| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 3290 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund. |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 771.0713, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 8 | 8 | | amended by amending Subsections (b), (f), and (g) and adding |
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| 9 | 9 | | Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by |
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| 11 | 11 | | federal law, the comptroller shall transfer to the credit of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | next generation 9-1-1 service fund any amount available from |
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| 13 | 13 | | federal money provided to this state from the Coronavirus State and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American |
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| 15 | 15 | | Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) or from any other state |
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| 16 | 16 | | or federal governmental source for purposes of this chapter, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including money appropriated or otherwise credited to the fund. |
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| 18 | 18 | | The comptroller shall transfer the money as soon as practicable |
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| 19 | 19 | | following: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the receipt by this state of a sufficient amount of |
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| 21 | 21 | | federal money for the transfer; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the effective date of the most recent legislative |
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| 23 | 23 | | appropriation for purposes of this chapter. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), the |
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| 25 | 25 | | commission shall distribute from money appropriated to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | commission for purposes of this chapter to each emergency |
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| 27 | 27 | | communications district that does not participate in the state |
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| 28 | 28 | | system a portion of the appropriated money in an amount |
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| 29 | 29 | | proportional to the population of the area served by the district |
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| 30 | 30 | | compared to the population of this state. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c-2) For each emergency communication district created |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Chapter 772 that is entitled to a portion of the money |
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| 33 | 33 | | distributed under Subsection (c-1), the commission shall: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) reduce the portion to which that district is |
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| 35 | 35 | | entitled by an amount equal to nine percent of that portion and |
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| 36 | 36 | | distribute that resulting amount in equal shares to all the |
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| 37 | 37 | | emergency communication districts created under Chapter 772; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) distribute to that district the remainder of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | portion to which the district is entitled under Subsection (c-1) |
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| 40 | 40 | | that is not distributed under Subdivision (1). |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c-3) The remaining money appropriated to the commission |
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| 42 | 42 | | for purposes of this chapter that is not otherwise distributed |
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| 43 | 43 | | under Subsection (c-1) or (c-2) shall be deposited to the 9-1-1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | services fee account. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (f) All money in the fund from the Coronavirus State and |
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| 46 | 46 | | Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American |
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| 47 | 47 | | Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) shall be distributed in |
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| 48 | 48 | | accordance with this section not later than August 31, 2024 |
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| 49 | 49 | | [December 31, 2022], and all money distributed under this section |
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| 50 | 50 | | from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under |
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| 51 | 51 | | Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. |
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| 52 | 52 | | No. 117-2) shall be spent not later than December 31, 2026 [2024], |
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| 53 | 53 | | for the deployment and reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | service. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (g) This section expires December 31, 2028 [September 1, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2025]. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. Section 771.079(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 58 | 58 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) The account consists of: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) fees deposited in the fund as provided by Sections |
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| 61 | 61 | | 771.071 and 771.0711; [and] |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) money deposited to the account under Section |
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| 63 | 63 | | 771.0713(c-3); and |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code, |
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| 65 | 65 | | all interest attributable to money held in the account. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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| 67 | 67 | | beginning with the state fiscal biennium that begins September 1, |
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| 68 | 68 | | 2023. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 70 | 70 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 71 | 71 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 72 | 72 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3290 was passed by the House on April |
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| 73 | 73 | | 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 32, 2 present, not |
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| 74 | 74 | | voting. |
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| 75 | 75 | | ______________________________ |
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| 76 | 76 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 77 | 77 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3290 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 78 | 78 | | 10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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| 79 | 79 | | ______________________________ |
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| 80 | 80 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 81 | 81 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 82 | 82 | | Date |
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| 83 | 83 | | _____________________ |
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| 84 | 84 | | Governor |
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