Bill Text: TX SB1059 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the deposit of certain money to the disaster contingency fund for the purpose of paying costs associated with Hurricane Harvey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Finance [SB1059 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1059-Introduced.html
86R3413 SRA-D | ||
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1059 |
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relating to the deposit of certain money to the disaster | ||
contingency fund for the purpose of paying costs associated with | ||
Hurricane Harvey. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) On receipt of the money, the comptroller of | ||
public accounts shall deposit to the credit of the disaster | ||
contingency fund established under Section 418.073, Government | ||
Code, any money received by this state as a result of the lawsuit | ||
styled State v. United States, No. 7:15-cv-00151-O (N.D. Tex. Aug. | ||
21, 2018), that is available for general governmental purposes. | ||
(b) Money deposited to the disaster contingency fund under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section may be appropriated only for the | ||
purpose of paying costs associated with the hurricane known as | ||
"Hurricane Harvey" that struck the southeastern region of this | ||
state in 2017. | ||
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, 2019. |