73R9836 RJA-D
By Alexander H.B. No. 2604
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2604:
By D. Smith of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 2604
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the consolidation and dedication of certain funds.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 361.133(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The hazardous and solid waste remediation fee fund is in
1-7 the state treasury. The fund is exempt from the application of
1-8 Sections 403.094(h) and 403.095, Government Code.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 382.0622(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-10 amended to read as follows:
1-11 (b) Clean Air Act fees shall be deposited in the state
1-12 treasury to the credit of the clean air fund and shall be used to
1-13 safeguard the air resources of the state. The fund is exempt from
1-14 the application of Sections 403.094(h) and 403.095, Government
1-15 Code. <All unexpended and unobligated money remaining in the fund
1-16 on the last day of each fiscal biennium shall be transferred to the
1-17 credit of the general revenue fund.>
1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-1 passage, and it is so enacted.