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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of money from the Texas enterprise fund for rail |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) The fund may be used to make one or more grants to the |
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Texas Department of Transportation to implement that department's |
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powers and duties relating to rail facilities under Chapter 91, |
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Transportation Code. Subsections (e-1), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) |
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do not apply to a grant under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 91.071(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except for money received as a grant from the Texas |
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enterprise fund under Section 481.078, Government Code, the [The] |
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department may not spend money from the general revenue fund to |
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implement this chapter except pursuant to a line-item |
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appropriation. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |