1-1     By:  Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)                  H.B. No. 2065
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
 1-4     May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,
 1-5     Nays 0, 1 present, not voting; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the allocation of certain settlement money awarded to
 1-9     the state to appropriation accounts at the direction of the
1-10     attorney general with the prior approval of the Legislative Budget
1-11     Board.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 403.037 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 403.037.  ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN SETTLEMENT MONEY AT
1-16     DIRECTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.  (a)  The attorney general may
1-17     certify to the comptroller and the Legislative Budget Board that
1-18     money awarded to the state in settlement of a claim is money to be
1-19     credited to the account for a particular appropriation under
1-20     Section 403.036 if it is not clear under applicable law to which
1-21     account the money should be credited.
1-22           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the comptroller
1-23     shall act in accordance with the certification received under
1-24     Subsection (a):
1-25                 (1)  on the 31st day after the date the comptroller
1-26     receives it; or
1-27                 (2)  on the day following the date the comptroller
1-28     receives the written prior approval of the Legislative Budget Board
1-29     to act in accordance with the certification.
1-30           (c)  If, before the 31st day after the date the comptroller
1-31     receives the certification under Subsection (a), the comptroller
1-32     receives from the Legislative Budget Board a certification that the
1-33     money is to be credited to a different account for a particular
1-34     appropriation under Section 403.036 or that the money should not be
1-35     credited to any account for a particular appropriation under
1-36     Section 403.036, the comptroller shall act in accordance with the
1-37     board's certification as soon as is practicable.
1-38           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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