79S10266 JRD-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 67 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appropriation to the Department of State Health 
Services for trauma facility and emergency medical services 
activities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Rider 84 following the appropriation to the 
Department of State Health Services in Article II, S.B. No. 1, Acts 
of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (page II-65 of the 
General Appropriations Act), is amended to read as follows:
	84. Estimated Appropriation:  Designated Trauma Facility and 
EMS Account. The Department of State Health Services is hereby 
appropriated any additional revenues generated in General 
Revenue-Dedicated Account 5111, Designated Trauma Facility and 
EMS, above $31,792,507 [$59,419,000] in fiscal year 2006 and 
$31,792,507 [$80,368,000] in fiscal year 2007, for the purpose of 
trauma facility and EMS activities.  [The dollar amounts above are 
contained in the Comptroller of Public Accounts' Biennial Revenue 
Estimate, 2006-07 for this account.  This appropriation is 
contingent upon the department notifying and receiving approval 
from the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor of its intent to 
access additional revenues from this account.  Such an 
appropriation shall be considered to be approved if neither the 
Legislative Budget Board nor the Governor issues a written 
disapproval not later than:

[a. the 10th business day after the date the staff of the 
Legislative Budget Board concludes its review of the proposed 
appropriation and forwards its review to the Chair of the House 
Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, 
Speaker of the House, and Lieutenant Governor; and

[b. the 10th business day after the receipt of the proposed 
appropriation by the Governor.]
	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.