By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 1344
	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2003; March 19, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 22, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 22, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1344                                   By:  Jackson


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to funding license buyback programs of the Parks and 
Wildlife Department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife 
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.009.  FUNDING FOR LICENSE BUYBACK PROGRAMS.  (a)  If 
money is available, the department shall increase the allocations 
of the license buyback programs under Sections 47.081, 77.119, and 
78.111 by $2 million for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 
2003.
	(b)  The department may finance the increase in funding under 
Subsection (a) by donations, grants, or any money appropriated by 
the legislature or otherwise available for the programs.  The 
department may actively solicit donations and apply for grants to 
finance the increase.
	(c)  This section expires September 1, 2005.                            
	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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