By: Goldman H.B. No. 719
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the examination fee imposed by the attorney general for
  the examination of a record of proceedings for the issuance of
  public securities and the uses of revenue from that fee; increasing
  a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1202.004, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
  follows.
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the nonrefundable
  examination fee required by this section is equal to the lesser of:
               (1)  one-tenth of one percent of the principal amount
  of the public security to which the record of proceedings relates;
  or
               (2)  $50,000 [$9,500].
         (f)  The revenue attributable to fees collected under this
  section during a state fiscal biennium that is not otherwise
  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for that state
  fiscal biennium may be appropriated to the attorney general only
  for the purpose of administering victim-related services and sexual
  assault programs.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a record of proceedings submitted to the attorney general on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A record of proceedings
  submitted to the attorney general before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the record was
  submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.