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| 1 | + | 88R33272 JAM-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Perry S.R. No. 708 | |
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| 5 | + | R E S O L U T I O N | |
| 5 | 6 | BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | |
| 6 | 7 | Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | |
| 7 | 8 | suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | |
| 8 | - | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | |
| 9 | - | Senate Joint Resolution 75 (proposing a constitutional amendment | |
| 10 | - | creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water | |
| 11 | - | projects in this state) to consider and take action on the | |
| 12 | - | following matters: | |
| 9 | + | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate | |
| 10 | + | Joint Resolution 75 (proposing a constitutional amendment creating | |
| 11 | + | the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this | |
| 12 | + | state) to consider and take action on the following matters: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit | |
| 14 | 14 | the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement | |
| 15 | - | and add text on a matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | |
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| 15 | + | and add text on a matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 | |
| 16 | + | of the resolution, by including in added Section 49-d-16(a), | |
| 17 | 17 | Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as follows: | |
| 18 | - | The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of | |
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| 21 | - | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | |
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| 18 | + | The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of depositing | |
| 19 | + | the money to the fund to be available for transfer as provided by | |
| 20 | + | Subsection (b) of this section. | |
| 21 | + | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that money | |
| 22 | + | may be appropriated to the Texas water fund. | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit | |
| 24 | 24 | the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement | |
| 25 | 25 | and add text on a matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | of the resolution, by including in added Section 49-d-16(b), | |
| 27 | 27 | Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as follows: | |
| 28 | 28 | , including the transfer of money from the fund to or the | |
| 29 | 29 | restoration of the money from: | |
| 30 | 30 | (1) the Water Assistance Fund No. 480; | |
| 31 | 31 | (2) the New Water Supply for Texas Fund; | |
| 32 | 32 | (3) the Rural Water Assistance Fund No. 301; or | |
| 33 | 33 | (4) the Statewide Water Public Awareness Account. | |
| 34 | - | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | |
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| 34 | + | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that money | |
| 35 | + | in the Texas water fund may be transferred to or restored from | |
| 36 | + | certain other funds. | |
| 37 | 37 | (3) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | |
| 38 | 38 | committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | |
| 39 | 39 | or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of the | |
| 40 | 40 | resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(e), Article III, Texas | |
| 41 | 41 | Constitution, to read as follows: | |
| 42 | 42 | (e) Of the amount of money initially appropriated to the | |
| 43 | - | Texas water fund, the administrator of the fund shall allocate | |
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| 46 | - | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the | |
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| 43 | + | Texas water fund, the administrator of the fund shall allocate not | |
| 44 | + | less than 25 percent to be used only for transfer to the New Water | |
| 45 | + | Supply for Texas Fund. | |
| 46 | + | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the purposes | |
| 47 | + | for which money in the Texas water fund may be used. | |
| 48 | 48 | (4) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | |
| 49 | 49 | committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | |
| 50 | 50 | or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of the | |
| 51 | 51 | resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(h), Article III, Texas | |
| 52 | 52 | Constitution, to read as follows: | |
| 53 | - | (h) Any unexpended and unobligated balance remaining in | |
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| 53 | + | (h) Any unexpended and unobligated balance remaining in the | |
| 54 | + | Texas water fund at the end of a state fiscal biennium is | |
| 55 | 55 | appropriated to the administrator of that fund for the following | |
| 56 | - | state fiscal biennium for the purposes authorized by this | |
| 57 | - | section. | |
| 56 | + | state fiscal biennium for the purposes authorized by this section. | |
| 58 | 57 | Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | |
| 59 | 58 | unexpended and unobligated money in the Texas water fund must | |
| 60 | - | remain in that fund until transferred by the administrator of | |
| 61 | - | that fund. | |
| 62 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 63 | - | President of the Senate | |
| 64 | - | I hereby certify that the | |
| 65 | - | above Resolution was adopted by | |
| 66 | - | the Senate on May 28, 2023, by the | |
| 67 | - | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 68 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 69 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 59 | + | remain in that fund until transferred by the administrator of that | |
| 60 | + | fund. |