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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the recovery of certain state border security |
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| 10 | 10 | | expenditures from the federal government. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 401.106 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 401.106. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY |
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| 15 | 15 | | EXPENDITURES. (a) The governor may submit to the United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | Congress an application for reimbursement requesting payment for |
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| 17 | 17 | | expenses incurred by this state during a period specified in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | application for activities related to securing the southern |
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| 19 | 19 | | international border of the United States of America. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The application for reimbursement must include the |
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| 21 | 21 | | amount of expenses incurred by this state during the period |
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| 22 | 22 | | specified in the application for which this state seeks |
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| 23 | 23 | | reimbursement and clearly provide that payment in full is due from |
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| 24 | 24 | | the federal government as soon as practicable. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) If the total amount requested in an application |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted under Subsection (a) is not paid within a reasonable |
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| 27 | 27 | | period prescribed by Subsection (b), the attorney general may bring |
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| 28 | 28 | | an action in the name of the state against the appropriate agency of |
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| 29 | 29 | | the federal government to recover the amount due as stated in the |
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| 30 | 30 | | application or any part of that amount that remains unpaid. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) Any amount received from the federal government under |
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| 32 | 32 | | this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the general revenue fund. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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| 35 | 35 | | the initial application for reimbursement submitted by the governor |
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| 36 | 36 | | under Subsection (a) must include a request for payment of at least |
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| 37 | 37 | | the following amounts: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) $4,720,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium |
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| 39 | 39 | | ending August 31, 2023; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) $6,540,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium |
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| 41 | 41 | | ending August 31, 2025. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (f) Subsection (e) and this subsection expire August 31, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2026. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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