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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dedication of certain unclaimed lottery prize money |
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to fund the repair, restoration, and permanent dry berth of the |
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Battleship "Texas." |
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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; |
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(3) not more than [the remaining amount, not to
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exceed] $5 million in prize money in each state fiscal year less any |
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amount deposited in the fund in that year attributable to the |
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lottery game operated under Section 466.027, shall be deposited to |
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the fund for veterans' assistance; [and] |
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(4) not more than $10 million in prize money in each |
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state fiscal year may be appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife |
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Department and must be used to repair, restore, and present in a |
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permanent dry berth the Battleship "Texas" at the place the ship was |
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located on January 1, 2013; and |
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(5) all prize money subject to this section and not |
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appropriated or deposited as provided by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), |
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or (4) [from the Texas Department of Health state-owned
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multicategorical teaching hospital account, not appropriated to
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the Health and Human Services Commission for the purpose specified
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in Subdivision (2), and not deposited under Subdivision (3),] shall |
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be deposited in the general revenue fund and may be appropriated for |
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any purpose as determined by the legislature, including the |
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provision of indigent health care services as specified in Chapter |
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61, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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466.408(b), Government Code, applies only to a prize for which the |
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winner is selected on or after September 1, 2013. A prize for which |
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the winner was selected before September 1, 2013, is governed by the |
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law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |