AN ACT

 1-1     relating to the disposition of freshwater trout stamp fees.

 1-2           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-3           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 43.505, Parks and

 1-4     Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

 1-5           (b)  The stamp sale net receipts may be spent only for the

 1-6     purchase, rearing, and stocking of freshwater trout in this state

 1-7     [for any purposes authorized by Section 11.033 of this code and are

 1-8     hereby appropriated for such purposes].

 1-9           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-10           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-11     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-12     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-13     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-14     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the Senate on

         March 26, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the House on

         May 13, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

         Approved:

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                     Date

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                   Governor