Bill Text: TX SR708 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SJR 75.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR708 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR708-Enrolled.html
By: Perry | S.R. No. 708 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 75 (proposing a constitutional amendment | ||
creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water | ||
projects in this state) to consider and take action on the | ||
following matters: | ||
(1) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit | ||
the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement | ||
and add text on a matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1 of the resolution, by including in added Section 49-d-16(a), | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as follows: | ||
The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of | ||
depositing the money to the fund to be available for transfer as | ||
provided by Subsection (b) of this section. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | ||
money may be appropriated to the Texas water fund. | ||
(2) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit | ||
the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement | ||
and add text on a matter not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 | ||
of the resolution, by including in added Section 49-d-16(b), | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as follows: | ||
, including the transfer of money from the fund to or the | ||
restoration of the money from: | ||
(1) the Water Assistance Fund No. 480; | ||
(2) the New Water Supply for Texas Fund; | ||
(3) the Rural Water Assistance Fund No. 301; or | ||
(4) the Statewide Water Public Awareness Account. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | ||
money in the Texas water fund may be transferred to or restored | ||
from certain other funds. | ||
(3) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of the | ||
resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(e), Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution, to read as follows: | ||
(e) Of the amount of money initially appropriated to the | ||
Texas water fund, the administrator of the fund shall allocate | ||
not less than 25 percent to be used only for transfer to the New | ||
Water Supply for Texas Fund. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the | ||
purposes for which money in the Texas water fund may be used. | ||
(4) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of the | ||
resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(h), Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution, to read as follows: | ||
(h) Any unexpended and unobligated balance remaining in | ||
the Texas water fund at the end of a state fiscal biennium is | ||
appropriated to the administrator of that fund for the following | ||
state fiscal biennium for the purposes authorized by this | ||
section. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that | ||
unexpended and unobligated money in the Texas water fund must | ||
remain in that fund until transferred by the administrator of | ||
that fund. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 28, 2023, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |