86R4417 SLB-F
By: Perry, Flores S.B. No. 318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife
Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes
imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.035(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the state
parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, received from the
following sources:
(1) grants or operation of concessions in state parks
or fishing piers;
(2) publications on state parks, state historic sites,
or state scientific areas;
(3) fines or penalties received from violations of
regulations governing parks issued pursuant to Subchapter B,
Chapter 13;
(4) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b)
or (c) that are associated with state park lands;
(5) credits made to the department under Section
151.801, Tax Code, in an amount equal to the sum of:
(A) the amount of the department's share [not to
exceed the amount] of the tax proceeds under that section minus the
sum of the amounts appropriated from other accounts that receive
credits from the tax proceeds as provided by Sections 11.043(b),
24.003(a), and 24.053(a) [account] for use during the then-current
state fiscal biennium; and
(B) [plus] the amount necessary to fund the cost
of state contributions for benefits of department employees whose
salaries or wages are paid from the account; and
(6) any other source provided by law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.