By: Duncan	S.B. No. 1811

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to state fiscal matters; providing penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	ARTICLE 1.  FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM PAYMENTS
	SECTION 1.01.  Subsections (c), (d), and (f), Section
	42.259, Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Payments from the foundation school fund to each
	category 2 school district shall be made as follows:
	(1)  22 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of September of a fiscal year;
	(2)  18 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of October;
	(3)  9.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of November;
	(4)  7.5 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of April;
	(5)  five percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of May;
	(6)  10 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of June;
	(7)  13 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of July; and
	(8)  15 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th
	day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
	calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
	Subdivision (1) [on or before the 25th day of August].
	(d)  Payments from the foundation school fund to each
	category 3 school district shall be made as follows:
	(1)  45 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of September of a fiscal year;
	(2)  35 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made on or before the
	25th day of October; and
	(3)  20 percent of the yearly entitlement of the
	district shall be paid in an installment to be made after the 5th
	day of September and not later than the 10th day of September of the
	calendar year following the calendar year of the payment made under
	Subdivision (1) [on or before the 25th day of August].
	(f)  Except as provided by Subsection (c)(8) or (d)(3), any
	[Any] previously unpaid additional funds from prior fiscal years
	owed to a district shall be paid to the district together with the
	September payment of the current fiscal year entitlement.
	SECTION 1.02.  Subsection (c), Section 466.355, Government
	Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 1.03.  The changes made by this article to Section
	42.259, Education Code, apply only to a payment from the foundation
	school fund that is made on or after the effective date of this Act.
	A payment to a school district from the foundation school fund that
	is made before that date is governed by Section 42.259, Education
	Code, as it existed before amendment by this article, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	ARTICLE 2.  SALE OF CERTAIN STATE PROPERTY
	SECTION 2.01.  (a)  Not later than August 31, 2013, the
	General Land Office shall offer for sale on behalf of each holder of
	real property the tracts of real property described by Section 2.02
	of this article.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this article, the sale
	shall be conducted as provided by Section 31.158, Natural Resources
	Code.
	SECTION 2.02.  Section 2.01 of this article applies to
	property described as follows:
	(1)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-1900, described as:
	All of Outlot 55, Division E, and all of Outlot 56, save and except
	the northwest 171 by 171 feet of Outlot 56, Division E, plus the
	vacated portion of East 16th Street, City of Austin, Travis County;
	(2)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-2402, described as:
	46.19 acres out of the George W. Spear League, Austin, Travis
	County, as described in Volume 776, Page 225, of the Travis County
	Deed Records;
	(3)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-1905, described as:
	The northeast 1/4, the north 1/2 of the southeast 1/4 and the east 5
	feet of the northwest 1/4 and east 5 feet of the north 1/2 of the
	southwest 1/4, all in Outlot 42, Division E, City of Austin, Travis
	County;
	(4)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-2177, described as:
	Lot 25-A, Capitol Business park, 1-A, a subdivision of Travis
	County according to the plat recorded in Volume 81, page 110, plat
	records, Austin, Travis County;
	(5)  Parcel B, approximately 895.99 acres, of GLO State
	Real Property ID OA-702, described as:  895.99 acres out of the
	Stephen Manning Survey, A-31, Walker County;
	(6)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-1913, described as:
	A 2.32 acre tract of land being the easterly 79 feet, more or less,
	of the southern half of Block 54, Division E, excluding a 20 foot
	alley, as shown on a map of the Original City of Austin, in the
	General Land Office for the State of Texas in the City of Austin,
	Travis County;
	(7)  Parcel B, approximately 13 acres, of GLO State
	Real Property ID OA-702, described as:  A 13 acre tract of land,
	more or less, being that part of the McKinney Falls State
	Park/Headquarters lying west of East Stassney Lane, out of the
	Santiago Del Valle Grant, Austin, Travis County;
	(8)  Parcel B, approximately 20 acres, of GLO State
	Real Property ID OA-736, described as:  Approximately 20 acres out
	of a 78.182 acre tract being all of Blocks 20 and 21 of the Lon C.
	Hill subdivision of shares 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Concepcion de
	Carricitos Grant, Cameron County;
	(9)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-2144, described as:
	0.344 acres of land consisting of Lot 8, Block 2, Twin Circle
	Estates Addition, City of Wortham, Freestone County;
	(10)  Parcel A, approximately 33 acres, of GLO State
	Real Property ID OA-752, described as:  33 acres being out of the
	south half of Section 51, Blind Asylum Land Survey, Abilene, Taylor
	County; and
	(11)  GLO State Real Property ID OA-2139, described as:
	Lot 11, Plantation Acres, Marlin, Falls County.
	SECTION 2.03.  The proceeds from the sales authorized by
	Section 2.01 of this article shall be deposited in the state
	treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
	ARTICLE 3.  CUSTOMS BROKERS
	SECTION 3.01.  Subsections (a-1), (f), and (f-1), Section
	151.157, Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a-1)  The comptroller shall maintain a password-protected
	website that a customs broker, or an authorized employee of a
	customs broker, licensed under this section must use to prepare
	documentation to show the exemption of tangible personal property
	under Section 151.307(b)(2). The comptroller shall require a
	customs broker or authorized employee to use the website to
	actually produce the documentation after providing all necessary
	information. The comptroller shall use the information provided by
	a customs broker or authorized employee under this subsection as
	necessary to enforce this section and Section 151.307. [The
	comptroller shall provide an alternate method to prepare
	documentation to show the exemption of tangible personal property
	under Section 151.307(b)(2) in those instances when the
	password-protected website is unavailable due to technical or
	communication problems.]
	(f)  The comptroller may suspend or revoke a license issued
	under this section if the customs broker does not comply with
	Section 151.1575(c) or issues documentation that is false [to
	obtain a refund of taxes paid on tangible personal property not
	exported or to assist another person in obtaining such a refund].
	The comptroller may determine the length of suspension or
	revocation necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and the
	comptroller's rules. A proceeding to suspend or revoke a license
	under this subsection is a contested case under Chapter 2001,
	Government Code. Judicial review is by trial de novo. The district
	courts of Travis County have exclusive original jurisdiction of a
	suit under this section.
	(f-1)  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the
	comptroller may require a customs broker to pay to the comptroller
	the amount of any tax refunded and the amount of any penalty imposed
	under Section 151.1575(c) if the customs broker did not comply with
	this section or the rules adopted by the comptroller under this
	section [in relation to the refunded tax].
	SECTION 3.02.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 151.1575,
	Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A customs broker licensed by the comptroller or an
	authorized employee of the customs broker may issue and deliver
	documentation under Subsection (a) at any time after the tangible
	personal property is purchased and the broker or employee completes
	the process required by Subsection (a).  The documentation must
	include:
	(1)  the name and address of the customs broker;
	(2)  the license number of the customs broker;
	(3)  the name and address of the purchaser;
	(4)  the name and address of the place at which the
	property was purchased;
	(5)  the date and time of the sale;
	(6)  a description and the quantity of the property;
	(7)  the sales price of the property;
	(8)  the foreign country destination of the property,
	which may not be the place of export;
	(9)  the date and time:
	(A)  at which the customs broker or authorized
	employee watched the property cross the border of the United
	States;
	(B)  at which the customs broker or authorized
	employee watched the property being placed on a common carrier for
	delivery outside the territorial limits of the United States; or
	(C)  the property is expected to arrive in the
	foreign country destination, as stated by the purchaser;
	(10)  a declaration signed by the customs broker or an
	authorized employee of the customs broker stating that:
	(A)  the customs broker is a licensed Texas
	customs broker; and
	(B)  the customs broker or authorized employee
	inspected the property and the original receipt for the property;
	and
	(11)  an export certification stamp issued by the
	comptroller.
	(c)  The comptroller may require a customs broker to pay the
	comptroller the amount of any tax refunded if the customs broker
	does not comply with this section, Section 151.157, or the rules
	adopted by the comptroller under this section or Section 151.157.
	In addition to the amount of the refunded tax, the comptroller may
	require the customs broker to pay a penalty of [in an amount equal
	to the amount of the refunded tax, but] not less than $500 nor more
	than $5,000.  The comptroller and the state may deduct any penalties
	to be paid by a customs broker from the broker's posted bond.
	SECTION 3.03.  Subsection (g), Section 151.158, Tax Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(g)  The comptroller shall charge $2.10 [$1.60] for each
	stamp. The comptroller shall use $1.60 of the money from the sale
	of the stamps only for costs related to producing the stamps,
	including costs of materials, labor, and overhead.  The comptroller
	shall use the remaining 50 cents only for enforcement of the laws
	relating to customs brokers under this title.  Any unspent money
	shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
	Customs brokers who return unused stamps to the comptroller's
	office on a quarterly basis shall get credit towards the purchase of
	new stamps.
	SECTION 3.04.  The change in law made by this article applies
	only to documentation issued on or after the effective date of this
	article. Documentation issued before the effective date of this
	article is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	documentation was issued, and that law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	ARTICLE 4.  STATE SALES AND FRANCHISE TAX REFUNDS FOR CERTAIN AD
	VALOREM TAXPAYERS
	SECTION 4.01.  Subchapter F, Chapter 111, Tax Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 4.02.  The repeal of Subchapter F, Chapter 111, Tax
	Code, by this article does not affect an eligible person's right to
	claim a refund of state sales and use and state franchise taxes that
	was established under Section 111.301, Tax Code, in relation to
	taxes paid before the effective date of this article in a calendar
	year for which the person paid ad valorem taxes to a school district
	as provided by Section 111.301, Tax Code, before the effective date
	of this article.  An eligible person's right to claim a refund of
	state sales and use and state franchise taxes that was established
	under Section 111.301, Tax Code, in relation to taxes paid before
	the effective date of this article in a calendar year for which the
	person paid ad valorem taxes to a school district as provided by
	Section 111.301, Tax Code, before the effective date of this
	article is governed by the law in effect on the date the right to
	claim the refund was established, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	ARTICLE 5.  STATE PURCHASING
	SECTION 5.01.  Section 2155.082, Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 2155.082.  PROVIDING CERTAIN PURCHASING SERVICES ON
	FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS OR THROUGH BENEFIT FUNDING.  (a)  The
	comptroller [commission] may provide open market purchasing
	services on a fee-for-service basis for state agency purchases that
	are delegated to an agency under Section 2155.131, 2155.132,
	[2155.133,] or 2157.121 or that are exempted from the purchasing
	authority of the comptroller [commission].  The comptroller
	[commission] shall set the fees in an amount that recovers the
	comptroller's [commission's] costs in providing the services.
	(b)  The comptroller [commission] shall  publish a schedule
	of [its] fees for services that are subject to this section.  The
	schedule must include the comptroller's [commission's] fees for:
	(1)  reviewing bid and contract documents for clarity,
	completeness, and compliance with laws and rules;
	(2)  developing and transmitting invitations to bid;
	(3)  receiving and tabulating bids;
	(4)  evaluating and determining which bidder offers the
	best value to the state;
	(5)  creating and transmitting purchase orders; and
	(6)  participating in agencies' request for proposal
	processes.
	(c)  The comptroller may engage a consultant to assist with a
	particular procurement on behalf of a state agency and pay the
	consultant from the cost savings realized by the state agency.
	ARTICLE 6.  UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
	SECTION 6.01.  Subsection (a), Section 72.101, Property
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by this section and Sections 72.1015,
	72.1016, 72.1017, and 72.102, personal property is presumed
	abandoned if, for longer than three years:
	(1)  the existence and location of the owner of the
	property is unknown to the holder of the property; and
	(2)  according to the knowledge and records of the
	holder of the property, a claim to the property has not been
	asserted or an act of ownership of the property has not been
	exercised.
	SECTION 6.02.  Subchapter B, Chapter 72, Property Code, is
	amended by adding Section 72.1017 to read as follows:
	Sec. 72.1017.  UTILITY DEPOSITS. (a)  In this section:
	(1)  "Utility" has the meaning assigned by Section
	183.001, Utilities Code.
	(2)  "Utility deposit" is a refundable money deposit a
	utility requires a user of the utility service to pay as a condition
	of initiating the service.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Section 73.102, a utility deposit is
	presumed abandoned on the latest of:
	(1)  the first anniversary of the date a refund check
	for the utility deposit was payable to the owner of the deposit;
	(2)  the first anniversary of the date the utility last
	received documented communication from the owner of the utility
	deposit; or
	(3)  the first anniversary of the date the utility
	issued a refund check for the deposit payable to the owner of the
	deposit if, according to the knowledge and records of the utility or
	payor of the check, during that period, a claim to the check has not
	been asserted or an act of ownership by the payee has not been
	exercised.
	SECTION 6.03.  Subsection (c), Section 72.102, Property
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A money order to which Subsection (a) applies is
	presumed to be abandoned on the latest of:
	(1)  the third [seventh] anniversary of the date on
	which the money order was issued;
	(2)  the third [seventh] anniversary of the date on
	which the issuer of the money order last received from the owner of
	the money order communication concerning the money order; or
	(3)  the third [seventh] anniversary of the date of the
	last writing, on file with the issuer, that indicates the owner's
	interest in the money order.
	SECTION 6.04.  Section 72.103, Property Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 72.103.  PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. Notwithstanding any
	other provision of this title except a provision of this section or
	Section 72.1016 relating to a money order or a stored value card, a
	holder of abandoned property shall preserve the property and may
	not at any time, by any procedure, including a deduction for
	service, maintenance, or other charge, transfer or convert to the
	profits or assets of the holder or otherwise reduce the value of the
	property.  For purposes of this section, value is determined as of
	the date of the last transaction or contact concerning the
	property, except that in the case of a money order, value is
	determined as of the date the property is presumed abandoned under
	Section 72.102(c).  If a holder imposes service, maintenance, or
	other charges on a money order prior to the time of presumed
	abandonment, such charges may not exceed the amount of $1 [50 cents]
	per month for each month the money order remains uncashed prior to
	the month in which the money order is presumed abandoned.
	SECTION 6.05.  Section 73.101, Property Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  An account or safe deposit box is presumed abandoned if:
	(1)  except as provided by Subsection (c), the account
	or safe deposit box has been inactive for at least five years as
	determined under Subsection (b);
	(2)  the location of the depositor of the account or
	owner of the safe deposit box is unknown to the depository; and
	(3)  the amount of the account or the contents of the
	box have not been delivered to the comptroller in accordance with
	Chapter 74.
	(c)  If the account is a checking or savings account or is a
	matured certificate of deposit, the account is presumed abandoned
	if the account has been inactive for at least three years as
	determined under Subsection (b)(1).
	SECTION 6.06.  Subsection (a), Section 74.101, Property
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each holder who on June 1 [30] holds property that is
	presumed abandoned under Chapter 72, 73, or 75 of this code or under
	Chapter 154, Finance Code, shall file a report of that property on
	or before the following July [November] 1. The comptroller may
	require the report to be in a particular format, including a format
	that can be read by a computer.
	SECTION 6.07.  Subsection (a), Section 74.1011, Property
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a holder who on
	June 1 [30] holds property valued at more than $250 that is presumed
	abandoned under Chapter 72, 73, or 75 of this code or Chapter 154,
	Finance Code, shall, on or before the preceding May [following
	August] 1, mail to the last known address of the known owner written
	notice stating that:
	(1)  the holder is holding the property; and
	(2)  the holder may be required to deliver the property
	to the comptroller on or before July [November] 1 if the property is
	not claimed.
	SECTION 6.08.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 74.301,
	Property Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), each holder who on
	June 1 [30] holds property that is presumed abandoned under Chapter
	72, 73, or 75 shall deliver the property to the comptroller on or
	before the following July [November] 1 accompanied by the report
	required to be filed under Section 74.101.
	(c)  If the property subject to delivery under Subsection (a)
	is the contents of a safe deposit box, the comptroller may instruct
	a holder to deliver the property on a specified date before July
	[November] 1 of the following year.
	SECTION 6.09.  Subsection (e), Section 74.601, Property
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The comptroller on receipt or from time to time may
	[from time to time] sell securities, including stocks, bonds, and
	mutual funds, received under this chapter or any other statute
	requiring the delivery of unclaimed property to the comptroller and
	use the proceeds to buy, exchange, invest, or reinvest in
	marketable securities. When making or selling the investments, the
	comptroller shall exercise the judgment and care of a prudent
	person.
	SECTION 6.10.  Section 74.708, Property Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 74.708.  PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST. A holder who on June 1
	[30] holds property presumed abandoned under Chapters 72-75 holds
	the property in trust for the benefit of the state on behalf of the
	missing owner and is liable to the state for the full value of the
	property, plus any accrued interest and penalty. A holder is not
	required by this section to segregate or establish trust accounts
	for the property provided the property is timely delivered to the
	comptroller in accordance with Section 74.301.
	SECTION 6.11.  A charge imposed on a money order under
	Section 72.103, Property Code, by a holder before the effective
	date of this article is governed by the law applicable to the charge
	immediately before the effective date of this article, and the
	holder may retain the charge.
	ARTICLE 7.  CLASSIFICATION OF JUDICIAL AND COURT PERSONNEL
	TRAINING FUND
	SECTION 7.01.  Section 56.001, Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 56.001.  JUDICIAL AND COURT PERSONNEL TRAINING FUND.
	(a)  The judicial and court personnel training fund is an account
	in the general revenue fund. Money in the judicial and court
	personnel training fund may be appropriated only to [created in the
	state treasury and shall be administered by] the court of criminal
	appeals for the uses authorized in Section 56.003.
	(b) [(i)]  On requisition of the court of criminal appeals,
	the comptroller shall draw a warrant on the fund for the amount
	specified in the requisition for a use authorized in Section
	56.003. A warrant may not exceed the amount appropriated for any
	one fiscal year. [At the end of each state fiscal year, any
	unexpended balance in the fund in excess of $500,000 shall be
	transferred to the general revenue fund.]
	ARTICLE 8.  PROCESS SERVER CERTIFICATION FEES
	SECTION 8.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 51.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.008.  FEES FOR PROCESS SERVER CERTIFICATION.
	(a)  The process server review board established by supreme court
	order may recommend to the supreme court the fees to be charged for
	process server certification and renewal of certification. The
	supreme court must approve the fees recommended by the process
	server review board before the fees may be collected.
	(b)  If a certification is issued or renewed for a term that
	is less than the certification period provided by supreme court
	rule, the fee for the certification shall be prorated so that the
	process server pays only that portion of the fee that is allocable
	to the period during which the certification is valid. On renewal
	of the certification on the new expiration date, the process server
	must pay the entire certification renewal fee.
	(c)  The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
	System may collect the fees recommended by the process server
	review board and approved by the supreme court. Fees collected
	under this section shall be sent to the comptroller for deposit to
	the credit of the general revenue fund.
	(d)  Fees collected under this section may be appropriated to
	the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System for
	the support of regulatory programs for process servers and
	guardians.
	SECTION 8.02.  (a)  The fees recommended and approved under
	Section 51.008, Government Code, as added by this article, apply
	to:
	(1)  each person who holds a process server
	certification on the effective date of this article; and
	(2)  each person who applies for process server
	certification on or after the effective date of this article.
	(b)  The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
	System shall prorate the process server certification fee so that a
	person who holds a process server certification on the effective
	date of this article pays only that portion of the fee that is
	allocable to the period during which the certification is valid. On
	renewal of the certification on the new expiration date, the entire
	certification renewal fee is payable.
	ARTICLE 9.  FEES FOR DELIVERY OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
	SECTION 9.01.  Subsection (b), Section 26.3574, Water Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A fee is imposed on the delivery of a petroleum product
	on withdrawal from bulk of that product as provided by this
	subsection.  Each operator of a bulk facility on withdrawal from
	bulk of a petroleum product shall collect from the person who orders
	the withdrawal a fee in an amount determined as follows:
	(1)  $3.75 for each delivery into a cargo tank having a
	capacity of less than 2,500 gallons [for the state fiscal year
	beginning September 1, 2007, through the state fiscal year ending
	August 31, 2011];
	(2)  $7.50 for each delivery into a cargo tank having a
	capacity of 2,500 gallons or more but less than 5,000 gallons [for
	the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2007, through the
	state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011];
	(3)  $11.75 for each delivery into a cargo tank having a
	capacity of 5,000 gallons or more but less than 8,000 gallons [for
	the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2007, through the
	state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011];
	(4)  $15.00 for each delivery into a cargo tank having a
	capacity of 8,000 gallons or more but less than 10,000 gallons [for
	the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2007, through the
	state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011]; and
	(5)  $7.50 for each increment of 5,000 gallons or any
	part thereof delivered into a cargo tank having a capacity of 10,000
	gallons or more [for the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
	2007, through the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011].
	ARTICLE 10.  REMITTANCE AND ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN MOTOR FUELS
	TAXES
	SECTION 10.01.  Section 162.113, Tax Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4) to read as
	follows:
	(a-1)  On August 28, 2013, each licensed distributor and
	licensed importer shall remit to the supplier or permissive
	supplier, as applicable, a tax prepayment in an amount equal to 25
	percent of the tax imposed by Section 162.101 for gasoline removed
	at the terminal rack during July 2013 by the licensed distributor or
	licensed importer, without accounting for any credit or allowance
	to which the licensed distributor or licensed importer is entitled.
	The supplier or permissive supplier shall remit the tax prepayment
	received under this subsection to the comptroller by electronic
	funds transfer on August 30, 2013, without accounting for any
	credit or allowance to which the supplier or permissive supplier is
	entitled. Subsections (c)-(e) do not apply to the tax prepayment
	under this subsection.
	(a-2)  A licensed distributor or licensed importer may take a
	credit against the amount of tax imposed by Section 162.101 for
	gasoline removed at a terminal rack during August 2013 that is
	required to be remitted to the supplier or permissive supplier, as
	applicable, under Subsection (a) in September 2013. The amount of
	the credit is equal to the amount of any tax prepayment remitted by
	the licensed distributor or licensed importer as required by
	Subsection (a-1).
	(a-3)  Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) apply to a supplier or an
	affiliate of a supplier who removes gasoline at the terminal rack
	for distribution to the same extent and in the same manner that
	those subsections apply to a licensed distributor or licensed
	importer.
	(a-4)  Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) and this
	subsection expire September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 10.02.  Section 162.214, Tax Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4) to read as
	follows:
	(a-1)  On August 28, 2013, each licensed distributor and
	licensed importer shall remit to the supplier or permissive
	supplier, as applicable, a tax prepayment in an amount equal to 25
	percent of the tax imposed by Section 162.201 for diesel fuel
	removed at the terminal rack during July 2013 by the licensed
	distributor or licensed importer, without accounting for any credit
	or allowance to which the licensed distributor or licensed importer
	is entitled. The supplier or permissive supplier shall remit the
	tax prepayment received under this subsection to the comptroller by
	electronic funds transfer on August 30, 2013, without accounting
	for any credit or allowance to which the supplier or permissive
	supplier is entitled. Subsections (c)-(e) do not apply to the tax
	prepayment under this subsection.
	(a-2)  A licensed distributor or licensed importer may take a
	credit against the amount of tax imposed by Section 162.201 for
	diesel fuel removed at a terminal rack during August 2013 that is
	required to be remitted to the supplier or permissive supplier, as
	applicable, under Subsection (a) in September 2013. The amount of
	the credit is equal to any tax prepayment remitted by the licensed
	distributor or licensed importer as required by Subsection (a-1).
	(a-3)  Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) apply to a supplier or an
	affiliate of a supplier who removes diesel fuel at the terminal rack
	for distribution to the same extent and in the same manner that
	those subsections apply to a licensed distributor or licensed
	importer.
	(a-4)  Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) and this
	subsection expire September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 10.03.  Section 162.503, Tax Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 162.503.  ALLOCATION OF GASOLINE TAX. (a)  On or
	before the fifth workday after the end of each month, the
	comptroller, after making all deductions for refund purposes and
	for the amounts allocated under Sections 162.502 and 162.5025,
	shall allocate the net remainder of the taxes collected under
	Subchapter B as follows:
	(1)  one-fourth of the tax shall be deposited to the
	credit of the available school fund;
	(2)  one-half of the tax shall be deposited to the
	credit of the state highway fund for the construction and
	maintenance of the state road system under existing law; and
	(3)  from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the
	comptroller shall:
	(A)  deposit to the credit of the county and road
	district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total
	of $7,300,000 has been credited to the fund each fiscal year; and
	(B)  after the amount required to be deposited to
	the county and road district highway fund has been deposited,
	deposit to the credit of the state highway fund the remainder of the
	one-fourth of the tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of
	allocations made each month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be
	used by the Texas Department of Transportation for the
	construction, improvement, and maintenance of farm-to-market
	roads.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the comptroller may not
	allocate revenue otherwise required to be allocated under
	Subsection (a) during August 2013 before the first workday of
	September 2013. The revenue shall be allocated as otherwise
	provided by Subsection (a) not later than the fifth workday of
	September 2013. This subsection expires September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 10.04.  Section 162.504, Tax Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 162.504.  ALLOCATION OF DIESEL FUEL TAX. (a)  On or
	before the fifth workday after the end of each month, the
	comptroller, after making deductions for refund purposes, for the
	administration and enforcement of this chapter, and for the amounts
	allocated under Section 162.5025, shall allocate the remainder of
	the taxes collected under Subchapter C as follows:
	(1)  one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
	credit of the available school fund; and
	(2)  three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited to
	the credit of the state highway fund.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the comptroller may not
	allocate revenue otherwise required to be allocated under
	Subsection (a) during August 2013 before the first workday of
	September 2013. The revenue shall be allocated as otherwise
	provided by Subsection (a) not later than the fifth workday of
	September 2013. This subsection expires September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 10.05.  The expiration of the amendments made to the
	Tax Code in accordance with this article does not affect tax
	liability accruing before the expiration of those amendments. That
	liability continues in effect as if the amendments had not expired,
	and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of
	taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability
	for those taxes.
	ARTICLE 11.  REMITTANCE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES AND TAXES AND FEES
	ON CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
	SECTION 11.01.  Section 34.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c)  In August 2013, a permittee shall remit a tax prepayment
	of taxes due to be remitted in September 2013 that is equal to 25
	percent of the amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit
	during August 2013 under the reporting system prescribed by the
	commission. The prepayment is in addition to the amount the
	permittee is otherwise required to remit during August. The
	permittee shall remit the additional payment in conjunction with
	the report and payment otherwise required during that month.
	(d)  A permittee who remits the additional payment as
	required by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the
	additional payment against the next payment due under the reporting
	system prescribed by the commission.
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.02.  Section 48.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c)  In August 2013, a permittee shall remit a tax prepayment
	of taxes due to be remitted in September 2013 that is equal to 25
	percent of the amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit
	during August 2013 under the reporting system prescribed by the
	commission. The prepayment is in addition to the amount the
	permittee is otherwise required to remit during August. The
	permittee shall remit the additional payment in conjunction with
	the report and payment otherwise required during that month.
	(d)  A permittee who remits the additional payment as
	required by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the
	additional payment against the next payment due under the reporting
	system prescribed by the commission.
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.03.  Section 201.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.07.  DUE DATE. (a)  The tax on liquor is due and
	payable on the 15th of the month following the first sale, together
	with a report on the tax due.
	(b)  In August 2013, each permittee who is liable for the
	taxes imposed by this subchapter shall remit a tax prepayment of
	taxes due to be remitted in September 2013 that is equal to 25
	percent of the amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit
	during August 2013 under Subsection (a). The prepayment is in
	addition to the amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit
	during August. The permittee shall remit the additional payment in
	conjunction with the report and payment otherwise required during
	that month.
	(c)  A permittee who remits the additional payment as
	required by Subsection (b) may take a credit in the amount of the
	additional payment against the next payment due under Subsection
	(a).
	(d)  Subsections (b) and (c) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.04.  Section 201.43, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d),
	and (e) to read as follows:
	(b)  The tax is due and payable on the 15th day of the month
	following the month in which the taxable first sale occurs,
	together with a report on the tax due.
	(c)  In August 2013, each permittee who is liable for the tax
	imposed by this subchapter shall remit a tax prepayment of taxes due
	to be remitted in September 2013 that is equal to 25 percent of the
	amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit during August
	2013 under Subsection (b). The prepayment is in addition to the
	amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit during August.
	The permittee shall remit the additional payment in conjunction
	with the report and payment otherwise required during that month.
	(d)  A permittee who remits the additional payment as
	required by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the
	additional payment against the next payment due under Subsection
	(b).
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.05.  Section 203.03, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d),
	and (e) to read as follows:
	(b)  The tax is due and payable on the 15th day of the month
	following the month in which the taxable first sale occurs,
	together with a report on the tax due.
	(c)  Each licensee who is liable for the tax imposed by this
	chapter shall remit a tax prepayment of taxes due to be remitted in
	September 2013 that is equal to 25 percent of the amount the
	licensee is otherwise required to remit during August 2013 under
	Subsection (b). The prepayment is in addition to the amount the
	licensee is otherwise required to remit during August. The
	licensee shall remit the additional payment in conjunction with the
	report and payment otherwise required during that month.
	(d)  A licensee who remits the additional payment as required
	by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the additional
	payment against the next payment due under Subsection (b).
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.06.  Section 183.023, Tax Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 183.023.  PAYMENT. (a)  The tax due for the preceding
	month shall accompany the return and shall be payable to the state.
	(b)  The comptroller shall deposit the revenue received
	under this section in the general revenue fund.
	(c)  In August 2013, each permittee who is liable for the tax
	imposed by this subchapter shall remit a tax prepayment of taxes due
	to be remitted in September 2013 that is equal to 25 percent of the
	amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit during August
	2013 under Subsection (a). The prepayment is in addition to the
	amount the permittee is otherwise required to remit during August.
	The permittee shall remit the additional payment in conjunction
	with the return and payment otherwise required during that month.
	(d)  A permittee who remits the additional payment as
	required by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the
	additional payment against the next payment due under Subsection
	(a).
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 11.07.  The expiration of the amendments made to the
	Alcoholic Beverage Code and Tax Code in accordance with this
	article does not affect tax liability accruing before the
	expiration of those amendments. That liability continues in effect
	as if the amendments had not expired, and the former law is
	continued in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil
	and criminal enforcement of the liability for those taxes.
	ARTICLE 12.  CIGARETTE TAX STAMPING ALLOWANCE
	SECTION 12.01.  Subsection (a), Section 154.052, Tax Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A distributor is, subject to the provisions of Section
	154.051, entitled to two [three] percent of the face value of stamps
	purchased as a stamping allowance for providing the service of
	affixing stamps to cigarette packages, except that an out-of-state
	distributor is entitled to receive only the same percentage of
	stamping allowance as that given to Texas distributors doing
	business in the state of the distributor.
	SECTION 12.02.  This article applies only to cigarette
	stamps purchased on or after the effective date of this article.
	Cigarette stamps purchased before the effective date of this
	article are governed by the law in effect on the date the cigarette
	stamps were purchased, and that law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	ARTICLE 13.  FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING BASIC CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES,
	INDIGENT DEFENSE, AND JUDICIAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT
	SECTION 13.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 22.016 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.016.  JUDICIAL ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.
	(a)  The judicial access and improvement account is an account in
	the general revenue fund.
	(b)  Subject to Subsection (d), money in the judicial access
	and improvement account shall be appropriated only as provided by
	this section. The supreme court may use an amount determined by the
	supreme court, which annually may not exceed $1 million, to phase in
	electronic filing and retrieval in courts in this state.  The
	remainder of the money in the account shall be divided as follows:
	(1)  an amount equal to 70 percent of the remainder
	shall be deposited to the credit of the basic civil legal services
	account of the judicial fund established under Section 51.943 for
	use in programs approved by the supreme court that provide basic
	civil legal services to indigents; and
	(2)  an amount equal to 30 percent of the remainder
	shall be deposited to the credit of the fair defense account
	established under Section 71.058.
	(c)  The supreme court in consultation with the Judicial
	Committee on Information Technology may enter into an agreement
	with the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
	System to implement the electronic filing and retrieval in courts
	of this state authorized under Subsection (b), including acquiring
	the necessary technology, software, and data storage.
	(d)  The comptroller may retain two percent of the money
	remitted to the comptroller for deposit in the judicial access and
	improvement account. The comptroller shall use the money to audit
	and administer fund balances and to ensure the timely deposit of
	money in accounts as required by this section.
	(e)  Section 403.095 does not apply to money dedicated under
	this section.
	SECTION 13.02.  Section 101.0615, Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.0615.  DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS:  LOCAL
	GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect fees
	and costs under the Local Government Code as follows:
	(1)  additional filing fees:
	(A)  for each civil suit filed, for court-related
	purposes for the support of the judiciary and for civil legal
	services to an indigent:
	(i)  for family law cases and proceedings as
	defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code (Sec. 133.151, Local
	Government Code) . . . $45; or
	(ii)  for any case other than a case
	described by Subparagraph (i) (Sec. 133.151, Local Government Code)
	. . . $50; and
	(B)  on the filing of any civil action or
	proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on the
	filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention,
	interpleader, or third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund
	civil legal services for the indigent:
	(i)  for family law cases and proceedings as
	defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code (Sec. 133.152, Local
	Government Code) . . . $15 [$5]; or
	(ii)  for any case other than a case
	described by Subparagraph (i) (Sec. 133.152, Local Government Code)
	. . . $20 [$10];
	(2)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
	security fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court
	(Sec. 291.008, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
	(3)  additional filing fee for filing documents not
	subject to certain filing fees to fund the courthouse security
	fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
	291.008, Local Government Code) . . . $1;
	(4)  additional filing fee to fund the courthouse
	security fund in Webb County, if authorized by the county
	commissioners court (Sec. 291.009, Local Government Code) . . . not
	to exceed $20;
	(5)  court cost in civil cases other than suits for
	delinquent taxes to fund the county law library fund, if authorized
	by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local Government
	Code) . . . not to exceed $35; and
	(6)  on the filing of a civil suit, an additional filing
	fee to be used for court-related purposes for the support of the
	judiciary (Sec. 133.154, Local Government Code) . . . $42.
	SECTION 13.03.  Subchapter F, Chapter 102, Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 102.1035 to read as follows:
	Sec. 102.1035.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
	JUSTICE COURT:  LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.  A clerk of a justice court
	shall collect from a defendant a court cost of $5 under Section
	133.108, Local Government Code, on conviction of an offense, other
	than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor
	vehicle.
	SECTION 13.04.  Subchapter G, Chapter 102, Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 102.1215 to read as follows:
	Sec. 102.1215.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
	MUNICIPAL COURT:  LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.  A clerk of a municipal
	court shall collect from a defendant a court cost of $5 under
	Section 133.108, Local Government Code, on conviction of an
	offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the
	parking of a motor vehicle.
	SECTION 13.05.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 403.0306 to read as follows:
	Sec. 403.0306.  FEES AND COSTS ASSESSED FOR JUDICIAL ACCESS
	AND IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT. Notwithstanding any other law, if in any
	state fiscal biennium the legislature:
	(1)  does not appropriate any money to the judicial
	access and improvement account for the purposes provided by Section
	22.016:
	(A)  the comptroller and the Office of Court
	Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall notify each clerk
	of a justice or municipal court, as appropriate, not to assess fees
	and court costs under Sections 102.1035 and 102.1215 of this code
	and Section 133.108, Local Government Code, during the state fiscal
	biennium; and
	(B)  a clerk of a justice or municipal court may
	not assess fees and court costs under Sections 102.1035 and
	102.1215 of this code and Section 133.108, Local Government Code,
	during the state fiscal biennium; or
	(2)  appropriates only a portion of the money to the
	judicial access and improvement account for the purposes provided
	by Section 22.016:
	(A)  the comptroller and the Office of Court
	Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall:
	(i)  proportionally adjust the amount of the
	fees and court costs to be assessed under Sections 102.1035 and
	102.1215 of this code and Section 133.108, Local Government Code,
	during the state fiscal biennium; and
	(ii)  notify each clerk of a justice or
	municipal court, as appropriate, of the amount of the fees and court
	costs to be assessed under Sections 102.1035 and 102.1215 of this
	code and Section 133.108, Local Government Code, during the state
	fiscal biennium; and
	(B)  a clerk of a justice or municipal court shall
	assess the amount of the fees and court costs determined by the
	comptroller under Paragraph (A) during the state fiscal biennium.
	SECTION 13.06.  Section 133.003, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 133.003.  CRIMINAL FEES.  This chapter applies to the
	following criminal fees:
	(1)  the consolidated fee imposed under Section
	133.102;
	(2)  the time payment fee imposed under Section
	133.103;
	(3)  fees for services of peace officers employed by
	the state imposed under Article 102.011, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, and forwarded to the comptroller as provided by Section
	133.104;
	(4)  costs on conviction imposed in certain statutory
	county courts under Section 51.702, Government Code, and deposited
	in the judicial fund;
	(5)  costs on conviction imposed in certain county
	courts under Section 51.703, Government Code, and deposited in the
	judicial fund;
	(6)  the administrative fee for failure to appear or
	failure to pay or satisfy a judgment imposed under Section 706.006,
	Transportation Code;
	(7)  fines on conviction imposed under Section
	621.506(g), Transportation Code;
	(8)  the fee imposed under Article 102.0045, Code of
	Criminal Procedure;
	(9)  the cost on conviction imposed under Section
	133.105 and deposited in the judicial fund; [and]
	(10)  the cost on conviction imposed under Section
	133.107; and
	(11)  the cost on conviction imposed under Section
	133.108.
	SECTION 13.07.  Section 133.058, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  A municipality or county may retain five percent of
	the money collected as a fee under Section 133.108 to be used for
	judicial support.
	SECTION 13.08.  Subchapter C, Chapter 133, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 133.108 to read as follows:
	Sec. 133.108.  FEE FOR JUDICIAL ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENT.
	(a)  A person convicted in a municipal or justice court of an
	offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the
	parking of a motor vehicle, shall pay as a court cost, in addition
	to other costs, a fee of $5 to be used to fund basic civil legal
	services and criminal defense for indigents and electronic filing
	in courts in this state through the judicial access and improvement
	account established under Section 22.016, Government Code.
	(b)  The treasurer shall remit the fees collected under this
	section to the comptroller in the manner provided by Subchapter B.
	The comptroller shall credit the remitted fees to the credit of the
	judicial access and improvement account established under Section
	22.016, Government Code.
	SECTION 13.09.  Subsection (a), Section 133.152, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  In addition to other fees collected under Section
	133.151(a) or otherwise authorized or required by law, the clerk of
	a district court shall collect the following fees on the filing of
	any civil action or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an
	appeal, and on the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action,
	intervention, interpleader, or third-party action requiring a
	filing fee:
	(1)  $15 [$5] in family law cases and proceedings as
	defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code; and
	(2)  $20 [$10] in any case other than a case described
	by Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 13.10.  (a)  Section 51.607, Government Code, does
	not apply to the imposition of a court cost or fee under this
	article.
	(b)  The changes in law made by this article apply to the
	costs imposed on or after September 1, 2011, for conviction of an
	offense that occurs on or after that date.
	(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b) of this section, an
	offense is committed before the date specified by that subsection
	if any element of the offense occurs before the specified date.
	Court costs imposed on conviction of an offense committed before
	that specified date are governed by the law in effect on the date
	the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect
	for that purpose.
	(d)  Subsection (a), Section 133.152, Local Government Code,
	as amended by this article, and Section 101.0615, Government Code,
	as amended by this article, apply only to a civil action or
	proceeding filed in a district court on or after the effective date
	of this article.  A civil action or proceeding filed before that
	date is governed by the law in effect on the date the action or
	proceeding was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	ARTICLE 14.  SALES FOR RESALE
	SECTION 14.01.  Section 151.006, Tax Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  "Sale for resale" means a sale of:
	(1)  tangible personal property or a taxable service to
	a purchaser who acquires the property or service for the purpose of
	reselling it with or as a taxable item in the United States of
	America or a possession or territory of the United States of America
	or in the United Mexican States in the normal course of business in
	the form or condition in which it is acquired or as an attachment to
	or integral part of other tangible personal property or taxable
	service;
	(2)  tangible personal property to a purchaser for the
	sole purpose of the purchaser's leasing or renting it in the United
	States of America or a possession or territory of the United States
	of America or in the United Mexican States in the normal course of
	business to another person, but not if incidental to the leasing or
	renting of real estate;
	(3)  tangible personal property to a purchaser who
	acquires the property for the purpose of transferring it in the
	United States of America or a possession or territory of the United
	States of America or in the United Mexican States as an integral
	part of a taxable service; [or]
	(4)  a taxable service performed on tangible personal
	property that is held for sale by the purchaser of the taxable
	service; or
	(5)  tangible personal property to a purchaser who
	acquires the property for the sole purpose of transferring it as an
	integral part of performing a contract with the federal government
	only if the purchaser:
	(A)  allocates to the contract the cost of the
	property as a direct or indirect cost;
	(B)  bills the cost of the property to the federal
	government for reimbursement; and
	(C)  transfers title to the property to the
	federal government under the contract and applicable federal
	acquisition regulations.
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a sale for
	resale does not include the sale of tangible personal property or a
	taxable service to a purchaser who acquires the property or service
	for the purpose of performing a service that is not subject to
	taxation under this chapter, regardless of whether title transfers
	to the purchaser's customer.
	SECTION 14.02.  This article takes effect immediately if
	this Act 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 article takes effect September 1, 2011.
	ARTICLE 15.  COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
	SECTION 15.01.  Subsections (f), (h), (i), and (j), Article
	103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as
	follows:
	(f)  The [comptroller, in cooperation with the] office[,]
	shall develop a methodology for determining the collection rate of
	counties and municipalities described by Subsection (e) before
	implementation of a program.  The office [comptroller] shall
	determine the rate for each county and municipality not later than
	the first anniversary of the county's or municipality's adoption of
	a program.
	(h)  The office[, in consultation with the comptroller,]
	may:
	(1)  use case dispositions, population, revenue data,
	or other appropriate measures to develop a prioritized
	implementation schedule for programs; and
	(2)  determine whether it is not cost-effective to
	implement a program in a county or municipality and grant a waiver
	to the county or municipality.
	(i)  Each county and municipality shall at least annually
	submit to the office [and the comptroller] a written report that
	includes updated information regarding the program, as determined
	by the office [in cooperation with the comptroller].  The report
	must be in a form approved by the office [in cooperation with the
	comptroller].
	(j)  The office [comptroller] shall periodically audit
	counties and municipalities to verify information reported under
	Subsection (i) and confirm that the county or municipality is
	conforming with requirements relating to the program.  [The
	comptroller shall consult with the office in determining how
	frequently to conduct audits under this section.]
	SECTION 15.02.  Subsection (e), Section 133.058, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  A municipality or county may not retain a service fee
	if, during an audit under [Section 133.059 of this code or] Article
	103.0033(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, the Office of Court
	Administration of the Texas Judicial System [comptroller]
	determines that the municipality or county is not in compliance
	with Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure.  The
	municipality or county may continue to retain a service fee under
	this section on receipt of a written confirmation from the Office of
	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System [comptroller]
	that the municipality or county is in compliance with Article
	103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 15.03.  Subsection (c-1), Section 133.103, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c-1)  The treasurer shall send 100 percent of the fees
	collected under this section to the comptroller if, during an audit
	under [Section 133.059 of this code or] Article 103.0033(j), Code
	of Criminal Procedure, the Office of Court Administration of the
	Texas Judicial System [comptroller] determines that the
	municipality or county is not in compliance with Article 103.0033,
	Code of Criminal Procedure. The municipality or county shall
	continue to dispose of fees as otherwise provided by this section on
	receipt of a written confirmation from the Office of Court
	Administration of the Texas Judicial System [comptroller] that the
	municipality or county is in compliance with Article 103.0033, Code
	of Criminal Procedure.
	ARTICLE 16.  REMITTANCE AND ALLOCATION OF FRANCHISE TAX
	SECTION 16.01.  Subchapter D, Chapter 171, Tax Code, is
	amended by adding Section 171.153 to read as follows:
	Sec. 171.153.  TAX PREPAYMENT FROM TAXABLE ENTITIES
	REMITTING ELECTRONICALLY. (a)  For purposes of this section,
	"large taxable entity" means a taxable entity that:
	(1)  on July 31, 2013, is doing business in this state;
	(2)  has total revenue from its entire business for the
	regular annual period covered by the report originally due May 15,
	2012, that exceeds the maximum amount of total revenue prescribed
	by Section 171.1016 that would allow the taxable entity to elect to
	pay the tax in the amount computed as prescribed by that section;
	and
	(3)  is required by rules adopted by the comptroller to
	make the taxable entity's tax payment for the regular annual period
	for which a report is originally due May 15, 2013, regardless of the
	date the taxable entity actually files the report, by electronic
	funds transfer.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Section 171.152(c), a large taxable
	entity shall pay a prepayment of taxes due to be remitted with the
	report originally due May 15, 2014, under this chapter in an amount
	equal to 25 percent of the amount of tax imposed under this chapter
	and reported as due for the regular annual period covered by the
	report originally due May 15, 2012, regardless of the date the
	taxable entity actually files the report. The taxable entity shall
	remit the tax prepayment to the comptroller:
	(1)  not later than July 31, 2013;
	(2)  in the manner prescribed by rules adopted by the
	comptroller; and
	(3)  accompanied by any information required by the
	comptroller.
	(c)  A large taxable entity that remits a tax prepayment as
	required by Subsection (b) may take a credit on the report
	originally due on May 15, 2014, in the amount of the tax prepayment.
	(d)  In lieu of a penalty that may be assessed under Section
	171.362, a large taxable entity that fails to remit the tax
	prepayment required by this section on or before July 31, 2013, is
	liable for a penalty of 10 percent of the estimated amount of the
	tax prepayment due under this section.
	(e)  A tax prepayment remitted under this section is not
	considered a report for purposes of any provision of Subchapter E,
	F, or G.
	(f)  Notwithstanding Section 171.4011, the comptroller shall
	deposit revenue received from tax prepayments under this section to
	the credit of the general revenue fund.  The comptroller shall
	deposit revenue received from tax payments remitted with reports
	originally due on May 15, 2014, in accordance with Subchapter I.
	(g)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 16.02.  The expiration of the amendment made to the
	Tax Code in accordance with this article does not affect tax
	liability accruing before the expiration of that amendment. That
	liability continues in effect as if the amendment had not expired,
	and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of
	taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability
	for those taxes.
	ARTICLE 17.  REMITTANCE OF SALES AND USE TAXES
	SECTION 17.01.  Section 151.401, Tax Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c)  In August 2013, a taxpayer who is required to pay the
	taxes imposed by this chapter on or before the 20th day of that
	month under Subsection (a), who pays the taxes imposed by this
	chapter by electronic funds transfer, and who does not prepay as
	provided by Section 151.424 shall remit to the comptroller a tax
	prepayment that is equal to 25 percent of the amount the taxpayer is
	otherwise required to remit during August 2013 under Subsection
	(a).  The prepayment is in addition to the amount the taxpayer is
	otherwise required to remit during August. The taxpayer shall
	remit the additional payment in conjunction with the payment
	otherwise required during that month. Section 151.424 does not
	apply with respect to the additional payment required by this
	subsection.
	(d)  A taxpayer who remits the additional payment as required
	by Subsection (c) may take a credit in the amount of the additional
	payment against the next payment due under Subsection (a).
	(e)  Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 17.02.  Section 151.402, Tax Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 151.402.  TAX REPORT DATES. (a)  A [Except as provided
	by Subsection (b) of this section, a] tax report required by this
	chapter for a reporting period is due on the same date that the tax
	payment for the period is due as provided by Section 151.401.
	(b)  A taxpayer may report a credit in the amount of any tax
	prepayment remitted to the comptroller as required by Section
	151.401(c) on the tax report required by this chapter that is
	otherwise due in September 2013 [for taxes required by Section
	151.401(a) to be paid on or before August 20 is due on or before the
	20th day of the following month]. This subsection expires
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 17.03.  The expiration of the amendments made to the
	Tax Code in accordance with this article does not affect tax
	liability accruing before the expiration of those amendments. That
	liability continues in effect as if the amendments had not expired,
	and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of
	taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability
	for those taxes.
	ARTICLE 18.  REPORTS REGARDING CERTAIN SALES OF ALCOHOLIC
	BEVERAGES
	SECTION 18.01.  Section 111.006, Tax Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
	(h)  The comptroller shall disclose information to a person
	regarding net sales by quantity, brand, and size that is submitted
	in a report required under Section 151.462 if:
	(1)  the person requesting the information holds a
	permit or license under Chapter 19, 20, 21, 37, 64, 65, or 66,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code; and
	(2)  the request relates only to information regarding
	the sale of a product distributed by the person making the request.
	(i)  A disclosure made under Subsection (h) is not considered
	a disclosure of competitively sensitive, proprietary, or
	confidential information.
	SECTION 18.02.  Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter I-1, and a heading is added to that subchapter to read as
	follows:
	SUBCHAPTER I-1.  REPORTS BY PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE
	AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
	SECTION 18.03.  Subchapter I-1, Chapter 151, Tax Code, as
	added by this Act, is amended by adding Sections 151.462, 151.463,
	151.464, 151.465, 151.466, 151.467, 151.468, 151.469, 151.470, and
	151.471, and Section 151.433, Tax Code, is transferred to
	Subchapter I-1, Chapter 151, Tax Code, redesignated as Section
	151.461, Tax Code, and amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 151.461 [151.433].  DEFINITIONS.  [REPORTS BY
	WHOLESALERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF BEER, WINE, AND MALT LIQUOR.
	(a)]  In this subchapter [section]:
	(1)  "Brewer" means a person required to hold a brewer's
	permit under Chapter 12, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	(2)  "Distributor" means a person required to hold:
	(A)  a general distributor's license under
	Chapter 64, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(B)  a local distributor's license under Chapter
	65, Alcoholic Beverage Code; or
	(C)  a branch distributor's license under Chapter
	66, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	(3)  "Manufacturer" means a person required to hold a
	manufacturer's license under Chapter 62, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	(4)  "Package store local distributor" means a person
	required to hold:
	(A)  a package store permit under Chapter 22,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code; and
	(B)  a local distributor's permit under Chapter
	23, [a general, local, or branch distributor's license under the]
	Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	(5) [(2)]  "Retailer" means a person required to hold
	[the following]:
	(A)  a wine and beer retailer's permit under
	Chapter 25, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(B)  a wine and beer retailer's off-premise permit
	under Chapter 26, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(C)  a temporary wine and beer retailer's permit
	or special three-day wine and beer permit under Chapter 27,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(D)  a mixed beverage permit under Chapter 28,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(E)  a daily temporary mixed beverage permit under
	Chapter 30, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(F)  a private club registration permit under
	Chapter 32, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(G)  a certificate issued to a fraternal or
	veterans organization under Section 32.11, Alcoholic Beverage
	Code;
	(H)  a daily temporary private club permit under
	Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(I)  a temporary charitable auction permit under
	Chapter 53, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(J)  a retail dealer's on-premise license under
	Chapter 69, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(K)  a temporary license under Chapter 72,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code; or
	(L) [(D)]  a retail dealer's off-premise license
	under Chapter 71, Alcoholic Beverage Code, except for a dealer who
	also holds a package store permit under Chapter 22, Alcoholic
	Beverage Code.
	(6) [(3)]  "Wholesaler" means a person required to hold
	[the following under the Alcoholic Beverage Code]:
	(A)  a winery permit under Chapter 16, Alcoholic
	Beverage Code;
	(B)  a wholesaler's permit under Chapter 19,
	Alcoholic Beverage Code;
	(C) [(B)]  a general Class B wholesaler's permit
	under Chapter 20, Alcoholic Beverage Code; or
	(D) [(C)]  a local Class B wholesaler's permit
	under Chapter 21, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	Sec. 151.462.  REPORTS BY BREWERS, MANUFACTURERS,
	WHOLESALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS.  (a) [(b)]  The comptroller shall
	[may, when considered necessary by the comptroller for the
	administration of a tax under this chapter,] require each brewer,
	manufacturer, wholesaler, [or] distributor, or package store local
	distributor [of beer, wine, or malt liquor] to file with the
	comptroller a report each month of alcoholic beverage sales to
	retailers in this state.
	(b)  Each brewer, manufacturer, [(c)  The] wholesaler, [or]
	distributor, or package store local distributor shall file a
	separate [the] report for each permit or license held on or before
	the 25th day of each month.  The report must contain the following
	information for the preceding calendar month's sales in relation to
	each retailer:
	(1)  the brewer's, manufacturer's, wholesaler's,
	distributor's, or package store local distributor's name, address,
	taxpayer number and outlet number assigned by the comptroller, and
	alphanumeric permit or license number issued by the Texas Alcoholic
	Beverage Commission;
	(2)  the retailer's:
	(A)  name and address, including street name and
	number, city, and zip code;
	(B)  taxpayer number assigned by the comptroller;
	and
	(C)  alphanumeric permit or license number issued
	by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for each separate retail
	location or outlet to which the brewer, manufacturer, wholesaler,
	distributor, or package store local distributor sold the alcoholic
	beverages that are listed on the report [the name of the retailer
	and the address of the retailer's outlet location to which the
	wholesaler or distributor delivered beer, wine, or malt liquor,
	including the city and zip code;
	[(2)     the taxpayer number assigned by the comptroller
	to the retailer, if the wholesaler or distributor is in possession
	of the number;
	[(3)     the permit or license number assigned to the
	retailer by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission]; and
	(3) [(4)]  the monthly net sales made by the brewer,
	manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or package store local
	distributor to the retailer for each [by] outlet or location
	covered by a separate retail permit or license issued by the Texas
	Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including separate line items for:
	(A)  the number of units of alcoholic beverages;
	(B)  the individual container size and pack of
	each unit;
	(C)  the brand name;
	(D)  the type of beverage, such as distilled
	spirits, wine, or malt beverage;
	(E)  the universal product code of the alcoholic
	beverage; and
	(F)  the net selling price of the alcoholic
	beverage [by the wholesaler or distributor, including the quantity
	and units of beer, wine, and malt liquor sold to the retailer].
	(c) [(d)]  Except as provided by this subsection, the
	brewer, manufacturer, wholesaler, [or] distributor, or package
	store local distributor shall file the report with the comptroller
	electronically.  The comptroller may establish procedures to
	temporarily postpone the electronic reporting requirement [for
	allowing an alternative method of filing] for a brewer,
	manufacturer, wholesaler, [or] distributor, or package store local
	distributor who demonstrates to the comptroller an inability to
	comply because undue hardship would result if it were required to
	file the return electronically [with the electronic reporting
	requirement].  If the comptroller determines that another
	technological method of filing the report is more efficient than
	electronic filing, the comptroller may establish procedures
	requiring its use by brewers, manufacturers, wholesalers, [and]
	distributors, and package store local distributors.
	Sec. 151.463.  RULES. The comptroller may adopt rules to
	implement this subchapter.
	Sec. 151.464.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  [(e)]  Except as provided
	by Section 111.006, information contained in a report required to
	be filed by this subchapter [section] is confidential and not
	subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
	Sec. 151.465.  APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN BREWERS. This
	subchapter applies only to a brewer whose annual production of malt
	liquor in this state, together with the annual production of beer at
	the same premises by the holder of a manufacturer's license under
	Section 62.12, Alcoholic Beverage Code, does not exceed 75,000
	barrels.
	Sec. 151.466.  APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MANUFACTURERS. This
	subchapter applies only to a manufacturer whose annual production
	of beer in this state does not exceed 75,000 barrels.
	Sec. 151.467.  SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION OF PERMIT.
	[(f)]  If a person fails to file a report required by this
	subchapter [section] or fails to file a complete report, the
	comptroller may suspend or cancel one or more permits issued to the
	person under Section 151.203.
	Sec. 151.468.  CIVIL PENALTY; CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  If a
	person fails to file a report required by this subchapter or fails
	to file a complete report, the comptroller [and] may impose a civil
	or criminal penalty, or both, under Section 151.7031 or 151.709.
	(b)  In addition to the penalties imposed under Subsection
	(a), a brewer, manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or package
	store local distributor shall pay the state a civil penalty of not
	less than $25 or more than $2,000 for each day a violation continues
	if the brewer, manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or package
	store local distributor:
	(1)  violates this subchapter; or
	(2)  violates a rule adopted to administer or enforce
	this subchapter.
	Sec. 151.469.  ACTION BY TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
	COMMISSION.  [(g)]  If a person fails to file a report required by
	this subchapter [section] or fails to file a complete report, the
	comptroller may notify the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of
	the failure and the commission may take administrative action
	against the person for the failure under the Alcoholic Beverage
	Code.
	Sec. 151.470.  AUDIT; INSPECTION.  The comptroller may
	audit, inspect, or otherwise verify a brewer's, manufacturer's,
	wholesaler's, distributor's, or package store local distributor's
	compliance with this subchapter.
	Sec. 151.471.  ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; VENUE; ATTORNEY'S
	FEES.  (a)  The comptroller may bring an action to enforce this
	subchapter and obtain any civil remedy authorized by this
	subchapter or any other law for the violation of this subchapter.
	The attorney general shall prosecute the action on the
	comptroller's behalf.
	(b)  Venue for and jurisdiction of an action under this
	section is exclusively conferred on the district courts in Travis
	County.
	(c)  If the comptroller prevails in an action under this
	section, the comptroller and attorney general are entitled to
	recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in
	bringing the action.
	SECTION 18.04.  Subchapter I-1, Chapter 151, Tax Code, as
	added by this article, applies only to a report due on or after the
	effective date of this article.  A report due before the effective
	date of this article is governed by the law as it existed on the date
	the report was due, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	ARTICLE 19.  AUTHORIZED USES FOR CERTAIN DEDICATED PERMANENT FUNDS
	SECTION 19.01.  Section 403.105, Government Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (b-1), (c), (e), (f),
	and (h), money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose.
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding the limitations and requirements of
	Section 403.1068, the legislature may appropriate money in the
	fund, including the corpus and available earnings of the fund
	determined under Section 403.1068, to pay the principal of or
	interest on a bond issued for the purposes of Section 67, Article
	III, Texas Constitution. This subsection does not authorize the
	appropriation under this subsection of money subject to a
	limitation or requirement as described by Subsection (e) that is
	not consistent with the use of the money in accordance with this
	subsection.
	SECTION 19.02.  Section 403.1055, Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (b-1), (c), (e), (f),
	and (h), money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose.
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding the limitations and requirements of
	Section 403.1068, the legislature may appropriate money in the
	fund, including the corpus and available earnings of the fund
	determined under Section 403.1068, to pay the principal of or
	interest on a bond issued for the purposes of Section 67, Article
	III, Texas Constitution. This subsection does not authorize the
	appropriation under this subsection of money subject to a
	limitation or requirement as described by Subsection (e) that is
	not consistent with the use of the money in accordance with this
	subsection.
	SECTION 19.03.  Section 403.106, Government Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (b-1), (c), (e), (f),
	and (h), money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose.
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding the limitations and requirements of
	Section 403.1068, the legislature may appropriate money in the
	fund, including the corpus and available earnings of the fund
	determined under Section 403.1068, to pay the principal of or
	interest on a bond issued for the purposes of Section 67, Article
	III, Texas Constitution. This subsection does not authorize the
	appropriation under this subsection of money subject to a
	limitation or requirement as described by Subsection (e) that is
	not consistent with the use of the money in accordance with this
	subsection.
	SECTION 19.04.  This article takes effect immediately if
	this Act 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 article takes effect September 1, 2011.
	ARTICLE 20.  EMPLOYER ENROLLMENT FEE FOR PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN
	HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS
	SECTION 20.01.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code,
	is amended by adding Section 1551.3076 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1551.3076.  EMPLOYER ENROLLMENT FEE.  (a)  The board of
	trustees shall assess each employer whose employees participate in
	the group benefits program an employer enrollment fee in an amount
	not to exceed a percentage of the employer's total payroll, as
	determined by the General Appropriations Act.
	(b)  The board of trustees shall deposit the enrollment fees
	to the credit of the employees life, accident, and health insurance
	and benefits fund to be used for the purposes specified by Section
	1551.401.
	ARTICLE 21. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD MEETINGS
	SECTION 21.01.  Section 322.003, Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  The board shall hold a public hearing in November of
	each state fiscal year to hear a report from the comptroller and
	receive public testimony regarding the financial condition of this
	state. The report from the comptroller must:
	(1)  specify for each revenue source included in
	determining the estimate of anticipated revenue for purposes of the
	most recent statement required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas
	Constitution, the total net revenue actually collected from that
	source for the state fiscal year as of the end of the most recent
	state fiscal quarter;
	(2)  compare for the period described by Subdivision
	(1) the total net revenue collected from each revenue source
	required to be specified under that subdivision with the
	anticipated revenue from that source that was included for purposes
	of determining the estimate of anticipated revenue in the statement
	required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution;
	(3)  specify for each state revenue source resulting
	from a law taking effect after the comptroller submitted the most
	recent statement required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas
	Constitution, the estimated total net revenue collected from that
	source for the state fiscal year as of the end of the most recent
	state fiscal quarter;
	(4)  summarize indicators of state economic trends
	experienced since the most recent statement required by Section
	49a, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
	(5)  summarize anticipated state economic trends and
	the anticipated effect of the trends on state revenue collections.
	SECTION 21.02.  Section 322.008, Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  For each state fee the amount of which is proposed or
	authorized to be increased by a provision of the general
	appropriations bill, the general appropriations bill must set out
	in a separate section of the bill:
	(1)  the statutory authority for the fee;
	(2)  the amount of the fee increase;
	(3)  each purpose for which the fee revenue is to be
	used; and
	(4)  into which fund the fee revenue will be deposited.
	SECTION 21.03.  Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 322.022 to read as follows:
	Sec. 322.022.  PUBLIC HEARING ON INTERIM BUDGET REDUCTION
	REQUEST. (a)  In this section:
	(1)  "Interim budget reduction request" means a request
	communicated in any manner for a state agency to make adjustments to
	the strategies, methods of finance, performance measures, or riders
	applicable to the agency through the state budget in effect on the
	date the request is communicated that, if implemented, would reduce
	the agency's total expenditures for the current state fiscal
	biennium to an amount less than the total amount that otherwise
	would be permissible based on the appropriations made to the agency
	in the budget.
	(2)  "State agency" means an office, department, board,
	commission, institution, or other entity to which a legislative
	appropriation is made.
	(b)  A state agency shall provide to the board a detailed
	report of any expenditure reduction plan that:
	(1)  the agency develops in response to an interim
	budget reduction request made by the governor, the lieutenant
	governor, or a member of the legislature, or any combination of
	those persons; and
	(2)  if implemented, would reduce the agency's total
	expenditures for the current state fiscal biennium to an amount
	less than the total amount that otherwise would be permissible
	based on the appropriations made to the agency in the state budget
	for the biennium.
	(c)  The board shall hold a public hearing to solicit
	testimony on an expenditure reduction plan a state agency reports
	to the board as required by Subsection (b) as soon as practicable
	after receiving the report. The agency may not implement any
	element of the plan until the conclusion of the hearing.
	(d)  This section does not apply to an expenditure reduction
	a state agency desires to make that does not directly or indirectly
	result from an interim budget reduction request made by the
	governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature,
	or any combination of those persons.
	SECTION 21.04.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 403.0145 to read as follows:
	Sec. 403.0145.  PUBLICATION OF FEES SCHEDULE. As soon as
	practicable after the end of each state fiscal year, the
	comptroller shall publish a schedule of all revenue to the state
	from fees authorized by statute. For each fee, the schedule must
	specify:
	(1)  the purpose for which the fee revenue is to be
	used;
	(2)  if the fee has been increased during the most
	recent legislative session, the amount of the increase;
	(3)  into which fund the fee revenue will be deposited;
	and
	(4)  the amount of the fee revenue that will be
	considered available for general governmental purposes and
	accordingly considered available for the purpose of certification
	under Section 403.121.
	SECTION 21.05.  Section 404.124, Government Code, is amended
	by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Before issuing notes the comptroller shall submit to the
	committee a general revenue cash flow shortfall forecast, based on
	the comptroller's most recent anticipated revenue estimate. The
	forecast must contain a detailed report of estimated revenues and
	expenditures for each month and each major revenue and expenditure
	category and must demonstrate the maximum general revenue cash flow
	shortfall that may be predicted. The committee shall hold a public
	hearing to solicit testimony on the forecast, including testimony
	on this state's overall economic condition, as soon as practicable
	after receiving the forecast.
	(b)  Based on the forecast and testimony provided at the
	hearing required by Subsection (a), the committee may approve the
	issuance of notes, subject to Subsections (b-1) and (c), and the
	maximum outstanding balance of notes in any fiscal year. The
	outstanding balance may not exceed the maximum temporary cash
	shortfall forecast by the comptroller for any period in the fiscal
	year. The comptroller may not issue notes in excess of the amount
	approved.
	(b-1)  The committee's approval of the issuance of notes
	granted under Subsection (b) expires on the 91st day after the date
	the hearing conducted under Subsection (a) concludes. The
	comptroller may not issue notes on or after the 91st day unless the
	comptroller submits another general revenue cash flow shortfall
	forecast to the committee and the committee subsequently grants
	approval for the issuance of the notes in accordance with the
	procedure required by Subsections (a) and (b). Each subsequent
	approval expires on the 61st day after the date the hearing on which
	the approval was based concludes.
	ARTICLE 22.  ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
	SECTION 22.01.  Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
	(m)  Notwithstanding Subsections (e) and (e-1), during the
	state fiscal biennium that begins on September 1, 2011, the
	governor shall transfer $30 million from the fund to the Texas
	Workforce Commission to fund the Texas Back to Work Program
	established under Chapter 313, Labor Code, and $15 million from the
	fund to the skills development fund established under Section
	303.003, Labor Code.  The governor shall begin transferring money
	as required by this subsection as soon as possible after
	September 1, 2011, and may make more than one transfer if necessary
	to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
	SECTION 22.02.  Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-2)  From money available to the skills development fund
	program, the commission shall allocate not less than $5 million
	each state fiscal biennium for businesses with fewer than 100
	employees that partner with one of the entities under Subsection
	(b) to provide job-training skills to the business's employees.  A
	business that receives money for job-training purposes under this
	subsection may not receive more than:
	(1)  $1,450 per new employee for training costs
	associated with that employee; and
	(2)  $725 per retained employee for training costs
	associated with retaining that employee.
	SECTION  22.03.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended
	by adding Chapter 313 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 313.  TEXAS BACK TO WORK PROGRAM
	Sec.  313.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "qualified
	applicant" means a person who made less than $40 per hour at the
	person's last employment before becoming unemployed.
	Sec. 313.002.  INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED.  (a)  The Texas Back
	to Work Program is established within the commission.
	(b)  The purpose of the program is to establish
	public-private partnerships with employers to transition residents
	of this state from receiving unemployment compensation to becoming
	employed as members of the workforce.
	(c)  An employer that participates in the initiative may
	receive a wage subsidy for hiring one or more qualified applicants
	who are unemployed at the time of hire.
	Sec. 313.003.  RULES.  The commission may adopt rules as
	necessary to implement this chapter.
	ARTICLE 23.  EFFECTIVE DATE
	SECTION 23.01.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
	this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.