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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recovery of certain state border security |
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expenditures from the federal government. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 401.106 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 401.106. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY |
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EXPENDITURES. (a) The governor may submit to the United States |
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Congress an application for reimbursement requesting payment for |
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expenses incurred by this state during a period specified in the |
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application for activities related to securing the southern |
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international border of the United States of America. |
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(b) The application for reimbursement must include the |
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amount of expenses incurred by this state during the period |
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specified in the application for which this state seeks |
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reimbursement and clearly provide that payment in full is due from |
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the federal government as soon as practicable. |
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(c) If the total amount requested in an application |
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submitted under Subsection (a) is not paid within a reasonable |
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period prescribed by Subsection (b), the attorney general may bring |
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an action in the name of the state against the appropriate agency of |
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the federal government to recover the amount due as stated in the |
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application or any part of that amount that remains unpaid. |
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(d) Any amount received from the federal government under |
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this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit |
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of the general revenue fund. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the initial application for reimbursement submitted by the governor |
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under Subsection (a) must include a request for payment of at least |
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the following amounts: |
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(1) $4,720,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2023; and |
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(2) $6,540,000,000 for the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2025. |
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(f) Subsection (e) and this subsection expire August 31, |
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2026. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |