Bill Text: TX HB118 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appropriation of certain tax proceeds for the repair, restoration, and permanent dry berthing of the Battleship "Texas."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Appropriations [HB118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB118-Introduced.html
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By: Cain | H.B. No. 118 |
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relating to the appropriation of certain tax proceeds for the | ||
repair, restoration, and permanent dry berthing of the Battleship | ||
"Texas." | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Out of the proceeds from the collection of | ||
the taxes imposed by Chapter 151, Tax Code, on the sale, storage, or | ||
use of sporting goods, as defined by Section 151.801, Tax Code, | ||
$15,000,000 is transferred to the Texas parks and wildlife | ||
conservation and capital account and is appropriated from that | ||
account to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2018, and $20,000,000 is transferred to the | ||
Texas parks and wildlife conservation and capital account and is | ||
appropriated from that account to the Parks and Wildlife Department | ||
for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019. Money | ||
appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department under this | ||
section shall be used to repair, restore, and present to the public | ||
in a permanent dry berth the Battleship "Texas." | ||
(b) This Act expires September 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |