88(4) HB 98 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88S40116 CJC-D
	By:  Raymond	H.B.  No.  98

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the recovery by the attorney general from the federal
	government of certain border security expenditures.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 402.0211 to read as follows:
	Sec.  402.0211.    RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY
	EXPENDITURES. (a) The attorney general shall, not later than the
	30th day after the beginning of each state fiscal biennium:
	(1)    determine the amount of money spent by this state
	on border security during the preceding state fiscal biennium;
	(2)    prepare an invoice requesting payment of the
	amount determined under Subdivision (1); and
	(3)    submit the invoice prepared under Subdivision (2)
	to the appropriate agency of the federal government for payment.
	(b)    The attorney general may request the assistance of the
	Legislative Budget Board in making the determination required under
	Subsection (a)(1), and the Legislative Budget Board shall provide
	the requested assistance.
	(c)    An invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) must
	include the date the invoice is due, which must be at least six, but
	not more than eight, months after the date the invoice is submitted.
	(d)    If an invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) is paid
	on or before the date the invoice is due, the attorney general shall
	deposit the payment in the state treasury to the credit of the
	general revenue fund.
	(e)    If an invoice submitted under Subsection (a)(3) is not
	timely paid, the attorney general shall bring an action against the
	appropriate agency of the federal government to recover the amount
	due as stated on the invoice.
	(f)    The attorney general shall deposit any money received as
	a result of an action brought under Subsection (e) in the state
	treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
	(g)    Notwithstanding any provision of Subsection (a) to the
	contrary, for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023:
	(1)    the attorney general shall take the actions
	described by Subsection (a) not later than March 1, 2024; and
	(2)    for purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the attorney
	general shall determine the amount of money spent by this state on
	border security to be the lesser of:
	(A)    the amount of money spent by this state for
	that purpose during the period beginning September 1, 2001, and
	ending August 31, 2023; or
	(B)    $20 billion.
	(h)    Subsection (g) and this subsection expire August 31,
	2025.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.