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.
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