Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4304 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R6829 MTB-F
2	2	By: Clardy H.B. No. 4304
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to appropriations to and revenue of the Automobile
8	8	Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 8, Article 4413(37),
11	11	Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 8. DEPOSIT AND USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
13	13	SECTION 2. Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
14	14	is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
15	15	(d) On September 1 of each fiscal year, the comptroller
16	16	shall deposit to the credit of the subaccount described by Section
17	17	8A of this article:
18	18	(1) an amount equal to the total amount appropriated
19	19	for that fiscal year to the department for the purposes of this
20	20	article; and
21	21	(2) an additional amount equal to the estimated cost
22	22	for that fiscal year of employee benefits of employees whose
23	23	salaries or wages are paid from an appropriation for the purposes of
24	24	this article.
25	25	SECTION 3. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended
26	26	by adding Section 8A to read as follows:
27	27	Sec. 8A. DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts,
28	28	grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority,
29	29	including the fee described by Section 10(e) of this article, shall
30	30	be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas Department
31	31	of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the
32	32	department for purposes of the authority under this article.
33	33	SECTION 4. Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised
34	34	Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
35	35	(e) The [Fifty percent of each] fee collected under
36	36	Subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of
37	37	the subaccount described by Section 8A of this article and may be
38	38	appropriated only to the department [authority] for [the] purposes
39	39	of the authority under this article.
40	40	SECTION 5. Section 1001.151(b), Transportation Code, is
41	41	amended to read as follows:
42	42	(b) Unless [Except as provided by Subsection (c), and
43	43	unless] otherwise dedicated by the Texas Constitution, the fund
44	44	consists of:
45	45	(1) money appropriated by the legislature to the
46	46	department;
47	47	(2) money allocated to pay fund accounting costs and
48	48	related liabilities of the fund;
49	49	(3) gifts, grants, and donations received by the
50	50	department;
51	51	(4) money required by law to be deposited to the fund;
52	52	(5) interest earned on money in the fund; and
53	53	(6) other revenue received by the department.
54	54	SECTION 6. Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is
55	55	amended to read as follows:
56	56	Sec. 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required
57	57	to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas
58	58	Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department
59	59	only:
60	60	(1) to support the department's operations and the
61	61	administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or]
62	62	(2) to pay the accounting costs and related
63	63	liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers'
64	64	compensation, and unemployment compensation; or
65	65	(3) for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft
66	66	Prevention Authority under Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes.
67	67	SECTION 7. Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is
68	68	repealed.
69	69	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.