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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund |
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that fund trauma facilities and emergency medical services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 542.406(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the 60th day after the end of a local |
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authority's fiscal year, after deducting amounts the local |
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authority is authorized by Subsection (d) to retain, the local |
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authority shall: |
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(1) send 50 percent of the revenue derived from civil |
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or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under |
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this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the |
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designated [regional] trauma facility and emergency medical |
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services account established under Section 780.003 [782.002], |
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Health and Safety Code; and |
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(2) deposit the remainder of the revenue in a special |
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account in the local authority's treasury that may be used only to |
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fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety |
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programs, public safety programs, intersection improvements, and |
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traffic enforcement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 707.008(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 60th day after the end of a local |
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authority's fiscal year, after deducting amounts the local |
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authority is authorized by Subsection (b) to retain, the local |
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authority shall: |
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(1) send 50 percent of the revenue derived from civil |
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or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under |
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this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the |
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designated [regional] trauma facility and emergency medical |
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services account established under Section 780.003 [782.002], |
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Health and Safety Code; and |
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(2) deposit the remainder of the revenue in a special |
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account in the local authority's treasury that may be used only to |
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fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety |
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programs, public safety programs, intersection improvements, and |
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traffic enforcement. |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 780.002, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 780.002. CERTAIN DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNT. |
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SECTION 4. Section 780.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The account is composed of money deposited to the credit |
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of the account under Sections 542.406 and 707.008, Transportation |
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Code, and under Section 780.002 of this code[, and the earnings of
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the account]. |
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SECTION 5. The following laws are repealed: |
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(1) Section 780.003(c), Health and Safety Code; and |
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(2) Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 6. On the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) the regional trauma account established under |
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Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code, is abolished; and |
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(2) any unexpended and unobligated balance of money in |
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the regional trauma account is transferred to the designated trauma |
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facility and emergency medical services account established under |
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Section 780.003, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |