89R14259 CS-D
By: Metcalf, Gerdes, Raymond H.B. No. 3371
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recovery of certain state border security
expenditures from the federal government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 401.106 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.106. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY
EXPENDITURES. (a) The governor may submit to the United States
Congress an application for reimbursement requesting payment for
expenses incurred by this state during a period specified in the
application for activities related to securing the southern
international border of the United States of America.
(b) The application for reimbursement must include the
amount of expenses incurred by this state during the period
specified in the application for which this state seeks
reimbursement and clearly provide that payment in full is due from
the federal government as soon as practicable.
(c) If the total amount requested in an application
submitted under Subsection (a) is not paid within a reasonable
period prescribed by Subsection (b), the attorney general may bring
an action in the name of the state against the appropriate agency of
the federal government to recover the amount due as stated in the
application or any part of that amount that remains unpaid.
(d) Any amount received from the federal government under
this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
of the general revenue fund.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the initial application for reimbursement submitted by the governor
under Subsection (a) must include a request for payment of at least
the following amounts:
(1) $4,720,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2023; and
(2) $6,540,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2025.
(f) Subsection (e) and this subsection expire August 31,
2026.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.