86R14153 CJC-D By: Swanson H.B. No. 3731 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an appropriation of money to the General Land Office from the economic stabilization fund for certain disaster recovery and flood mitigation projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The amount of $2.5 billion is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, for the purposes of engaging in flood mitigation projects in this state, rebuilding infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, and repairing dams and reservoirs in this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019, but only if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.