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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deposit of money received from the federal |
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government. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 404.094, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Money that is required by this subchapter or by another |
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law to be deposited in the treasury shall be deposited to the credit |
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of the general revenue fund unless the money is required by |
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Subsection (e) or otherwise expressly required to be deposited to |
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another fund, trust fund, or special account not in the general |
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revenue fund. This subsection does not affect the authority of the |
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comptroller to establish and use accounts necessary to manage and |
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account for state revenues and expenditures. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other law and except as otherwise |
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required by federal law or this state's constitution, the |
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comptroller shall deposit money collected or received from the |
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federal government to the credit of: |
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(1) a fund in the state treasury outside the general |
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revenue fund that is specified by general law; or |
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(2) if general law does not specify a fund described by |
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Subdivision (1), another fund in the state treasury outside the |
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general revenue fund, or an account in another of those funds, |
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established by the comptroller for purposes of this subsection. |
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(f) The comptroller may establish funds in the state |
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treasury outside the general revenue fund and accounts in those |
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funds as necessary for purposes of Subsection (e). |
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(g) Subsection (e) does not affect a dedication of money to |
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one or more purposes or entities that is specified by general law or |
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otherwise affect authority to spend money as provided by general |
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law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 404.094, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to money received from the federal |
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government on or after September 1, 2015. Money received from the |
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federal government before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |