Bill Text: TX HB3537 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of money subject to restrictions under federal law that is credited to the deferred maintenance fund account.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB3537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3537-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3537 |
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relating to the use of money subject to restrictions under federal | ||
law that is credited to the deferred maintenance fund account. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2165.403, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The use of money credited to the fund by appropriation | ||
or transfer from the game, fish, and water safety account, the | ||
lifetime license endowment account, or another fund or account in | ||
the state treasury the use of which is subject to restrictions under | ||
the federal Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. Section 777 et | ||
seq.), the federal Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. Section 669 | ||
et seq.), or other federal law, and the use of money earned as | ||
interest or other earnings on the investment of that money credited | ||
to the fund, continues to be subject to those federal restrictions | ||
and may be used only for a function required to manage this state's | ||
fish or wildlife resources in accordance with those federal | ||
restrictions. | ||
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 September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3537 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3537 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |