By Shapiro S.B. No. 1838 76R10139 GCH-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the biennial transfer of revenue to the economic 1-3 stabilization fund. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 403, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 403.091 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 403.091. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN BALANCES TO ECONOMIC 1-8 STABILIZATION FUND. (a) For the purpose of computing the amount 1-9 to be transferred biennially to the economic stabilization fund 1-10 under Section 49-g(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, the 1-11 comptroller shall deduct from the cash balance available for 1-12 certification under Section 403.121 only: 1-13 (1) agency encumbrances as reported to the 1-14 comptroller; 1-15 (2) any balances in the accounts dedicated by Section 1-16 31, Article I, Texas Constitution; and 1-17 (3) the balance of any dedicated account in the 1-18 general revenue fund that consists exclusively of gifts or 1-19 donations. 1-20 (b) In making a transfer under Section 49-g(b), Article III, 1-21 Texas Constitution, the comptroller shall reduce proportionally the 1-22 unencumbered balance of the undedicated portion of the general 1-23 revenue fund and of each dedicated account in the general revenue 1-24 fund, other than an account described by Subsection (a)(2) or 2-1 (a)(3). 2-2 (c) For the purpose of this section, an account consists of 2-3 donations if money in the account has been expressly donated or 2-4 paid, in addition to a fee required for the goods or services 2-5 provided, as a voluntary fee to support a particular program. 2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2000. 2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.