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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the |
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construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier |
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infrastructure and border security operations, including funding |
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for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased |
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law enforcement presence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION TO TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE |
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,540,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs |
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within the Office of the Governor for use during the two-year period |
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beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of |
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providing funding for border security operations and the |
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construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier |
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infrastructure. |
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(b) Of the amount appropriated by Subsection (a) of this |
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section, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor |
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shall transfer $40,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety for |
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border security operations, including paying for additional |
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overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement |
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presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge |
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development in Liberty County, Texas. |
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SECTION 2. PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. The |
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money appropriated by this Act may not be used to: |
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(1) acquire property through the exercise of eminent |
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domain; |
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(2) build a barrier along this state's international |
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border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of |
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eminent domain; |
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(3) acquire property for a barrier that abuts the |
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boundary between this state and another state; or |
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(4) build a barrier that abuts the boundary between |
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this state and another state. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |