76R8520 MI-F                          
         By Brown                                               S.B. No. 287
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 287:
         By Cook                                            C.S.S.B. No. 287
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the Texas parks and wildlife capital account.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 11.043, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 11.043.  TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND
 1-7     CAPITAL ACCOUNT.  (a)  The Texas parks and wildlife conservation
 1-8     and capital account is a separate account in the general revenue
 1-9     fund.
1-10           (b)  The account consists of the amount of credits made to
1-11     the department under Section 151.801, Tax Code, after allocations
1-12     to the state parks account and the Texas recreation and parks
1-13     account, proceeds of revenue bonds issued under Section 13.0045, or
1-14     any other source authorized by law.
1-15           (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), money in the
1-16     account may be spent only for acquisition and development,
1-17     maintenance, or operation of parks, fisheries, and wildlife
1-18     projects that have been individually approved by the commission.
1-19     Projects that directly provide hunting, fishing, or outdoor
1-20     recreation opportunity to the public shall be given preference for
1-21     funding under this section.  Approved projects may include:
1-22                 (1)  acquiring land or facilities for use in any
1-23     department program;
1-24                 (2)  developing and improving any land or facility
 2-1     owned or controlled by the department;
 2-2                 (3)  servicing the debt on Texas park development bonds
 2-3     issued under Article III, Section 49-e, of the Texas Constitution
 2-4     or any other bonds issued for parks, fisheries, or wildlife
 2-5     projects; [and]
 2-6                 (4)  local park grants in Chapter 24 of this code;
 2-7                 (5)  initiating or participating in partnerships to
 2-8     enhance conservation of historical, cultural, or natural resources;
 2-9                 (6)  operational and maintenance costs in association
2-10     with any parks, fisheries, wildlife projects, or department law
2-11     enforcement efforts in support of this code; and
2-12                 (7)  meeting the requirements for providing matching
2-13     money for any federal grants for parks, fisheries, or wildlife
2-14     projects.
2-15           (d)  The proceeds of bonds issued under Section 13.0045 and
2-16     deposited to the account may be spent to finance parks and wildlife
2-17     projects, including the repair, renovation, improvement, and
2-18     equipping of parks and wildlife facilities.
2-19           (e)  The comptroller may invest money in the account.
2-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-21           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-22     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-23     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-24     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-25     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.