|   | 
         | 
      
      
        |   | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
		By: Murr (Senate Sponsor - Flores) | 
        H.B. No. 1824 | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
         Rural Affairs; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) | 
| Click here to see the committee vote | 
      
    
    
      
        |   | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          AN ACT
         | 
      
      
        |   | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        relating to use of funds collected by the Parks and Wildlife  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Commission from the sale of certain materials. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 1.  Section 86.017, Parks and Wildlife Code, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 86.017.  USE OF FUNDS.  (a)  Except as provided by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (b), funds [Funds] collected by the commission from the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sale of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell may be used for: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  [,] the payment of refunds; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  [, and] the construction and maintenance of fish  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        hatcheries; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  the enhancement, preservation, and restoration of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        fish habitats in rivers and streams. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  No less than three-fourths of the proceeds from the sale  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell, after the payment of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        refunds, shall be used for: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  the construction and maintenance of fish  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        hatcheries; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  the enhancement, preservation, and restoration of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        fish habitats in rivers and streams. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        * * * * * |