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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to savings of costs or reduction of state liability in the |
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operation of various state programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 58.0211(c), Agriculture Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The authority may not guarantee more than 70 [90] |
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percent of a loan to an eligible agricultural business made by a |
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private lender. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.1075. USING HELICOPTERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ANIMALS. A |
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qualified landowner or landowner's agent, as determined by |
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commission rule, may contract to participate as a hunter or |
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observer in using a helicopter to take depredating feral hogs or |
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coyotes under the authority of a permit issued under this |
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subchapter. The landowner or the landowner's agent is responsible |
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for all costs incurred by the department in the performance of a |
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contract under this section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 442.0083(e), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) A grant for a historic courthouse project may not |
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exceed the greater of $5 [$6] million or 1.75 [two] percent of the |
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amount appropriated for implementing the historic courthouse |
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preservation program during the state fiscal biennium. |
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SECTION 4. Section 33.091(d), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The league shall adopt rules for the annual |
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administration of a steroid testing program under which high school |
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students participating in an athletic competition sponsored or |
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sanctioned by the league are tested [at multiple times throughout
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the year] for the presence of steroids in the students' bodies. The |
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testing program must: |
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(1) require the random testing of a statistically |
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significant number of high school students in this state who |
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participate in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the |
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league; |
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(2) provide for the selection of specific students |
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described by Subdivision (1) for testing through a process that |
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randomly selects students from a single pool consisting of all |
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students who participate in any activity for which the league |
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sponsors or sanctions athletic competitions; |
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(3) be administered at approximately 20 [30] percent |
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of the high schools in this state that participate in athletic |
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competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the league; |
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(4) provide for a process for confirming any initial |
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positive test result through a subsequent test conducted as soon as |
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practicable after the initial test, using a sample that was |
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obtained at the same time as the sample used for the initial test; |
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(5) require the testing to be performed only by an |
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anabolic steroid testing laboratory with a current certification |
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from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
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of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the |
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World Anti-Doping Agency, or another appropriate national or |
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international certifying organization; and |
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(6) provide for a period of ineligibility from |
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participation in an athletic competition sponsored or sanctioned by |
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the league for any student with a confirmed positive test result or |
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any student who refuses to submit to random testing. |
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SECTION 5. (a) |
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Section 58.0211(c), Agriculture Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a loan entered into under |
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Section 58.0211, Agriculture Code, on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A loan entered into before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by Section 58.0211, Agriculture Code, as it existed |
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at the time the loan was entered into, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for this purpose. |
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(b) Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into under |
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Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, |
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as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for this purpose. |
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(c) Section 442.0083(e), Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a grant made under Section 442.0083, |
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Government Code, in a state fiscal biennium that begins on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A grant made in a state fiscal |
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biennium that ended before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by Section 442.0083, Government Code, as it existed at the |
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time the grant was made, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for this purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |