Bill Amendment: TX SB3 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence.

Status: 2023-12-18 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 5, 2024 [SB3 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB3-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Bryant.html

Amend SB 3 (house committee printing) on page 1 as follows:
(1)  On line 9, strike "The" and substitute "Subject to Subsection (c) of this section, the".
(2)  Between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
(c)  The Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor may use money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section to construct, operate, or maintain border barrier infrastructure only if the governor, in accordance with Sections 316.023 and 316.024, Government Code, makes a finding, after a public hearing, that the infrastructure proposed to be constructed, operated, or maintained is an effective means of significantly reducing the number of individuals unlawfully crossing this state's international border with Mexico.
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