account, created as an
107120 account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 2300 or
108121 similar legislation;
109- (7) the Texas music incubator account, created as an
122+ (6) the Texas music incubator account, created as an
110123 account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 2806 or
111124 similar legislation;
112- (8) the border security infrastructure enhancement
125+ (7) the border security infrastructure enhancement
113126 fund, created as an account in the general revenue fund by House
114127 Bill No. 4306 or similar legislation;
115- (9) the historic site account, re-created as an
128+ (8) the historic site account, re-created as an
116129 account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 26 or similar
117130 legislation;
118- (10) the specialty court account, the DNA testing
131+ (9) the specialty court account, the DNA testing
119132 account, and the transportation administrative fee account,
120133 created as accounts in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill
121134 No. 346 or similar legislation;
122- (11) the safety training account, created as an
135+ (10) the safety training account, created as an
123136 account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 568 or
124137 similar legislation;
125- (12) the veterans treatment court account, created as
138+ (11) the veterans treatment court account, created as
126139 an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 1180 or
127140 similar legislation; and
128- (13) the coastal erosion response account, re-created
141+ (12) the coastal erosion response account, re-created
129142 as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 1719 or
130143 similar legislation.
131- SECTION 11. SEPARATE FUNDS. Effective on the later of the
144+ SECTION 12. SEPARATE FUNDS. Effective on the later of the
132145 effective date of the Act creating or re-creating the specified
133146 fund or August 31, 2019, the following funds, if created or
134147 re-created by an Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session,
135148 2019, the revenue deposited to the funds, and the revenue dedicated
136149 for deposit to the funds, are exempt from Section 2 of this Act, and
137150 the funds are created or re-created as separate funds inside or
138151 outside of the state treasury, as specified by the Act creating or
139152 re-creating the fund:
140- (1) the tax reduction and excellence in education
141- fund, created as a special fund in the treasury by House Bill No. 3
142- or similar legislation;
153+ (1) the flood infrastructure fund, created as a
154+ special fund in the treasury by House Bill No. 13 or similar
155+ legislation;
143156 (2) the pesticide disposal fund, created as a special
144157 fund in the treasury by House Bill No. 191 or similar legislation;
145158 (3) the disaster reinvestment and infrastructure
146159 planning revolving fund, created as a special fund outside of the
147160 treasury by House Bill No. 274 or similar legislation;
148161 (4) the cannabis testing and quality control fund,
149162 created as provided by House Bill No. 1365 or similar legislation;
150- (5) the Texas-bred incentive fund, created as an
163+ (5) the dedicated account in the general revenue fund
164+ for proceeds from the sale of certain historic property, created by
165+ House Bill No. 1422 or similar legislation;
166+ (6) the Texas-bred incentive fund, created as an
151167 escrow account in the treasury by House Bill No. 3366 or similar
152168 legislation;
153- (6) the Texas emissions reduction plan fund, created
169+ (7) the Texas emissions reduction plan fund, created
154170 as a trust fund outside the treasury to be held by the comptroller
155171 and administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
156172 as trustee by House Bill No. 3745 or similar legislation;
157- (7) the Texas innovation fund and state agency
173+ (8) the Texas innovation fund and state agency
158174 technology upgrades account, created as special funds outside of
159175 the treasury by House Bill No. 4214 or similar legislation;
160- (8) the flood infrastructure fund, created as a
176+ (9) the flood infrastructure fund, created as a
161177 special fund in the treasury by Senate Bill No. 7 or similar
162- legislation;
163- (9) the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund, created
164- as a special fund in the treasury by Senate Bill No. 7 or similar
165178 legislation;
166179 (10) the Texas leverage fund, created as a trust fund
167180 held outside the treasury by the comptroller as trustee by Senate
168181 Bill No. 132 or similar legislation;
169182 (11) the jury service fund, created as a fund in the
170183 treasury by Senate Bill No. 346 or similar legislation; and
171184 (12) the charter school liquidation fund, created as
172185 provided by Senate Bill No. 1454 or similar legislation.
173- SECTION 12. REVENUE DEDICATIONS. Effective on the later of
186+ SECTION 13. REVENUE DEDICATIONS. Effective on the later of
174187 the effective date of the Act dedicating or rededicating the
175188 specified revenue or August 31, 2019, the following dedications or
176189 rededications of revenue collected for a particular purpose are
177190 exempt from Section 2 of this Act, if dedicated or rededicated by an
178191 Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019:
179192 (1) the dedication of certain tax revenue to the drug
180193 court account provided by House Bill No. 1243 or similar
181194 legislation;
182195 (2) the dedication of certain fee revenue to the Texas
183196 Department of Motor Vehicles fund provided by House Bill No. 1548
184197 or similar legislation;
185198 (3) the dedication of revenue to the state highway
186199 fund provided by House Bill No. 1649 or similar legislation;
187200 (4) the dedication of certain fee revenue to the Texas
188201 Department of Motor Vehicles fund provided by House Bill No. 1711 or
189202 similar legislation;
190203 (5) the dedication of certain administrative penalty
191204 revenue to the sexual assault program fund provided by House Bill
192205 No. 1735 or similar legislation;
193206 (6) the dedication of revenue to the state lottery
194207 account provided by House Bill No. 1790 or similar legislation;
195208 (7) the dedication of certain assessment revenue to
196209 the account with the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company
197210 provided by House Bill No. 1880 or similar legislation;
198211 (8) the dedication of certain revenue to the Texas
199212 Racing Commission account in the general revenue fund provided by
200213 House Bill No. 1995 or similar legislation;
201214 (9) the dedication of certain administrative penalty
202215 revenue to the freestanding emergency medical care facility
203216 licensing fund provided by House Bill No. 2041 or similar
204217 legislation;
205218 (10) the dedication of grants or donations to the
206219 state highway fund provided by House Bill No. 2043 or similar
207220 legislation;
208221 (11) the dedication of certain revenue to the
209222 designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account
210223 provided by House Bill No. 2048 or similar legislation;
211224 (12) the dedication of fee revenue to the Texas
212225 mobility fund provided by House Bill No. 2478 or similar
213226 legislation;
214227 (13) the dedication of revenue provided by House Bill
215228 No. 2587 or similar legislation;
216229 (14) the dedication of certain fee revenue to the
217230 Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund provided by House Bill
218231 No. 2620 or similar legislation;
219232 (15) the dedication of revenue to the Texas water
220233 resources fund provided by House Bill No. 4116 or similar
221234 legislation;
222235 (16) the dedication of revenue to the foundation
223236 school fund provided by House Bill No. 4306 or similar legislation;
224- (17) the dedication of the proceeds from the sale,
225- lease, or other disposition of certain state property to the Texas
226- capital trust fund provided by House Bill No. 4541 or similar
227- legislation;
237+ (17) the dedication of revenue provided by Senate Bill
238+ No. 7 or similar legislation;
228239 (18) the dedication of revenue provided by Senate Bill
229- No. 7 or similar legislation;
230- (19) the dedication of revenue provided by Senate Bill
231240 No. 26 or similar legislation;
232- (20) the dedication of administrative penalty revenue
241+ (19) the dedication of administrative penalty revenue
233242 to the sexual assault program fund provided by Senate Bill No. 212
234243 or similar legislation;
235- (21) the dedication of gifts, grants, and donations to
244+ (20) the dedication of gifts, grants, and donations to
236245 the motorcycle education fund account provided by Senate Bill No.
237246 616 or similar legislation;
238- (22) the dedication of fee revenue to the game, fish,
247+ (21) the dedication of fee revenue to the game, fish,
239248 and water safety account provided by Senate Bill No. 733 or similar
240249 legislation; and
241- (23) the dedication of fee revenue to the food and drug
250+ (22) the dedication of fee revenue to the food and drug
242251 retail fee account provided by Senate Bill No. 932 or similar
243252 legislation.
244- SECTION 13. REALLOCATION OF INTEREST ACCRUED ON CERTAIN
253+ SECTION 14. REALLOCATION OF INTEREST ACCRUED ON CERTAIN
245254 DEDICATED REVENUE. Effective September 1, 2019, Section 403.0956,
246255 Government Code, is reenacted to read as follows:
247256 Sec. 403.0956. REALLOCATION OF INTEREST ACCRUED ON CERTAIN
248257 DEDICATED REVENUE. Notwithstanding any other law, all interest or
249258 other earnings that accrue on all revenue held in an account in the
250259 general revenue fund any part of which Section 403.095 makes
251260 available for certification under Section 403.121 are available for
252261 any general governmental purpose, and the comptroller shall deposit
253262 the interest and earnings to the credit of the general revenue fund.
254263 This section does not apply to:
255264 (1) interest or earnings on revenue deposited in
256265 accordance with Section 51.008, Education Code;
257266 (2) an account that accrues interest or other earnings
258267 on deposits of state or federal money the diversion of which is
259268 specifically excluded by federal law;
260269 (3) the lifetime license endowment account;
261270 (4) the game, fish, and water safety account;
262271 (5) the coastal protection account;
263272 (6) the Alamo complex account; or
264273 (7) the artificial reef account.
265- SECTION 14. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 403.095, GOVERNMENT CODE.
274+ SECTION 15. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 403.095, GOVERNMENT CODE.
266275 Effective September 1, 2019, Sections 403.095(b), (d), and (f),
267276 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
268277 (b) Notwithstanding any law dedicating or setting aside
269278 revenue for a particular purpose or entity, dedicated revenues that
270279 on August 31, 2021 [2019], are estimated to exceed the amount
271280 appropriated by the General Appropriations Act or other laws
272281 enacted by the 86th [85th] Legislature are available for general
273282 governmental purposes and are considered available for the purpose
274283 of certification under Section 403.121.
275284 (d) Following certification of the General Appropriations
276285 Act and other appropriations measures enacted by the 86th [85th]
277286 Legislature, the comptroller shall reduce each dedicated account as
278287 directed by the legislature by an amount that may not exceed the
279288 amount by which estimated revenues and unobligated balances exceed
280289 appropriations. The reductions may be made in the amounts and at
281290 the times necessary for cash flow considerations to allow all the
282291 dedicated accounts to maintain adequate cash balances to transact
283292 routine business. The legislature may authorize, in the General
284293 Appropriations Act, the temporary delay of the excess balance
285294 reduction required under this subsection. This subsection does not
286295 apply to revenues or balances in:
287296 (1) funds outside the treasury;
288297 (2) trust funds, which for purposes of this section
289298 include funds that may or are required to be used in whole or in part
290299 for the acquisition, development, construction, or maintenance of
291300 state and local government infrastructures, recreational
292301 facilities, or natural resource conservation facilities;
293302 (3) funds created by the constitution or a court; or
294303 (4) funds for which separate accounting is required by
295304 federal law.
296305 (f) This section expires September 1, 2021 [2019].
297- SECTION 15. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 504.6012, TRANSPORTATION
306+ SECTION 16. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 504.6012, TRANSPORTATION
298307 CODE. Effective September 1, 2019, Section 504.6012,
299308 Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
300309 Sec. 504.6012. ELIMINATION OF DEDICATED REVENUE ACCOUNTS;
301310 REVENUES IN TRUST. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, not later
302311 than September 30, 2019 [2015], the comptroller shall eliminate all
303312 dedicated accounts established for specialty license plates and
304313 shall set aside the balances of those dedicated accounts so that the
305314 balances may be appropriated only for the purposes intended as
306315 provided by the dedications.
307316 (b) On and after September 1, 2019 [2015], the portion of a
308317 fee payable that is designated for deposit to a dedicated account
309318 shall be paid instead to the credit of an account in a trust fund
310319 created by the comptroller outside the general revenue fund. The
311320 comptroller shall administer the trust fund and accounts and may
312321 allocate the corpus and earnings on each account only in accordance
313322 with the dedications of the revenue deposited to the trust fund
314323 accounts.
315- SECTION 16. CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT; DEDICATION OF REVENUE. (a)
316- Section 382.05155(d), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as
317- follows:
318- (d) The commission by rule may add a surcharge to an
319- application fee assessed under this chapter for an expedited
320- application in an amount sufficient to cover the expenses incurred
321- by the expediting, including overtime, contract labor, and other
322- costs. The surcharge is considered part of the application fee and
323- shall be deposited with the fee to the credit of the clean air
324- account established under Section 382.0622(b).
325- (b) Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the dedication of
326- money made by Subsection (a) of this section.
327- SECTION 17. COMMERCIAL GULF SHRIMP UNLOADING LICENSING FEE;
328- DEDICATION OF REVENUE. (a) Section 77.034(d), Parks and Wildlife
329- Code, is amended to read as follows:
330- (d) The fee for a commercial gulf shrimp unloading license
331- is $1485, or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is
332- more. Revenue from the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the
333- game, fish, and water safety account established under Section
334- 11.032.
335- (b) Section 2 of this Act does not apply to money dedicated
336- to the game, fish, and water safety account by Section 77.034(d),
337- Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended by this Act.
338- SECTION 18. STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) Section
324+ SECTION 17. STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) Section
339325 16.023, Water Code, as added by Section 2.13, Chapter 1430 (S.B. 3),
340326 Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted
341327 to read as follows:
342328 Sec. 16.023. STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) The strategic
343329 mapping account is an account in the general revenue fund. The
344330 account consists of:
345331 (1) money directly appropriated to the board;
346332 (2) money transferred by the board from other funds
347333 available to the board;
348334 (3) money from gifts or grants from the United States
349335 government, state, regional, or local governments, educational
350336 institutions, private sources, or other sources;
351337 (4) proceeds from the sale of maps, data,
352338 publications, and other items; and
353339 (5) interest earned on the investment of money in the
354340 account and depository interest allocable to the account.
355341 (b) The account may be appropriated only to the board to:
356342 (1) develop, administer, and implement the strategic
357343 mapping program;
358344 (2) provide grants to political subdivisions for
359345 projects related to the development, use, and dissemination of
360346 digital, geospatial information; and
361347 (3) administer, implement, and operate other programs
362348 of the Texas Natural Resources Information System, including:
363349 (A) the operation of a Texas-Mexico border region
364350 information center for the purpose of implementing Section
365351 16.021(e)(5);
366352 (B) the acquisition, storage, and distribution
367353 of historical maps, photographs, and paper map products;
368354 (C) the maintenance and enhancement of
369355 information technology; and
370356 (D) the production, storage, and distribution of
371357 other digital base maps, as determined by the executive
372358 administrator.
373359 (c) The board may invest, reinvest, and direct the
374360 investment of any available money in the fund as provided by law for
375361 the investment of money under Section 404.024, Government Code.
376362 (b) The strategic mapping account is re-created by this Act
377363 as an account in the general revenue fund, and all revenue dedicated
378364 for deposit to the credit of the strategic mapping account is
379365 rededicated by this Act for that purpose. Section 2 of this Act
380366 does not apply to the account as re-created by this Act or a
381367 dedication of revenue to the account as rededicated by this Act.
382- SECTION 19. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT; DEDICATION
383- OF REVENUE. (a) Section 28A.101(c), Water Code, is reenacted to
384- read as follows:
385- (c) Registration fees collected under this section shall be
386- deposited in the water resource management account and may be used
387- only to implement this chapter.
388- (b) Money dedicated by Section 28A.101(c), Water Code, as
389- added by Chapter 107 (H.B. 571), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
390- Regular Session, 2011, to the water resource management account for
391- the purposes described by Section 28A.101(c) is rededicated by this
392- Act, and Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the rededication of
393- that money.
394- SECTION 20. EFFECT OF ACT. (a) This Act prevails over any
368+ SECTION 18. EFFECT OF ACT. (a) This Act prevails over any
395369 other Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
396370 regardless of the relative dates of enactment, that purports to
397371 create or re-create a special fund or account or to dedicate or
398372 rededicate revenue to a particular purpose, including any fund,
399373 account, or revenue dedication abolished under former Section
400374 403.094, Government Code.
401375 (b) An exemption from the application of Section 403.095,
402376 Government Code, contained in another Act of the 86th Legislature,
403377 Regular Session, 2019, that is exempted from the application of
404378 Section 2 of this Act has no effect.
405379 (c) Revenue that, under the terms of another Act of the 86th
406380 Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, would be deposited to the
407381 credit of a special account or fund shall be deposited to the credit
408382 of the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund unless the
409383 fund, account, or dedication is exempted under this Act.
410- SECTION 21. EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided
384+ SECTION 19. EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided
411385 by this Act:
412386 (1) this Act takes effect immediately if this Act
413387 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
414388 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution;
415389 and
416390 (2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
417391 immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
418392 last day of the legislative session.
419- ______________________________ ______________________________
420- President of the Senate Speaker of the House
421- I certify that H.B. No. 3317 was passed by the House on April
422- 18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 14, 1 present, not
423- voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
424- No. 3317 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 10,
425- 2 present, not voting.
426- ______________________________
427- Chief Clerk of the House
428- I certify that H.B. No. 3317 was passed by the Senate, with
429- amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
430- 0.
431- ______________________________
432- Secretary of the Senate
433- APPROVED: __________________
434- Date
435- __________________
436- Governor
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