Bill Text: TX HB2334 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the deposit of certain fees and penalties from programs administered by the Department of Agriculture.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB2334 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2334-Introduced.html

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84R10372 BEF-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2334

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deposit of certain fees and penalties from programs
administered by the Department of Agriculture.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 12.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.014. COST RECOVERY ACCOUNT. (a) The cost recovery
account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
(b) Notwithstanding any law other than Subsection (c), the
following shall be deposited in the cost recovery account:
(1) all license fees collected by the department;
(2) the state's share of any civil penalty imposed
under this code or Chapter 1951, Occupations Code;
(3) any penalty imposed under Chapter 487, Government
Code; and
(4) any fee received by the department for providing a
good or service.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a fee or penalty
required by another law to be deposited in a different account that
may be appropriated only to the department.
(d) Money in the cost recovery account may be appropriated
only to the department for the administration of department
programs.
SECTION 2. Section 12.020(r), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(r) A penalty collected under this section shall be
deposited in the cost recovery account under Section 12.014 [state
treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.