Bill Text: TX HB2416 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-17 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2416-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2416 | ||
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| relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be | ||
| administered by the General Land Office. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 31.070 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.070. GULF COAST PROTECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The gulf | ||
| coast protection account is a dedicated account in the general | ||
| revenue fund administered by the land office under this section and | ||
| rules adopted by the land office. | ||
| (b) The gulf coast protection account consists of money | ||
| from: | ||
| (1) gifts, donations, and grants, including federal | ||
| grants; and | ||
| (2) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to | ||
| the account by the legislature. | ||
| (c) The land office shall deposit to the credit of the gulf | ||
| coast protection account any federal money received by the state | ||
| for the protection of the gulf coast, to the extent permitted by | ||
| federal law. | ||
| (d) Money in the gulf coast protection account may be used | ||
| only to pay for expenditures that: | ||
| (1) are eligible for credit towards the non-federal | ||
| match of the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility | ||
| Study Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact | ||
| Statement issued by the Galveston District, Southwestern Division, | ||
| of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; | ||
| (2) comply with the terms of a local cooperation | ||
| agreement executed by the land office and the Gulf Coast Protection | ||
| District established under Chapter 9502, Special District Local | ||
| Laws Code; and | ||
| (3) are for projects that are necessary or useful for | ||
| the protection of the portion of the gulf coast located within the | ||
| territory of the district. | ||
| (e) The legislature finds that the expenditure of money in | ||
| the gulf coast protection account in accordance with Subsection (d) | ||
| serves a public purpose. | ||
| (f) The expenditure of money in the gulf coast protection | ||
| account is subject to audit by the state auditor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2416 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2416 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2416 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
