88(4) SB 3 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
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relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the |
 
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construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier |
 
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infrastructure and border security operations, including funding |
 
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for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased |
 
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law enforcement presence. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    APPROPRIATION TO TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE |
 
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,540,000,000 is |
 
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs |
 
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within the Office of the Governor for use during the two-year period |
 
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beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of |
 
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providing funding for border security operations, including to |
 
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provide grants to local governments and local law enforcement |
 
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agencies to alleviate costs associated with an increased demand on |
 
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local prosecutorial, judicial, and correctional resources, and the |
 
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construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier |
 
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infrastructure. |
 
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             (b)    Of the amount appropriated by Subsection (a) of this |
 
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section, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor |
 
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shall transfer $40,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety for |
 
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border security operations, including paying for additional |
 
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overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement |
 
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presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge |
 
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development in Liberty County, Texas. |
 
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             SECTION  2.    PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. The |
 
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money appropriated by this Act may not be used to: |
 
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                         (1)    acquire property through the exercise of eminent |
 
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domain; |
 
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                         (2)    build a barrier along this state's international |
 
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border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of |
 
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eminent domain; |
 
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                         (3)    acquire property for a barrier that abuts the |
 
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boundary between this state and another state; or |
 
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                         (4)    build a barrier that abuts the boundary between |
 
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this state and another state. |
 
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             SECTION  3.    EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
 
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
 
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
 
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
 
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
 
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last day of the legislative session. |
 
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     President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House           |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  3 passed the Senate on |
 
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November 9, 2023, by the following vote:    Yeas  18, Nays  10; and |
 
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that the Senate concurred in House amendments on December 1, 2023, |
 
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by the following vote:    Yeas  18, Nays  9; passed subject to the |
 
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provisions of Article  III, Section  49a, of the Constitution of |
 
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Texas. |
 
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Secretary of the Senate         |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  3 passed the House, with |
 
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amendments, on November 14, 2023, by the following vote:    Yeas  84, |
 
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Nays  59, one present not voting; passed subject to the provisions |
 
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of Article  III, Section  49a, of the Constitution of Texas. |
 
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Chief Clerk of the House       |
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Approved: |
 
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                     Date |
 
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I, _____________________________, |
 
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Comptroller of Public Accounts, do |
 
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______________________________        hereby certify that the amounts |
 
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Governor                                appropriated in the herein |
 
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S.B.  No.  3, 88th  Legislature, 4th |
 
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Called Session, are within the |
 
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amount estimated to be available |