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.