Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3953 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R17967 MEW-D
2	2		By: Herrero H.B. No. 3953
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3953:
	4	+	By: Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 3953
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and a
8	10		voluntary contribution to that fund when applying for a handgun
9	11		license.
10	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
12	14		amended by adding Section 411.1742 to read as follows:
13	15		Sec. 411.1742. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO OPEN BURN PIT
14	16		REGISTRY FUND. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal
15	17		license to carry a handgun under this subchapter, the person may
16	18		make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the open burn pit
17	19		registry fund established by Section 99.008, Health and Safety
18	20		Code.
19	21		(b) The department shall:
20	22		(1) include space on the first page of each
21	23		application for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun
22	24		that allows a person applying for an original or renewal license to
23	25		carry a handgun to indicate the amount that the person is
24	26		voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
25	27		(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
26	28		contribute to the fund during the application process for an
27	29		original or renewal license to carry a handgun on the department's
28	30		Internet website.
29	31		(c) The department shall send any contribution made under
30	32		this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to
31	33		the credit of the open burn pit registry fund not later than the
32	34		14th day of each month. Before sending the money to the fund, the
33	35		department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable
34	36		expenses for administering this section.
35	37		SECTION 2. Chapter 99, Health and Safety Code, as added by
36	38		Chapter 153 (H.B. 306), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
37	39		Session, 2019, is amended by adding Section 99.008 to read as
38	40		follows:
39	41		Sec. 99.008. OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY FUND. (a) The open burn
40	42		pit registry fund is a special fund in the state treasury outside
41	43		the general revenue fund. The fund is composed of:
42	44		(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of
43	45		the legislature;
44	46		(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund;
45	47		(3) the earnings of the fund; and
46	48		(4) money deposited to the credit of the fund under
47	49		Section 411.1742, Government Code.
48	50		(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the
49	51		department. The department may use the money only for the creation
50	52		and maintenance of the open burn pit registry established under
51	53		Section 99.003, except that the department may use the money for any
52	54		other purpose of the department consistent with legislative
53	55		appropriation of the money if the department finds that the
54	56		registry is adequately funded and contributions to the fund exceed
55	57		the amount necessary for the registry to be adequately funded.
56	58		SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
57	59		of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall modify the
58	60		application form for a license to carry a handgun to satisfy the
59	61		requirement of Section 411.1742, Government Code, as added by this
60	62		Act.
61	63		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.