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House Bill 3588
ARTICLE 20. GENERAL PROVISIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE

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ARTICLE 20. GENERAL PROVISIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 20.01. Money required to be deposited to a specific fund or account by a change in law made by this Act is exempt from Section 403.095, Government Code.

SECTION 20.02.

          (a) The comptroller shall establish the Texas mobility fund debt service account as a dedicated account within the general revenue fund.
          (b) Notwithstanding Sections 780.002(a) and (b), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, of the money allocated to the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund by Section 780.002(a), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, other than money that may only be appropriated to the Department of Public Safety, in fiscal year 2004 the comptroller shall deposit that money to the credit of the Texas mobility fund debt service account, which is subject to the provisions of Subsection (d).
          (c) Notwithstanding Section 542.4031(g)(1), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, of the money allocated to the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund in Section 542.4031(g)(1), Transportation Code, in fiscal year 2004 the comptroller shall deposit that money to the credit of the Texas mobility fund debt service account, which is subject to the
provisions of Subsection (d).
          (d) Funds deposited to the Texas mobility fund debt service account pursuant to Subsections (b) and (c) may be transferred to the Texas mobility fund upon certification by the Texas Transportation Commission to the comptroller that a payment is due under an obligation pursuant to Section 49-k, Article 3, Texas Constitution. Funds in the Texas mobility fund debt service account are not appropriated in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2004.
          (e) Notwithstanding Sections 521.058, 521.313(c), 521.3466(e), 521.427, 522.029(i), 524.051(c), 548.508, 644.153(i),
and 724.046(c), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, to the extent that those sections allocate funds to the Texas mobility fund, in fiscal year 2004 the comptroller shall deposit those funds to the credit of the general revenue fund instead of to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.

SECTION 20.03.

Any new court cost created by this Act takes effect September 1, 2003. Section 51.607, Government Code, as added by Senate Bill 325, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, does not apply to court costs imposed under this Act.

SECTION 20.04.

Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.

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President of the Senate                                 Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3588 was passed by the House on May 10, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 3, 2 present, not voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3588 on May 30, 2003, and requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 3588 on June 1, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting; and that the House adopted S.C.R. No. 65 authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 3588 on June 2, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3588 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 3588 on June 1, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate adopted S.C.R. No. 65 authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 3588 on June 1, 2003.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

                Date

         __________________

              Governor

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