2003S1843-1 09/15/03
By: Pitts H.B. No. 57
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making an appropriation to the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation from fees collected by that department for
the purpose of administering the provisions of Senate Bill No. 279,
Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In addition to other amounts appropriated
to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for the state
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, for the purpose of
administering certain provisions of Senate Bill No. 279, Acts of
the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, including elevator
contractor regulation, toll-free customer service line, and loss
damage waiver regulation, the amount of $536,101 is appropriated
out of the general revenue fund from fees collected by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the full-time
equivalent position limitation established for that agency in House
Bill No. 1, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003 (the
General Appropriations Act), is hereby increased by 4.5 for fiscal
year 2004 and by 5.5 for fiscal year 2005, for the purpose of
administering the provisions of Senate Bill No. 279.
(b) Any increase in state employee benefit costs incurred
during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, in
connection with administering the provisions of Senate Bill No.
279, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, shall be
paid out of the appropriations made by Subsection (a) of this
section and shall be allocated to the appropriate employee benefit
appropriation items in accordance with the applicable rules of the
comptroller.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.