74R12688 RJA-D
By Junell H.B. No. 3050
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to exemption of certain funds from consolidation,
1-3 re-creation of certain consolidated funds, preservation of certain
1-4 dedications of revenue, and exemption of certain unappropriated
1-5 amounts from use for general governmental purposes.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. Effective August 30, 1995, the following funds
1-8 and special accounts in the state treasury are exempt from Sections
1-9 403.094 and 403.095, Government Code, and are re-created as special
1-10 accounts in the general revenue fund to be used only for the
1-11 purposes designated by law:
1-12 (1) attorney general law enforcement account;
1-13 (2) Advisory Commission on Emergency Communications
1-14 account;
1-15 (3) governor's office disaster contingency account;
1-16 (4) governor's office criminal justice planning
1-17 account;
1-18 (5) Texas preservation trust fund;
1-19 (6) Capitol fund;
1-20 (7) Inaugural Account, 472;
1-21 (8) crippled children's fund;
1-22 (9) sexual assault program fund;
1-23 (10) Texas capital trust fund;
1-24 (11) Texas collegiate license plate program;
2-1 (12) medical school tuition set-aside fund;
2-2 (13) scholarship for fifth-year accounting students;
2-3 (14) coastal protection fund;
2-4 (15) traffic safety fund account;
2-5 (16) aviation trust fund account;
2-6 (17) public transportation account fund;
2-7 (18) Texas highway beautification fund account;
2-8 (19) Department of Insurance operating fund;
2-9 (20) Texas Racing Commission fund account, 597;
2-10 (21) Workers' Compensation Research Center fund;
2-11 (22) governor's endowment fund account;
2-12 (23) lieutenant governor's endowment fund account; and
2-13 (24) alternative fuels research and education fund
2-14 account.
2-15 SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 1995, the following funds
2-16 and special accounts in the state treasury are exempt from Section
2-17 403.094, Government Code, and are created or re-created, as
2-18 appropriate, as special accounts in the general revenue fund to be
2-19 used only for the purposes designated by law:
2-20 (1) small business air compliance fund account;
2-21 (2) small business environmental compliance fund
2-22 account;
2-23 (3) quail stamp account;
2-24 (4) shrimp license buy-back account;
2-25 (5) Texas housing depository fund; and
2-26 (6) workers' compensation insurance fund guaranty
2-27 account.
3-1 SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 1995, the state lease fund
3-2 in the state treasury is exempt from Section 403.094, Government
3-3 Code, and is re-created as a special account in the general revenue
3-4 fund to be used only for the purposes designated by law. Any
3-5 unencumbered balances in the state lease fund in excess of amounts
3-6 needed for debt service shall be transferred to the credit of the
3-7 general revenue fund at the end of each biennium.
3-8 SECTION 4. Effective September 1, 1995, the following funds
3-9 are exempt from Section 403.094, Government Code, and are created
3-10 or re-created, as appropriate, as special funds in the state
3-11 treasury outside the general revenue fund to be used only for the
3-12 purposes designated by law:
3-13 (1) university bonds for education of Texans;
3-14 (2) prepaid postsecondary education expense fund;
3-15 (3) Texas Youth Commission industries program fund;
3-16 (4) telecommunications infrastructure fund; and
3-17 (5) regulator transition fund.
3-18 SECTION 5. Effective September 1, 1995, the following funds
3-19 are exempt from Section 403.094, Government Code, and are created
3-20 or re-created, as appropriate, as trust funds in the state treasury
3-21 outside the general revenue fund to be used only for the purposes
3-22 designated by law:
3-23 (1) ICF/MR trust fund; and
3-24 (2) auctioneer public protection recovery trust fund.
3-25 SECTION 6. Effective September 1, 1995, the Water
3-26 Development Board operating fund for state revolving funds is
3-27 exempt from Section 403.094, Government Code, and is created as a
4-1 special fund outside the state treasury to be used only for the
4-2 purposes designated by law.
4-3 SECTION 7. Effective August 30, 1995, the following revenue
4-4 is exempt from Section 403.094, Government Code, and may be used
4-5 only for the purposes designated by law:
4-6 (1) revenue dedicated to the children's trust fund;
4-7 (2) revenue statutorily dedicated to the Department of
4-8 Insurance operating fund;
4-9 (3) revenue statutorily dedicated to the state highway
4-10 fund; and
4-11 (4) revenue dedicated to the Texas Racing Commission
4-12 for operation and allocation as provided by statute.
4-13 SECTION 8. Effective August 30, 1995, if House Bill No.
4-14 2185, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is
4-15 enacted and becomes law, revenue collected as court costs and
4-16 dedicated to the following funds and special accounts is exempt
4-17 from Section 403.094, Government Code, and may be used only for the
4-18 purposes designated by law:
4-19 (1) abused children's counseling account;
4-20 (2) crime stoppers assistance account;
4-21 (3) breath alcohol testing account;
4-22 (4) law enforcement management institute account;
4-23 (5) law enforcement officers standards and education
4-24 fund account;
4-25 (6) comprehensive rehabilitation fund account;
4-26 (7) operator's and chauffeur's license fund account;
4-27 (8) criminal justice planning fund account; and
5-1 (9) compensation to victims of crime fund account.
5-2 SECTION 9. Effective August 30, 1995, revenue collected as
5-3 maintenance tax imposed under the Insurance Code and allocated for
5-4 the operation of the Department of Insurance is exempt from Section
5-5 403.094, Government Code, and may be used only for the purposes
5-6 designated by law.
5-7 SECTION 10. Effective August 30, 1995, bond proceeds from
5-8 bonds authorized by or as provided by the 74th Legislature, Regular
5-9 Session, 1995, are exempt from Sections 403.094 and 403.095,
5-10 Government Code.
5-11 SECTION 11. The importance of this legislation and the
5-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-16 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-17 passage, and it is so enacted.