H.R. No. 2471
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Joint Resolution 125 (creating the
broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband
access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects) to
consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
or senate version of the joint resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of
the joint resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(f), Article III,
Texas Constitution, to read as follows:
(f) The comptroller may transfer money from the fund to
another fund as provided by general law. The state agency that
administers the fund to which the money is transferred as
authorized by this subsection may use the money without further
appropriation only for the expansion of access to and adoption of
broadband and telecommunications services as provided by general
law.
Explanation: The added text would enable the comptroller of
public accounts to transfer money from the broadband infrastructure
fund to another fund, authorizing the state agency administering
the fund to which the money is transferred to use it only for the
expansion of access to and adoption of broadband and
telecommunications services.
Ashby
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2471 was adopted by the House on May
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 8, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House