80R3210 MTB-D
 
  By: McClendon, Krusee, Chavez, Menendez H.B. No. 3747
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of money from the Texas rail relocation and
improvement fund for rail projects.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 91.071(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (b)  The department may not spend money from the general
revenue fund to implement this chapter except:
             (1)  pursuant to a line-item appropriation; or
             (2)  for money appropriated to the Texas rail
relocation and improvement fund.
       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, 2007.