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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to appropriations to and revenue of the Automobile |
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Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 8, Article 4413(37), |
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Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8. DEPOSIT AND USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, |
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is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) On September 1 of each fiscal year, the comptroller |
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shall deposit to the credit of the subaccount described by Section |
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8A of this article: |
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(1) an amount equal to the total amount appropriated |
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for that fiscal year to the department for the purposes of this |
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article; and |
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(2) an additional amount equal to the estimated cost |
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for that fiscal year of employee benefits of employees whose |
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salaries or wages are paid from an appropriation for the purposes of |
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this article. |
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SECTION 3. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended |
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by adding Section 8A to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8A. DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts, |
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grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority, |
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including the fee described by Section 10(e) of this article, shall |
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be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas Department |
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of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the |
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department for purposes of the authority under this article. |
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SECTION 4. Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised |
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Statutes, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The [Fifty percent of each] fee collected under |
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Subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of |
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the subaccount described by Section 8A of this article and may be |
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appropriated only to the department [authority] for [the] purposes |
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of the authority under this article. |
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SECTION 5. Section 1001.151(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Unless [Except as provided by Subsection (c), and
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unless] otherwise dedicated by the Texas Constitution, the fund |
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consists of: |
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(1) money appropriated by the legislature to the |
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department; |
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(2) money allocated to pay fund accounting costs and |
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related liabilities of the fund; |
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(3) gifts, grants, and donations received by the |
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department; |
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(4) money required by law to be deposited to the fund; |
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(5) interest earned on money in the fund; and |
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(6) other revenue received by the department. |
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SECTION 6. Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required |
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to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas |
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Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department |
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only: |
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(1) to support the department's operations and the |
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administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or] |
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(2) to pay the accounting costs and related |
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liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers' |
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compensation, and unemployment compensation; or |
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(3) for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft |
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Prevention Authority under Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes. |
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SECTION 7. Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |