86R6829 MTB-F
 
  By: Clardy H.B. No. 4304
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to appropriations to and revenue of the Automobile
  Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 8, Article 4413(37),
  Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8.  DEPOSIT AND USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
  is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  On September 1 of each fiscal year, the comptroller
  shall deposit to the credit of the subaccount described by Section
  8A of this article:
               (1)  an amount equal to the total amount appropriated
  for that fiscal year to the department for the purposes of this
  article; and
               (2)  an additional amount equal to the estimated cost
  for that fiscal year of employee benefits of employees whose
  salaries or wages are paid from an appropriation for the purposes of
  this article.
         SECTION 3.  Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended
  by adding Section 8A to read as follows:
         Sec. 8A.  DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts,
  grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority,
  including the fee described by Section 10(e) of this article, shall
  be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the
  department for purposes of the authority under this article.
         SECTION 4.  Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised
  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The [Fifty percent of each] fee collected under
  Subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of
  the subaccount described by Section 8A of this article and may be
  appropriated only to the department [authority] for [the] purposes
  of the authority under this article.
         SECTION 5.  Section 1001.151(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Unless [Except as provided by Subsection (c), and
  unless] otherwise dedicated by the Texas Constitution, the fund
  consists of:
               (1)  money appropriated by the legislature to the
  department;
               (2)  money allocated to pay fund accounting costs and
  related liabilities of the fund;
               (3)  gifts, grants, and donations received by the
  department;
               (4)  money required by law to be deposited to the fund;
               (5)  interest earned on money in the fund; and
               (6)  other revenue received by the department.
         SECTION 6.  Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1001.152.  USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required
  to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department
  only:
               (1)  to support the department's operations and the
  administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or]
               (2)  to pay the accounting costs and related
  liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers'
  compensation, and unemployment compensation; or
               (3)  for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft
  Prevention Authority under Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes.
         SECTION 7.  Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.