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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 771.0713, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b), (f), and (g) and adding |
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Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows: |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by |
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federal law, the comptroller shall transfer to the credit of the |
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next generation 9-1-1 service fund any amount available from |
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federal money provided to this state from the Coronavirus State and |
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Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American |
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Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) or from any other state |
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or federal governmental source for purposes of this chapter, |
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including money appropriated or otherwise credited to the fund. |
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The comptroller shall transfer the money as soon as practicable |
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following: |
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(1) the receipt by this state of a sufficient amount of |
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federal money for the transfer; or |
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(2) the effective date of the most recent legislative |
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appropriation for purposes of this chapter. |
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(c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), the |
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commission shall distribute from money appropriated to the |
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commission for purposes of this chapter to each emergency |
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communications district that does not participate in the state |
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system a portion of the appropriated money in an amount |
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proportional to the population of the area served by the district |
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compared to the population of this state. |
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(c-2) For each emergency communication district created |
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under Chapter 772 that is entitled to a portion of the money |
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distributed under Subsection (c-1), the commission shall: |
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(1) reduce the portion to which that district is |
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entitled by an amount equal to nine percent of that portion and |
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distribute that resulting amount in equal shares to all the |
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emergency communication districts created under Chapter 772; and |
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(2) distribute to that district the remainder of the |
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portion to which the district is entitled under Subsection (c-1) |
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that is not distributed under Subdivision (1). |
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(c-3) The remaining money appropriated to the commission |
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for purposes of this chapter that is not otherwise distributed |
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under Subsection (c-1) or (c-2) shall be deposited to the 9-1-1 |
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services fee account. |
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(f) All money in the fund from the Coronavirus State and |
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Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American |
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Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) shall be distributed in |
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accordance with this section not later than August 31, 2024 |
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[December 31, 2022], and all money distributed under this section |
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from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under |
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Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. |
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No. 117-2) shall be spent not later than December 31, 2026 [2024], |
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for the deployment and reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 |
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service. |
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(g) This section expires December 31, 2028 [September 1, |
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2025]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 771.079(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The account consists of: |
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(1) fees deposited in the fund as provided by Sections |
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771.071 and 771.0711; [and] |
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(2) money deposited to the account under Section |
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771.0713(c-3); and |
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(3) notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code, |
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all interest attributable to money held in the account. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with the state fiscal biennium that begins September 1, |
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2023. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |