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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appropriation of money from the economic |
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stabilization fund to finance certain temporary border security |
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initiatives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. In addition to other appropriated amounts, the |
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amount of $400,000,000 is appropriated for the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2017 from the economic stabilization |
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fund to the credit of the general revenue fund for Texas as money |
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available for use by The Department of Public Safety, Texas |
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Military Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Trusteed |
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Programs Within the Office of the Governor, Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice and other applicable agencies for the purpose of |
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temporarily increasing border security. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only |
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if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each |
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house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article |
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III, Texas Constitution. |