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                                                                  H.B. No. 1522




AN ACT

relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 431.013, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 431.013.  EXPENDITURES.  The comptroller may not issue 
a warrant on or initiate an electronic funds transfer from the state 
treasury for an expenditure under this chapter unless the 
expenditure is approved by the adjutant general or the adjutant 
general's designee [and the governor or their designees] before 
payment.
	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 September 1, 2003.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the House on April 
10, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the Senate on May 
1, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor