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.