Bill Text: TX HB78 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Left pending in committee [HB78 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB78-Introduced.html

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85R439 SGA-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 78

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife
Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes
imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.035(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the state
parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, received from the
following sources:
(1) grants or operation of concessions in state parks
or fishing piers;
(2) publications on state parks, state historic sites,
or state scientific areas;
(3) fines or penalties received from violations of
regulations governing parks issued pursuant to Subchapter B,
Chapter 13;
(4) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b)
or (c) that are associated with state park lands;
(5) credits made to the department under Section
151.801, Tax Code, in an amount equal to the amount of the
department's share [not to exceed the amount] of the tax proceeds
under that section minus the sum of the amounts appropriated from
other accounts that receive credits from the tax proceeds as
provided by Sections 11.043(b), 24.003(a), and 24.053(a) [account]
for use during the then-current state fiscal biennium [plus the
amount necessary to fund the cost of state contributions for
benefits of department employees whose salaries or wages are paid
from the account]; and
(6) any other source provided by law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.