Bill Text: TX HB2065 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for certain children and the use of general revenue appropriations for the artificial reef program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2065 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2065-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2065

AN ACT
relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for
certain children and the use of general revenue appropriations for
the artificial reef program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.015(a-1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) The commission may waive the park entrance fee for a
person who is at least 70 years of age, a student enrolled in the
fifth grade, or a child who is 11 years of age. The commission may
not waive the fee for use of a park facility, including a hook-up
fee for electricity or water.
SECTION 2. Section 89.041(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Section 89.042(b), [No state]
general revenue funds may not [shall] be expended in the
development or implementation of this plan.
SECTION 3. Section 89.042, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 89.042. DEDICATION; APPROPRIATIONS. (a) The funds
received under Section 89.043 of this code are dedicated to the
department for the purpose of carrying out this chapter, including
siting, designing, constructing, monitoring, and otherwise
managing an artificial reef or artificial reef system.
(b) The legislature may appropriate money from the general
revenue fund to the department for:
(1) salaries of department employees implementing
this chapter; and
(2) costs associated with those employees, including
the cost of employee benefits.
SECTION 4. 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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2065 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 16, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2065 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 17,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2065 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor