H.B. No. 158
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the allocation and use 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.  Sections 151.801(c) and (c-1), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The [Subject to Subsection (c-1), the] proceeds from the
  collection of the taxes imposed by this chapter on the sale,
  storage, or use of sporting goods shall be deposited as follows:
               (1)  an amount equal to 94 percent of the proceeds shall
  be credited to the Parks and Wildlife Department and deposited as
  specified in the Parks and Wildlife Code; and
               (2)  an amount equal to six percent of the proceeds
  shall be credited to the Texas Historical Commission and deposited
  as specified in Section 442.073, Government Code.
         (c-1)  Money credited to Parks and Wildlife Department
  accounts under Subsection (c) may be appropriated only:
               (1)  to acquire, operate, maintain, and make capital
  improvements to parks;
               (2)  for a purpose authorized under Chapter 24, Parks
  and Wildlife Code; and
               (3)  [Except as provided by this subsection, the
  comptroller may not credit to the Parks and Wildlife Department or
  the Texas Historical Commission any amounts under this section that
  are in excess of the amounts appropriated to the department or
  commission for that biennium.     In addition to amounts appropriated
  to the Parks and Wildlife Department from the proceeds described by
  Subsection (c), the comptroller shall transfer to appropriate
  department accounts amounts from those proceeds sufficient] to fund
  the state contributions for employee benefits of Parks and Wildlife
  Department employees whose salaries or wages are paid from those
  department accounts [receiving the transfers].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 158 was passed by the House on May 1,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 158 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor