By: Huffman	S.B. No. 6
	(In the Senate - Filed October 25, 2023; October 26, 2023,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
	October 30, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 3;
	October 30, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 6	By:  Huffman

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.
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