By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 26 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to appropriating the fees collected by the Parks and 
Wildlife Department under House Bill No. 2470, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  All surcharges authorized by Section 
134.014(b), Agriculture Code, as added by Chapter 677, Acts of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and collected during the 
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, are appropriated 
to the Department of Agriculture for the state fiscal biennium 
beginning September 1, 2003, for the implementation and 
administration of the Texas shrimp marketing assistance program 
under Subchapter B, Chapter 47, Agriculture Code.
	(b)  All additional revenue generated by the increase in the 
amount of certain license fees under Section 77.002(c), Parks and 
Wildlife Code, as added by Chapter 677, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and collected during the state 
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, by the Parks and 
Wildlife Department is appropriated to the Department of 
Agriculture for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 
2003, for the implementation and administration of the Texas shrimp 
marketing assistance program under Subchapter B, Chapter 47, 
Agriculture Code.
	SECTION 2.  The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) 
employee positions indicated in the Department of Agriculture's 
bill pattern in Chapter 1330.  Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003 (the General Appropriations Act), is increased by two 
positions during the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect 
immediately if this Act 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, Sections 1 and 2 take effect 
January 15, 2004.