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.

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