Bill Text: TX HB1544 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recovery by this state from the federal government of certain border security expenditures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-09 - Filed [HB1544 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1544-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 1544 | |
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| relating to the recovery by this state 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 403, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.0123 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.0123. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN BORDER SECURITY | ||
| EXPENDITURES. (a) The comptroller 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 comptroller 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 comptroller 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 comptroller shall certify the amount due as stated | ||
| on the invoice to the attorney general, who shall bring an action | ||
| against the appropriate agency of the federal government to recover | ||
| the amount due as certified by the comptroller. | ||
| (f) The comptroller 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, 2025: | ||
| (1) the comptroller shall take the actions described | ||
| by Subsection (a) not later than March 1, 2026; and | ||
| (2) for purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the comptroller | ||
| 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, 2025; or | ||
| (B) $20 billion. | ||
| (h) Subsection (g) and this subsection expire August 31, | ||
| 2027. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2025. | ||
