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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transfers from the permanent school fund to the |
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available school fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) On the first working day of each month in a state fiscal |
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year, the comptroller shall transfer from the permanent school fund |
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to the available school fund an amount equal to [one-twelfth of] the |
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annual distribution for that fiscal year from the permanent school |
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fund to the available school fund as provided by Section 5(a), |
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Article VII, Texas Constitution, less the amount that has already |
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been transferred during the fiscal year, divided by the number of |
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months remaining in [for] the fiscal year. |
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(a-1) If compliance with Section 5(a)(2), Article VII, |
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Texas Constitution, does not permit monthly transfers under |
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Subsection (a) that distribute the full amount of the total return |
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on the permanent school fund, at the rate adopted under Section |
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5(a)(1), Article VII, Texas Constitution, to be transferred to the |
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available school fund in the first year of a state fiscal biennium, |
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monthly transfers in the second year of the state fiscal biennium |
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may, to the extent authorized by the State Board of Education, be |
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increased to transfer amounts adopted for the first year of the |
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state fiscal biennium but not transferred in that year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |