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Amend HB 6 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 3, strike lines 23-24 and substitute the following:
Effective September 1, 2015, Section 403.095, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(2) On page 4, line 26, between "(e)" and "This section", insert the following:
Notwithstanding Subsection (b), dedicated revenues in the following accounts or funds or that by law are directed to be deposited to the credit of the following accounts or funds are not available for general governmental purposes and are not considered available for certification under Section 403.121:
(1) the Texas Department of Insurance operating account no. 0036;
(2) the unemployment compensation special administration fund no. 0165;
(3) the lifetime license endowment account no. 0544;
(4) the permanent fund for health and tobacco education and enforcement account no. 5044;
(5) the permanent fund for children and public health account no. 5045;
(6) the permanent fund for emergency medical services and trauma care account no. 5046;
(7) the permanent fund for rural health facility capital improvement account no. 5047;
(8) the permanent hospital fund for capital improvements and the Texas Center for Infectious Disease account no. 5048;
(9) the child abuse and neglect prevention operating fund account no. 5084;
(10) the child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account no. 5085; and
(11) the separate fund account of each institution of higher education in the general revenue fund.
(f)
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND. On September 1, 2015, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund created by Section 1001.151, Transportation Code, as enacted by Section 71, Chapter 1287 (HB 2202), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is re-created by this Act as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund, and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund by a provision of Chapter 1287 (HB 2202), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the fund as re-created by this Act or a dedication of revenue to the fund as rededicated by this Act.
SECTION ____. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION AND PERPETUAL CARE ACCOUNT. On September 1, 2015, the environmental radiation and perpetual care account created by Section 401.306, Health and Safety Code, as enacted by Section 12, Chapter 1159 (SB 347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is re-created by this Act as an account in the general revenue fund, and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of the environmental radiation and perpetual care account by a provision of Chapter 1159 (SB 347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is rededicated by this Act for that purpose. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the account as re-created by this Act or a dedication of revenue to the account as rededicated by this Act.
SECTION ____. SPECIAL FUND FOR MONEY RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a special fund in the state treasury established by the comptroller of public accounts for the purpose of holding money received from the federal government as authorized by HB 8, or by similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that becomes law.