By: Capriglione, Alonzo, Springer, et al. H.B. No. 3529
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to the comptroller's investment of certain money held
  outside the state treasury.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 404, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 404.0242 to read as follows:
         Sec. 404.0242.  INVESTMENT OF CERTAIN MONEY HELD OUTSIDE
  STATE TREASURY. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, the
  comptroller may invest state money held outside the state treasury
  and administered by the comptroller in a manner that complies only
  with the investment standard described by Section 404.024(j) and
  does not comply with the other limitations and requirements
  provided by Section 404.024.
         (b)  The comptroller shall adjust the investment portfolio
  of an account or fund from which the comptroller invests money as
  provided by Subsection (a) periodically to ensure that the account
  or fund has sufficient liquidity to meet the cash flow requirements
  of the account or fund.
         (c)  This section does not apply to money held outside the
  state treasury in trust by the comptroller as trustee for the
  benefit of specified persons, including money deposited in a trust
  account or fund established under a settlement agreement this state
  enters into as a result of litigation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.