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House Bill 3317 |
House Author: Zerwas |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 3317, the biennial funds consolidation bill, abolishes all funds and accounts created or re‑created and all dedications or rededications of revenue collected by a state agency for a particular purpose by an act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, except those specifically exempted from abolishment under the bill's provisions. The bill creates and re‑creates certain accounts and funds and requires revenue that otherwise would be deposited to the credit of a special account or fund to instead be deposited to the credit of the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund unless the fund, account, or dedication is exempted under the bill's provisions.
House Bill 3317 amends the Education Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Parks and Wildlife Code, and Transportation Code to revise provisions governing certain accounts or the dedication of certain revenue. The bill reenacts provisions of the Water Code relating to the strategic mapping account and the water resource management account. Among other provisions, the bill postpones the expiration date for the Texas B‑On‑time student loan account until 2024 and requires revenue from the commercial gulf shrimp unloading licensing fee to be deposited to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account. Effective September 1, 2019, the bill postpones the expiration date of statutory provisions governing the use of dedicated revenue in treasury funds by the comptroller of public accounts and revises the deadline by which the comptroller is required to eliminate all dedicated accounts for specialty license plates.
Except as otherwise provided, House Bill 3317 takes effect June 14, 2019.