1-1 By: Lindsay S.B. No. 1060 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2001; March 6, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 4, 2001, 1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 4, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1060 By: Lindsay 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the transferability of appropriations and the 1-10 suspension of statutory restrictions on the use of certain 1-11 appropriations made to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation 1-12 Commission. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended by adding 1-15 Section 5.707 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 5.707. TRANSFERABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDS 1-17 DERIVED FROM FEES. Notwithstanding any law that provides specific 1-18 purposes for which a fund, account, or revenue source may be used 1-19 and expended by the commission and that restricts the use of 1-20 revenues and balances by the commission, the commission may 1-21 transfer a percentage of appropriations from one appropriation item 1-22 to another appropriation item consistent with the General 1-23 Appropriations Act for any biennium authorizing the commission to 1-24 transfer a percentage of appropriations from one appropriation item 1-25 to another appropriation item. The use of funds in dedicated 1-26 accounts under this section for purposes in addition to those 1-27 provided by statutes restricting their use may not exceed seven 1-28 percent of appropriations to the commission in the General 1-29 Appropriations Act for any biennium. A transfer of $500,000 or 1-30 more from one appropriation item to another appropriation item 1-31 under this section must be approved by the commission at an open 1-32 meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code. 1-33 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-34 * * * * *