Bill Text: TX HB3953 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and a voluntary contribution to that fund when applying for a handgun license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3953 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3953-Engrossed.html
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By: Herrero | H.B. No. 3953 |
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relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and a | ||
voluntary contribution to that fund when applying for a handgun | ||
license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.1742 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1742. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO OPEN BURN PIT | ||
REGISTRY FUND. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal | ||
license to carry a handgun under this subchapter, the person may | ||
make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the open burn pit | ||
registry fund established by Section 99.008, Health and Safety | ||
Code. | ||
(b) The department shall: | ||
(1) include space on the first page of each | ||
application for an original or renewal license to carry a handgun | ||
that allows a person applying for an original or renewal license to | ||
carry a handgun to indicate the amount that the person is | ||
voluntarily contributing to the fund; and | ||
(2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
contribute to the fund during the application process for an | ||
original or renewal license to carry a handgun on the department's | ||
Internet website. | ||
(c) The department shall send any contribution made under | ||
this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to | ||
the credit of the open burn pit registry fund not later than the | ||
14th day of each month. Before sending the money to the fund, the | ||
department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable | ||
expenses for administering this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 99, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 153 (H.B. 306), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019, is amended by adding Section 99.008 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 99.008. OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY FUND. (a) The open burn | ||
pit registry fund is a special fund in the state treasury outside | ||
the general revenue fund. The fund is composed of: | ||
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of | ||
the legislature; | ||
(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund; | ||
(3) the earnings of the fund; and | ||
(4) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
Section 411.1742, Government Code. | ||
(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the | ||
department. The department may use the money only for the creation | ||
and maintenance of the open burn pit registry established under | ||
Section 99.003, except that the department may use the money for any | ||
other purpose of the department consistent with legislative | ||
appropriation of the money if the department finds that the | ||
registry is adequately funded and contributions to the fund exceed | ||
the amount necessary for the registry to be adequately funded. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall modify the | ||
application form for a license to carry a handgun to satisfy the | ||
requirement of Section 411.1742, Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |