88R13486 KBB-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 4911
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a one-time cash payment to certain residents of this
state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The comptroller of public accounts of the
State of Texas shall make a one-time payment to each resident of
this state to whom the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas has issued a form of identification, as provided by this
section.
(b) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
shall provide the comptroller of public accounts of the State of
Texas with a list of the names and addresses of each individual who
holds a current form of identification issued by that department as
shown by that department's records.
(c) The comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas
shall issue a single payment of $500 to each individual identified
on the list provided under Subsection (b) of this section and whose
listed address is in this state.
SECTION 2. An amount, estimated not to exceed $15 billion,
is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas for the state
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, to provide the
payments required by Section 1 of this Act and to pay costs incurred
by the comptroller and by the Department of Public Safety of the
State of Texas in facilitating the payments.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.