By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 983
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2003; March 13, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations; April 7, 2003, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 7, 2003, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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