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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife |
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Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes |
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imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.035(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the state |
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parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, received from the |
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following sources: |
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(1) grants or operation of concessions in state parks |
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or fishing piers; |
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(2) publications on state parks, state historic sites, |
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or state scientific areas; |
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(3) fines or penalties received from violations of |
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regulations governing parks issued pursuant to Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 13; |
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(4) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b) |
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or (c) that are associated with state park lands; |
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(5) credits made to the department under Section |
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151.801, Tax Code, in an amount equal to the sum of: |
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(A) the amount of the department's share [not to
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exceed the amount] of the tax proceeds under that section minus the |
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sum of the amounts appropriated from other accounts that receive |
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credits from the tax proceeds as provided by Sections 11.043(b), |
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24.003(a), and 24.053(a) [account] for use during the then-current |
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state fiscal biennium; and |
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(B) [plus] the amount necessary to fund the cost |
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of state contributions for benefits of department employees whose |
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salaries or wages are paid from the account; and |
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(6) any other source provided by law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |