H.B. No. 153
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other
obligations to fund capital projects at public institutions of
higher education; making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Education Code, is
amended by adding Sections 55.1751, 55.1752, 55.1753, 55.1754,
55.1755, 55.1756, 55.1757, 55.1758, 55.1759, 55.17591, and
55.17592 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.1751. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or
equip facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance
with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue
financing program adopted by the board for the following
institutions and facilities not to exceed the following aggregate
principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:
(1) Tarleton State University:
(A) $11,124,000 for the Tarleton State
University Dairy Center; and
(B) $24,300,000 for a nursing building;
(2) Texas A&M University--Central Texas, $25 million
for educational and related facilities;
(3) Texas A&M University--Commerce, $21,770,000 for a
music building;
(4) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $45 million
for a nursing, health sciences, and kinesiology facility;
(5) Texas A&M University--Kingsville, $9,540,000 for
the citrus center building;
(6) Texas A&M University--San Antonio, $40 million for
educational and related facilities;
(7) Texas A&M University--Texarkana, $75 million for a
multipurpose library building and central plant;
(8) West Texas A&M University, $16,200,000 for
classroom center renovation;
(9) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center, $45 million for a medical education and research building
in College Station, Texas;
(10) Texas A&M University, $75 million for the
Emerging Technologies Interdisciplinary Building;
(11) Texas A&M University at Galveston, $40,050,000
for a science building; and
(12) Texas A&M International University:
(A) $25 million for the student success center;
(B) $4,950,000 for the completion of the fine
arts theater; and
(C) $7,626,600 for the Loop Road and Chill Water
Loop project.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of The Texas A&M University
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of The Texas A&M
University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), The Texas A&M
University System may not issue bonds under this section for
facilities at Texas A&M University--Central Texas until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
Texas A&M University--Central Texas has reached an enrollment
equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one semester. If that
enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the system's
authority to issue bonds for Texas A&M University--Central Texas
under this section expires on that date.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), The Texas A&M
University System may not issue bonds under this section for
facilities at Texas A&M University--San Antonio until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
Texas A&M University--San Antonio has reached an enrollment
equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one semester. If that
enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the system's
authority to issue bonds for Texas A&M University--San Antonio
under this section expires on that date.
Sec. 55.1752. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of The University of Texas System
may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or
equip facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance
with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue
financing program adopted by the board for the following
institutions not to exceed the following aggregate principal
amounts for the projects specified as follows:
(1) The University of Texas at Arlington, $70,430,000
for an Engineering Research Building;
(2) The University of Texas at Austin, $105 million
for the renovation of the Experimental Science Building;
(3) The University of Texas at Brownsville,
$33,800,000 for a Science and Technology Learning Center;
(4) The University of Texas at Dallas, $12 million for
a vivarium and experimental space;
(5) The University of Texas at El Paso, $76,500,000
for a physical sciences/engineering core facility;
(6) The University of Texas--Pan American:
(A) $6 million for the Starr County Upper Level
Center; and
(B) $39,796,000 for the fine arts academic and
performance complex;
(7) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin:
(A) $54 million for a science and technology
complex; and
(B) $45 million for an arts convocation and
classroom facility at the CEED;
(8) The University of Texas at San Antonio,
$74,250,000 for an engineering building (phase II);
(9) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas, $42 million for the north campus (phase 5);
(10) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston, $57 million for the Galveston National Laboratory;
(11) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston, $60 million for a replacement building for The University
of Texas Dental Branch at Houston;
(12) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio, $60 million for the South Texas Research Facility;
(13) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Tyler, $21,120,000 for an academic health center;
(14) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center, $40 million for a Center for Targeted Therapy research
building; and
(15) The University of Texas at Tyler:
(A) $6,300,000 for the expansion of the Palestine
campus; and
(B) $43,200,000 for the completion, renovation,
and expansion of engineering and sciences facilities.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of The University of Texas
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of The University
of Texas System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
Sec. 55.1753. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of the University of Houston
System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related
infrastructure, for the following institutions, to be financed
through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter
and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program
adopted by the board, in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed
the following:
(1) the University of Houston, $57,600,000 for
renovation of science laboratories;
(2) the University of Houston--Clear Lake,
$10,604,808 for Arbor Building renovations and additions;
(3) the University of Houston--Downtown, $31,626,000
for a classroom building at Shea Street; and
(4) the University of Houston--Victoria:
(A) $22,900,000 for an academic building at the
University of Houston System Center at Sugar Land;
(B) $6,719,400 for regional economic
development; and
(C) $1,800,000 for allied health facilities.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of the University of Houston
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the University
of Houston System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
Sec. 55.1754. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas State University
System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related
infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of
bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a
systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board for the
following institutions not to exceed the following aggregate
principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:
(1) Lamar University, $4,500,000 for renovations and
additions to the Lucas Engineering Building;
(2) Lamar State College--Orange, $1,837,280 for
Hibernia Bank Building acquisition and renovation;
(3) Lamar State College--Port Arthur, $1,849,500 for a
computer/learning center;
(4) Texas State University--San Marcos:
(A) $42,700,000 for an undergraduate academic
center; and
(B) $36 million for facilities for the Round Rock
Higher Education Center in Williamson County (phase II); and
(5) Sam Houston State University, $10 million for the
construction of a center for the performing arts (phase I).
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of the Texas State University
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the Texas State
University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
Sec. 55.1755. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of the University of North Texas
System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related
infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of
bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a
systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board for the
following institutions and facilities not to exceed the following
aggregate principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:
(1) the University of North Texas, $50 million for the
construction of a College of Business Administration building;
(2) the University of North Texas Health Science
Center at Fort Worth, $41,972,400 for campus expansion and
construction of a public health education building; and
(3) the University of North Texas Dallas Campus, $25
million for a general academic building.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of the University of North Texas
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the University
of North Texas System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the University of North
Texas System may not issue bonds under this section for facilities
at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
the University of North Texas Dallas Campus has reached an
enrollment equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one semester.
If that enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the system's
authority to issue bonds for the University of North Texas Dallas
Campus under this section expires on that date.
Sec. 55.1756. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY. (a) In addition to
the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of
regents of Texas Woman's University may acquire, purchase,
construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip facilities,
including roads and related infrastructure, for renovations and
additions to the science building on the Denton campus of Texas
Woman's University, to be financed through the issuance of bonds in
accordance with this subchapter in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $21,739,712.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
Texas Woman's University, including student tuition charges. The
amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or
abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
Sec. 55.1757. MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of Midwestern State University may
acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects at Midwestern State University, to be financed through the
issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter not to exceed
the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects
specified as follows:
(1) $7,700,000 for the renovation of the D. L. Ligon
Building; and
(2) $2,700,000 for the Fowler Engineering Building.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
Midwestern State University, including student tuition charges.
The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced
or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
Sec. 55.1758. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) In
addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may acquire,
purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects at Stephen F. Austin State University, to be financed
through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter
not to exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for the
projects specified as follows:
(1) $20,178,000 for an education research facility;
and
(2) $10 million for a campus deferred maintenance
reduction plan.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
Stephen F. Austin State University, including student tuition
charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not
be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
Sec. 55.1759. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University
System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related
infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of
bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a
systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board not to
exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects
specified as follows:
(1) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center:
(A) $8,010,000 for the School of Pharmacy
expansion in Amarillo;
(B) $18 million for the Amarillo research
facility; and
(C) $6,300,000 for the El Paso Medical Science
Building renovation; and
(2) Texas Tech University:
(A) $25 million for the renovation of a classroom
building;
(B) $25 million for the Rawls College of Business
Administration building; and
(C) $7,500,000 for a law school trial
advocacy/education center.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
an institution, branch, or entity of the Texas Tech University
System, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge
made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the Texas Tech
University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
Sec. 55.17591. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY; ADDITIONAL
BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of Texas Southern University may
acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects at Texas Southern University, to be financed through the
issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter not to exceed
the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects
specified as follows:
(1) $31,500,000 for the School of Science and
Technology; and
(2) $15 million for a branch campus multipurpose
Academic Center (MAC).
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
Texas Southern University, including student tuition charges. The
amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or
abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board of regents of
Texas Southern University may not issue bonds under this section
for a branch campus multipurpose Academic Center (MAC) until the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grants Texas Southern
University the approval to operate the branch campus. If approval
to operate the branch campus is not granted by January 1, 2010, the
board of regents' authority to issue bonds for a multipurpose
Academic Center (MAC) under this section expires on that date.
Sec. 55.17592. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM. (a)
In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
board of regents of the Texas State Technical College System may
acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
infrastructure, for HVAC replacement at Texas State Technical
College--Waco, to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide
revenue financing program adopted by the board, in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $3,125,520.
(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of an institution,
branch, or entity of the Texas State Technical College System,
including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made
under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the
bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those
bonds, are outstanding.
(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to
meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer
funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the Texas State
Technical College System to ensure the most equitable and efficient
allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or
entity to carry out its duties and purposes.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 55.17521 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.17521. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: LIMITATIONS
ON CERTAIN DEBT SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT. The state may not
appropriate money to reimburse The University of Texas System for
debt service on long-term obligations related to the construction
of a natural science and engineering research building at The
University of Texas at Dallas in accordance with the economic
development agreement entered into between this state and the board
of regents of the system in excess of the following amounts:
(1) for a state fiscal year before the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2018, $6,540,600;
(2) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2018,
$6,213,570;
(3) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019,
$5,559,510;
(4) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2020,
$4,905,450;
(5) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021,
$4,251,390;
(6) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022,
$3,597,330;
(7) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023,
$2,616,240;
(8) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2024,
or August 31, 2025, $1,308,120; and
(9) for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2026,
or August 31, 2027, $654,060.
SECTION 3. Section 61.0572(e), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) Approval of the board is not required to acquire real
property that is financed by bonds issued under Section 55.17(e)(3)
or (4), 55.1713-55.1718, 55.1721-55.1728, 55.1735(a)(1), 55.174,
55.1742, 55.1743, [or] 55.1744, or 55.1751-55.17592, except that
the board shall review all real property to be financed by bonds
issued under those sections to determine whether the property meets
the standards adopted by the board for cost, efficiency, and space
use. If the property does not meet those standards, the board shall
notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 4. Section 61.058(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) This section does not apply to construction, repair, or
rehabilitation financed by bonds issued under Section 55.17(e)(3)
or (4), 55.1713-55.1718, 55.1721-55.1728, 55.174, 55.1742,
55.1743, [or] 55.1744, or 55.1751-55.17592, except that the board
shall review all construction, repair, or rehabilitation to be
financed by bonds issued under those sections to determine whether
the construction, rehabilitation, or repair meets the standards
adopted by board rule for cost, efficiency, and space use. If the
construction, rehabilitation, or repair does not meet those
standards, the board shall notify the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 5. Section 1371.001(4), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(4) "Issuer" means:
(A) a home-rule municipality that:
(i) adopted its charter under Section 5,
Article XI, Texas Constitution;
(ii) has a population of 50,000 or more; and
(iii) has outstanding long-term
indebtedness that is rated by a nationally recognized rating agency
for municipal securities in one of the four highest rating
categories for a long-term obligation;
(B) a conservation and reclamation district
created and organized as a river authority under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
(C) a joint powers agency organized and operating
under Chapter 163, Utilities Code;
(D) a metropolitan rapid transit authority or
regional transportation authority created, organized, and
operating under Chapter 451 or 452, Transportation Code;
(E) a conservation and reclamation district
organized or operating as a navigation district under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
(F) a district organized or operating under
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has all or part of
two or more municipalities within its boundaries;
(G) a state agency, including a state institution
of higher education;
(H) a hospital authority created or operating
under Chapter 262 or 264, Health and Safety Code, in a county that:
(i) has a population of more than 3.3
million; or
(ii) is included, in whole or in part, in a
standard metropolitan statistical area of this state that includes
a county with a population of more than 2.2 million;
(I) a hospital district in a county that has a
population of more than two million;
(J) a nonprofit corporation organized to
exercise the powers of a higher education loan authority under
Section 53B.47(e), Education Code;
(K) a county:
(i) that has a population of 3.3 million or
more; or
(ii) that, on the date of issuance of
obligations under this chapter, has authorized, outstanding, or any
combination of authorized and outstanding, indebtedness of at least
$100 million secured by and payable from the county's ad valorem
taxes and the authorized long-term indebtedness of which is rated
by a nationally recognized rating agency of securities issued by
local governments in one of the four highest rating categories for a
long-term obligation;
(L) an independent school district that has an
average daily attendance of 50,000 or more as determined under
Section 42.005, Education Code;
(M) a municipality or county operating under
Chapter 334, Local Government Code; [or]
(N) a district created under Chapter 335, Local
Government Code; or
(O) a junior college district that has a total
headcount enrollment of 40,000 or more based on enrollment in the
most recent regular semester.
SECTION 6. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: REIMBURSEMENT
FOR CERTAIN DEBT SERVICE. In addition to other amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007,
the amount of $5.3 million is appropriated out of the general
revenue fund to The University of Texas System for the remainder of
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of
addressing the demonstrated need for science and engineering
research facilities at The University of Texas at Dallas by
reimbursing The University of Texas System for debt service paid on
the long-term obligations related to the construction of a natural
science and engineering research building at The University of
Texas at Dallas in accordance with the economic development
agreement entered into between this state and the board of regents
of the system. Of the amount appropriated by this section, at least
$1.2 million shall be expended for the purpose of reimbursing debt
service payments made during the remainder of the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2006.
SECTION 7. This Act does not affect any authority or
restriction regarding the activities that a public institution of
higher education may conduct in connection with a facility financed
by bonds authorized by this Act.
SECTION 8. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 153 was passed by the House on May 11,
2006, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 153 on May 15, 2006, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, 1
present, not voting; passed subject to the provisions of Article
III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 153 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 14, 2006, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting; passed subject to the provisions of
Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas.
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Secretary of the Senate
I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B.
No. 153, 3rd Called Session of the 79th Legislature, are within
amounts estimated to be available in the affected fund.
Certified_____________________
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Comptroller of Public Accounts
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor