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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an appropriation of money to the General Land Office |
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from the economic stabilization fund for certain disaster recovery |
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and flood mitigation projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The amount of $2.5 billion is appropriated from |
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the economic stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the |
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state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, for the purposes |
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of engaging in flood mitigation projects in this state, rebuilding |
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infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, and repairing dams and |
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reservoirs in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019, 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. |