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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appropriation of money from the economic |
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stabilization fund to finance certain water-related projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) If the state water implementation fund for |
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Texas is created by legislation enacted by the 83rd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2013, the amount of $2 billion is appropriated |
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from the economic stabilization fund to the comptroller for the |
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purpose of depositing that amount to the credit of the state water |
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implementation fund for Texas as money available for use by the |
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Texas Water Development Board for the purposes of the state water |
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implementation fund for Texas. |
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(b) If the state water implementation fund for Texas is not |
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created by legislation enacted by the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, the amount of $2 billion is appropriated from the |
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economic stabilization fund to the comptroller for the purpose of |
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depositing that amount to the credit of the Texas Water Development |
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Fund II as money available for use by the Texas Water Development |
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Board for the purposes of the Texas Water Development Fund II. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013, but only |
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if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each |
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house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article |
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III, Texas Constitution. |