Bill Text: TX SB6 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an appropriation for border security.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-11-01 - Received from the Senate [SB6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB6-Engrossed.html
| By: Huffman, et al. | S.B. No. 6 | |
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| relating to an appropriation for border security. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION TO TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE | ||
| OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,540,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs | ||
| within the Office of the Governor for use during the two-year period | ||
| beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of | ||
| providing funding for border security operations and the | ||
| construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier | ||
| infrastructure. | ||
| (b) Of the amount appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor | ||
| shall transfer $40,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety for | ||
| border security operations, including paying for additional | ||
| overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement | ||
| presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge | ||
| development in Liberty County, Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. The | ||
| money appropriated by this Act may not be used to: | ||
| (1) acquire property through the exercise of eminent | ||
| domain; | ||
| (2) build a barrier along this state's international | ||
| border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of | ||
| eminent domain; | ||
| (3) acquire property for a barrier that abuts the | ||
| boundary between this state and another state; or | ||
| (4) build a barrier that abuts the boundary between | ||
| this state and another state. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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. | ||
