By: Huffman  S.B. No. 6
         (In the Senate - Filed October 25, 2023; October 26, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
  October 30, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 3;
  October 30, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 6 By:  Huffman
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to an appropriation for border security.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  APPROPRIATION TO TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE
  OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,540,000,000 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs
  within the Office of the Governor for use during the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
  providing funding for border security operations and the
  construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier
  infrastructure.
         (b)  Of the amount appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor
  shall transfer $40,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety for
  border security operations, including paying for additional
  overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement
  presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge
  development in Liberty County, Texas.
         SECTION 2.  PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. The
  money appropriated by this Act may not be used to:
               (1)  acquire property through the exercise of eminent
  domain;
               (2)  build a barrier along this state's international
  border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of
  eminent domain;
               (3)  acquire property for a barrier that abuts the
  boundary between this state and another state; or
               (4)  build a barrier that abuts the boundary between
  this state and another state.
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
  immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
  elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
  Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
  immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.
 
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