Amend HB 3317 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) Section 16.023, Water Code, as added by Section 2.13, Chapter 1430 (SB 3), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted to read as follows:

Sec. 16.023.  STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) The strategic mapping account is an account in the general revenue fund.  The account consists of:

(1)  money directly appropriated to the board;

(2)  money transferred by the board from other funds available to the board;

(3)  money from gifts or grants from the United States government, state, regional, or local governments, educational institutions, private sources, or other sources;

(4)  proceeds from the sale of maps, data, publications, and other items; and

(5)  interest earned on the investment of money in the account and depository interest allocable to the account.

(b)  The account may be appropriated only to the board to:

(1)  develop, administer, and implement the strategic mapping program;

(2)  provide grants to political subdivisions for projects related to the development, use, and dissemination of digital, geospatial information; and

(3)  administer, implement, and operate other programs of the Texas Natural Resources Information System, including:

(A)  the operation of a Texas-Mexico border region information center for the purpose of implementing Section 16.021(e)(5);

(B)  the acquisition, storage, and distribution of historical maps, photographs, and paper map products;

(C)  the maintenance and enhancement of information technology; and

(D)  the production, storage, and distribution of other digital base maps, as determined by the executive administrator.

(c)  The board may invest, reinvest, and direct the investment of any available money in the fund as provided by law for the investment of money under Section 404.024, Government Code.

(b)  The strategic mapping account 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 strategic mapping account 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.