Bill Text: TX SR708 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SJR 75.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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 | ||
