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Amend CSHB 6 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  Strike SECTION 9 of the bill (page 2, lines 38-49).
(2)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, at the end of the section heading (page 2, line 51), between "ACCOUNT" and the period, insert "; REPEALER".
(3)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, at the end of the first sentence of the section (page 2, line 59), between "that purpose" and the period, insert the following:
, except that Sections 401.207(d-1), (d-2), and (d-3), Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 4, Chapter 1159 (S.B. 347), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are repealed. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may use revenue dedicated to the environmental radiation and perpetual care account deposited to the credit of the low-level radioactive waste fund as a result of a contract subject to former Sections 401.207(d-1), (d-2), and (d-3), Health and Safety Code, entered into before the effective date of this Act.
(4)  Add the following at the end of SECTION 11 of the bill (page 2, line 68):
If that law provides that the comptroller may not deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund money received from the federal government or accrued interest or other earnings on money received from the federal government, Section 4 of this Act does not apply to federal funds to which that law applies.
(5)  In SECTION 12 of the bill, strike amended Section 403.095(e), Government Code (page 3, line 32), and substitute the following:
(e)  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 lifetime license endowment account no. 0544;
(2)  the permanent fund for health and tobacco education and enforcement account no. 5044;
(3)  the permanent fund for children and public health account no. 5045;
(4)  the permanent fund for emergency medical services and trauma care account no. 5046;
(5)  the permanent fund for rural health facility capital improvement account no. 5047;
(6)  the permanent hospital fund for capital improvements and the Texas Center for Infectious Disease account no. 5048;
(7)  the child abuse and neglect prevention operating fund account no. 5084;
(8)  the child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account no. 5085; and
(9)  the separate fund account of each institution of higher education in the general revenue fund.
(f)  This section expires September 1, 2017 [2015].
(6)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill:
SECTION ____.  ACCOUNTS IN GENERAL REVENUE FUND. Effective on the later of the effective date of the Act creating or re-creating the specified account or August 31, 2015, the following accounts and the revenue deposited to the credit of those accounts are exempt from Section 2 of this Act and the accounts are created or re-created in the general revenue fund, if created or re-created by an Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that become law:
(1)  the veterans recovery account, created as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 175 or similar legislation;
(2)  the Texas B-On-time student loan account, continued as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 700 or similar legislation;
(3)  the Texas farm and ranch lands conservation fund, continued as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 1925 or similar legislation;
(4)  the Global Agricultural Innovation Institute account, created as an account in the general revenue fund by House Bill No. 3983 or similar legislation;
(5)  the hospital perpetual care account, created as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 424 or similar legislation;
(6)  the mathematics and science teacher investment fund, continued as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 686 or similar legislation;
(7)  the account in the general revenue fund to which certain fee revenue is deposited by the Texas Medical Board as provided by Senate Bill No. 848 or similar legislation;
(8)  the wine industry development fund, re-created as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 880, Senate Bill No. 881, or similar legislation;
(9)  the professional development account, continued as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 893 or similar legislation;
(10)  the compensation to child pornography victims fund, created as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 1010 or similar legislation;
(11)  the truancy prevention and diversion fund, recreated as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 1925 or similar legislation; and
(12)  the deferred maintenance fund, created as an account in the general revenue fund by Senate Bill No. 2004 or similar legislation.
SECTION ____.  SEPARATE FUNDS. Effective on the later of the effective date of the Act creating or re-creating the specified fund or August 31, 2015, the following funds, if created or re-created by an Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, the revenue deposited to the funds, and the revenue dedicated for deposit to the funds, are exempt from Section 2 of this Act, and the funds are created or re-created as separate funds inside or outside of the state treasury, as specified by the Act creating or re-creating the fund:
(1)  a separate fund established in the treasury of a political subdivision or maintained by a state law enforcement agency for scholarships for children of peace officers killed in the line of duty as authorized by House Bill No. 530 or similar legislation;
(2)  the Texas research university fund, the Texas comprehensive research fund, and the core research support fund created or re-created as provided by House Bill No. 1000 or similar legislation;
(3)  a special fund in the state treasury created to receive certain fees payable to the State Securities Board, as provided by House Bill No. 2493 or similar legislation;
(4)  the county road oil and gas fund, created as a trust fund outside the treasury to be held and administered by the comptroller of public accounts by House Bill No. 2521 or similar legislation;
(5)  the permanent fund supporting graduate medical education, created as a special fund in the treasury by Senate Bill No. 18 or similar legislation;
(6)  a special fund to be maintained by the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, created as provided by Senate Bill No. 1007 or similar legislation;
(7)  the grain producer indemnity fund, created as a trust fund outside the treasury by Senate Bill No. 1099 or similar legislation; and
(8)  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund, re-created as a special fund in the treasury by Senate Bill No. 1512 or similar legislation.
SECTION ____.  REVENUE DEDICATIONS. Effective on the later of the effective date of the Act dedicating or rededicating the specified revenue or August 31, 2015, the following dedications or rededications of revenue collected for a particular purpose are exempt from Section 2 of this Act, if dedicated or rededicated by an Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015:
(1)  the dedication of revenue to the clean air account provided by House Bill No. 14 or similar legislation;
(2)  the dedication of certain fee revenue provided by House Bill No. 984 or similar legislation;
(3)  the dedication of certain revenue consisting of penalties, payments, or civil restitution to the judicial fund provided by House Bill No. 1079 or similar legislation;
(4)  the dedication of voluntary contributions to the fund for veterans' assistance provided by House Bill No. 1584 or similar legislation;
(5)  the dedication of fee revenue to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund by House Bill No. 2085 or similar legislation;
(6)  the dedication of tax revenue imposed under Chapter 151, Tax Code, for deposit to the rural volunteer fire department insurance fund as provided by Section 151.801(c-2), Tax Code, as added by House Bill No. 2113, Senate Bill No. 761, or similar legislation;
(7)  the dedication of certain fee revenue by House Bill No. 2145 or similar legislation;
(8)  the dedication of certain penalty revenue to the Texas Department of Insurance operating account as provided by House Bill No. 2466 or similar legislation;
(9)  the dedication of fee revenue to the Texas Department of Insurance operating account by House Bill No. 2491 or similar legislation;
(10)  the dedication of fee revenue to the state highway fund as provided by House Bill No. 2861 or similar legislation;
(11)  the dedication of voluntary contributions to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund provided by House Bill No. 3283, Senate Bill No. 1561, or similar legislation;
(12)  the dedication of voluntary contributions to the fund for veterans' assistance provided by House Bill No. 3710 or similar legislation;
(13)  the dedication of certain money received by the Texas Department of Transportation to the state highway fund by House Bill No. 3868 or similar legislation;
(14)  the dedication of tax revenue to the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund by House Bill No. 4034 or similar legislation;
(15)  the dedication of fee revenue by Senate Bill No. 195 or similar legislation;
(16)  the dedication of revenue by Senate Bill No. 204 or similar legislation;
(17)  the dedication of revenue by Senate Bill No. 208 or similar legislation;
(18)  the dedication of penalty revenue to the compensation to victims of crime fund as provided by Senate Bill No. 273 or similar legislation;
(19)  the dedication of fee revenue to the state highway fund and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund provided by Senate Bill No. 562 or similar legislation;
(20)  the dedication of certain money received by the Texas Department of Transportation to the state highway fund provided by Senate Bill No. 638 or similar legislation;
(21)  the dedication of fee revenue by Senate Bill No. 699 or similar legislation;
(22)  the dedication of certain revenue to the insurance fraud unit as provided by Senate Bill No. 783 or similar legislation;
(23)  the dedication of fee revenue to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs by Senate Bill No. 976 or similar legislation;
(24)  the dedication of money received by the Parks and Wildlife Department to the game, fish, and water safety account and the state parks account by Senate Bill No. 1132 or similar legislation;
(25)  the dedication of fee revenue by House Bill No. 2439 or similar legislation; and
(26)  the dedication of fee revenue by House Bill No. 872 or similar legislation.
SECTION ____.  CREATION OF NEW ACCOUNTS FOR LICENSE PLATE FEES. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a new account created for receipt of fees for special license plates or for receipt of related revenue, gifts, or grants as provided by an Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, or to the dedication of revenue to or contained in the new account. All license plate revenue shall be deposited to the credit of appropriate subaccounts of the License Plate Trust Fund No. 802.
SECTION ____.  GOVERNOR'S UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE FUND; DEDICATION OF REVENUE. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the governor's university research initiative fund or any other fund created by House Bill No. 7, House Bill No. 26, Senate Bill No. 632, or similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that becomes law, any dedication of revenue made to the fund, or any dedication of revenue contained in the legislation creating the fund.
SECTION ____.  ACCOUNTS IN STATE BULLION DEPOSITORY. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to an account in the state bullion depository created by House Bill No. 483 or similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that becomes law, or any dedication of revenue made to such an account.
SECTION ____.  FUND, ACCOUNT, OR REVENUE DEDICATION: HOUSE BILL NO. 7. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a fund, account, or dedication of revenue created or re-created by House Bill No. 7 or similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015.
SECTION ____.  CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH PLAN ACCOUNTS. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to a consumer directed health plan account created by House Bill No. 966 or similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that becomes law.
SECTION ____.  TEXASSURE FUND. (a) Effective September 1, 2015, Sections 502.357(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b)  Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund except that the comptroller shall provide for a portion of the fees to be deposited first to the credit of a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund to be known as the TexasSure Fund in a total amount that is necessary to cover the total amount appropriated to the Texas Department of Insurance from that fund and for the remaining fees to be deposited to the state highway fund.  Subject to appropriations, the money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under this section may [shall] be used by the Department of Public Safety to:
(1)  support the Department of Public Safety's reengineering of the driver's license system to provide for the issuance by the Department of Public Safety of a driver's license or personal identification certificate, to include use of image comparison technology;
(2)  establish and maintain a system to support the driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and
(3)  make lease payments to the master lease purchase program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering project.
(c)  [Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.]  Subject to appropriation, fees collected under this section [the money] may be used by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Insurance, the Department of Information Resources, and the department to carry out Subchapter N, Chapter 601.
(b)  Section 2 of this Act does not apply to the TexasSure Fund or revenue dedicated to that fund.
(7)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.