Bill Text: TX HB112 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-16 - Filed [HB112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB112-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 112 |
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relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast protection account to be | ||
administered by the General Land Office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 31.070 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.070. GULF COAST PROTECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Gulf | ||
Coast protection account is a dedicated account in the general | ||
revenue fund administered by the land office under this section and | ||
rules adopted by the land office. | ||
(b) The Gulf Coast protection account consists of: | ||
(1) money from gifts, donations, and grants; and | ||
(2) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to | ||
the account by the legislature. | ||
(c) Money in the Gulf Coast protection account may be used | ||
only to pay for expenditures that: | ||
(1) are necessary to fulfill nonfederal sponsor | ||
obligations under agreements with the United States Army Corps of | ||
Engineers for implementing projects included in the plan | ||
recommended by the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration | ||
Feasibility Study Final Report and Final Environmental Impact | ||
Statement, both dated August 2021 and issued by the Galveston | ||
District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the land | ||
office; | ||
(2) comply with the terms of a local cooperation | ||
agreement executed by the land office and the Gulf Coast Protection | ||
District established under Chapter 9502, Special District Local | ||
Laws Code; and | ||
(3) are for projects that: | ||
(A) are necessary or useful for the protection of | ||
the portion of the Gulf Coast located within the territory of the | ||
district; or | ||
(B) would benefit the district and are designated | ||
as coastal storm risk management projects within the Coastal Texas | ||
Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study. | ||
(d) The legislature finds that the expenditure of money in | ||
the Gulf Coast protection account in accordance with Subsection (c) | ||
serves a public purpose. | ||
(e) The expenditure of money in the Gulf Coast protection | ||
account is subject to audit by the state auditor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |