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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to dedication of a portion of unclaimed lottery revenues |
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to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 466.408(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) If a claim is not made for prize money on or before the |
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180th day after the date on which the winner was selected, the prize |
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money shall be used in the following order of priority: |
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(1) subject to legislative appropriation, not more |
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than $20 million in prize money each year may be deposited to or |
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appropriated from the [Texas] Department of State Health Services |
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state-owned multicategorical teaching hospital account, which is |
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an account in the general revenue fund; |
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(2) not more than $5 million in prize money each year |
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may be appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission and |
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shall be used to support the provision of inpatient hospital |
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services in hospitals located in the 15 counties that comprise the |
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Texas-Mexico border area, with payment for those services to be not |
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less than the amount established under the Tax Equity and Fiscal |
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Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) cost reimbursement methodology |
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for the hospital providing the services; and |
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(3) all prize money subject to this section and not |
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appropriated in accordance with [from the Texas Department of
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Health state-owned multicategorical teaching hospital account or
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not appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission for
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the purpose specified in] Subdivision (1) or (2) shall be deposited |
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in the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund created under |
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Section 49-o, Article III, Texas Constitution, and may be used only |
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as provided by that section [general revenue fund and may be
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appropriated for any purpose as determined by the legislature,
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including the provision of indigent health care services as
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specified in Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |