Bill Amendment: TX SB6 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to an appropriation for border security.

Status: 2023-11-01 - Received from the Senate [SB6 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB6-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F3-Eckhardt.html

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Amend CSSB 6 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, making an appropriation, immediately following Subsection (b) of that section (page 1, line 45), by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection:

( )  Money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section may not be spent to construct physical border barrier infrastructure along this state's international border with Mexico unless the state agency spending the appropriated money, or an entity with whom that agency contracts, has:

(1)  conducted or contracted with a qualified entity to conduct an environmental impact study on the proposed infrastructure; and

(2)  consulted with the Parks and Wildlife Department and any indigenous tribes in the area in which the proposed infrastructure would be located to determine whether the proposed infrastructure would impact important habitats, wildlife, cultural artifacts, or dedicated lands.