By: Darby, Otto, Howard, Turner of Harris, H.B. No. 7
      Murr, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  re
  lating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain
  statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; providing for the
  dedication and use of certain state revenue; reducing or affecting
  the amounts or rates of certain statutorily dedicated fees and
  assessments; redesignating the bingo prize fee as a prize tax and
  providing for the collection and use of the tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 102.054, Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 102.054.  ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL
  ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit the amounts [first
  $25 million] received from the fee imposed under this subchapter
  [in a state fiscal biennium] to the credit of the sexual assault
  program fund.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.703, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.703.  [EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE INNOVATION FUND;] AMOUNT
  OF GRANT AWARD. (a)  [Each state fiscal year, the commissioner
  shall deposit an amount determined by the General Appropriations
  Act to the credit of the educator excellence innovation fund in the
  general revenue fund.]  Each state fiscal year, the agency shall
  [use money in the educator excellence innovation fund to] provide
  each school district approved on a competitive basis under this
  subchapter with a grant in an amount determined by the agency in
  accordance with commissioner rule.
         (b)  Not later than April 1 of each state fiscal year, the
  agency shall provide written notice to each school district that
  will be provided a grant under this section that the district will
  be provided the grant and the amount of that grant.
         SECTION 3.  Section 52.91(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The board shall repay bonds issued by the board to fund
  the Texas B-On-time student loan program using legislative
  appropriations and money collected by the board as repayment for
  Texas B-On-time student loans awarded by the board.  [The board may
  use tuition set aside under Section 56.465 to repay bonds issued by
  the board for the Texas B-On-time student loan program.]  The board
  may not use money collected by the board as repayment for student
  loans awarded by the board under Subchapter C to repay bonds issued
  by the board for the Texas B-On-time student loan program under
  Section 56.464(b).
         SECTION 4.  Section 56.463, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 56.463.  TEXAS B-ON-TIME STUDENT LOAN ACCOUNT.  (a)  The
  Texas B-On-time student loan account is an account in the general
  revenue fund. The account consists of:
               (1)  gifts and grants and legislative appropriations
  received under Section 56.464;[, tuition set aside under Section
  56.465,] and
               (2)  other money required by law to be deposited in the
  account.
         (b)  Money in the Texas B-On-time student loan account may be
  appropriated [used] only:
               (1)  to pay any costs of the coordinating board related
  to the operation of the Texas B-On-time loan program and as
  otherwise provided by this subchapter; or
               (2)  to the institutions of higher education that
  contributed to the account as formerly provided by Section 56.465
  and only for a purpose other than the Texas B-On-time loan program.
         (c)  Appropriations under Subsection (b)(2) must be made so
  that each of the institutions of higher education receives an
  amount that is in proportion to the net amount the institution
  contributed to the Texas B-On-time student loan account.
         SECTION 5.  Section 61.5391(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The physician education loan repayment program account
  is an account in the general revenue fund.  The account is composed
  of:
               (1)  gifts and grants contributed to the account;
               (2)  earnings on the principal of the account; and
               (3)  other amounts deposited to the credit of the
  account, including:
                     (A)  money deposited under Section [61.539(b) or]
  61.5392;
                     (B)  legislative appropriations; and
                     (C)  money deposited under Section 155.2415, Tax
  Code.
         SECTION 6.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 403.0143 to read as follows:
         Sec. 403.0143.  REPORT ON USE OF GENERAL REVENUE-DEDICATED
  ACCOUNTS.  After each regular session of the legislature, the
  comptroller shall issue a report that itemizes each general
  revenue-dedicated account and the estimated balance and revenue in
  each account that is considered available for the purposes of
  certification of appropriations as provided by Section 403.095.  
  The comptroller shall publish the report on the comptroller's
  Internet website.
         SECTION 7.  Section 403.0956, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 403.0956.  REALLOCATION OF INTEREST ACCRUED ON CERTAIN
  DEDICATED REVENUE.  Notwithstanding any other law, all interest or
  other earnings that accrue on all revenue held in an account in the
  general revenue fund any part of which Section 403.095 makes
  available for certification under Section 403.121 are available for
  any general governmental purpose, and the comptroller shall deposit
  the interest and earnings to the credit of the general revenue
  fund.  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  interest or earnings on revenue deposited in
  accordance with Section 51.008, Education Code;
               (2)  an account that accrues interest or other earnings
  on deposits of state or federal money the diversion of which is
  specifically excluded by federal law;
               (3)  the lifetime license endowment account; [or]
               (4)  the game, fish, and water safety account;
               (5)  the coastal protection account; or
               (6)  the Alamo complex account.
         SECTION 8.  Section 420.008(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The legislature may appropriate money deposited to the
  credit of the fund only to:
               (1)  the attorney general, for:
                     (A)  sexual violence awareness and prevention
  campaigns;
                     (B)  grants to faith-based groups, independent
  school districts, and community action organizations for programs
  for the prevention of sexual assault and programs for victims of
  human trafficking;
                     (C)  grants for equipment for sexual assault nurse
  examiner programs, to support the preceptorship of future sexual
  assault nurse examiners, and for the continuing education of sexual
  assault nurse examiners;
                     (D)  grants to increase the level of sexual
  assault services in this state;
                     (E)  grants to support victim assistance
  coordinators;
                     (F)  grants to support technology in rape crisis
  centers;
                     (G)  grants to and contracts with a statewide
  nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under
  Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, having as a
  primary purpose ending sexual violence in this state, for programs
  for the prevention of sexual violence, outreach programs, and
  technical assistance to and support of youth and rape crisis
  centers working to prevent sexual violence; [and]
                     (H)  grants to regional nonprofit providers of
  civil legal services to provide legal assistance for sexual assault
  victims;
                     (I)  grants to prevent sex trafficking and to
  provide services for victims of sex trafficking; and
                     (J)  grants to carry out the purpose of this
  chapter, including standardizing the quality of services provided,
  preventing sexual assault, and improving services to survivors of
  sexual assault;
               (2)  the Department of State Health Services, to
  measure the prevalence of sexual assault in this state and for
  grants to support programs assisting victims of human trafficking;
               (3)  the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual
  Assault or the Bureau of Business Research at The University of
  Texas at Austin, to conduct research on all aspects of sexual
  assault and domestic violence;
               (4)  Texas State University, for training and technical
  assistance to independent school districts for campus safety;
               (5)  the office of the governor, for grants to support
  sexual assault and human trafficking prosecution projects;
               (6)  the department [Department of Public Safety], to
  support sexual assault training for commissioned officers;
               (7)  the comptroller's judiciary section, for
  increasing the capacity of the sex offender civil commitment
  program;
               (8)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
                     (A)  for pilot projects for monitoring sex
  offenders on parole; and
                     (B)  for increasing the number of adult
  incarcerated sex offenders receiving treatment;
               (9)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
  Commission], for increasing the number of incarcerated juvenile sex
  offenders receiving treatment;
               (10)  the comptroller, for the administration of the
  fee imposed on sexually oriented businesses under Section 102.052,
  Business & Commerce Code; [and]
               (11)  the supreme court, to be transferred to the Texas
  [Equal] Access to Justice Foundation, or a similar entity, to
  provide victim-related legal services to sexual assault victims,
  including legal assistance with protective orders,
  relocation-related matters, victim compensation, and actions to
  secure privacy protections available to victims under law;
               (12)  any state agency or organization for the purpose
  of conducting human trafficking enforcement programs; and
               (13)  any other designated state agency for the purpose
  of preventing sexual assault or improving services for victims of
  sexual assault.
         SECTION 9.  Section 614.104, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read
  as follows:
         (a)  The volunteer fire department assistance fund is an
  account in the general revenue fund and is composed of money
  collected under Chapter 2007 [Article 5.102], Insurance Code, and
  contributions to the fund from any other source.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
  (d), money in the fund may be used only for a purpose under this
  subchapter.
         (d)  Money in the fund may be appropriated for a contribution
  to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System subject to
  Section 865.015.
         SECTION 10.  Section 361.014(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Revenue received by the commission under Section
  361.013 shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of
  the commission. Of that revenue, 66.7 percent is dedicated to the
  commission's municipal solid waste permitting programs,
  enforcement programs, and site remediation programs, and to pay for
  activities that will enhance the state's solid waste management
  program. The commission shall issue a biennial report to the
  legislature describing in detail how the money was spent. The
  activities to enhance the state's solid waste management program
  may include:
               (1)  provision of funds for the municipal solid waste
  management planning fund and the municipal solid waste resource
  recovery applied research and technical assistance fund
  established by the Comprehensive Municipal Solid Waste Management,
  Resource Recovery, and Conservation Act (Chapter 363);
               (2)  conduct of demonstration projects and studies to
  help local governments of various populations and the private
  sector to convert to accounting systems and set rates that reflect
  the full costs of providing waste management services and are
  proportionate to the amount of waste generated;
               (3)  provision of technical assistance to local
  governments concerning solid waste management;
               (4)  establishment of a solid waste resource center in
  the commission and an office of waste minimization and recycling;
               (5)  provision of supplemental funding to local
  governments for the enforcement of this chapter, the Texas Litter
  Abatement Act (Chapter 365), and Chapters 391 and 683,
  Transportation Code;
               (6)  conduct of a statewide public awareness program
  concerning solid waste management;
               (7)  provision of supplemental funds for other state
  agencies with responsibilities concerning solid waste management,
  recycling, and other initiatives with the purpose of diverting
  recyclable waste from landfills;
               (8)  conduct of research to promote the development and
  stimulation of markets for recycled waste products;
               (9)  creation of a state municipal solid waste
  superfund, from funds appropriated, for:
                     (A)  the cleanup of unauthorized tire dumps and
  solid waste dumps for which a responsible party cannot be located or
  is not immediately financially able to provide the cleanup;
                     (B)  the cleanup or proper closure of abandoned or
  contaminated municipal solid waste sites for which a responsible
  party is not immediately financially able to provide the cleanup;
  and
                     (C)  remediation, cleanup, and proper closure of
  unauthorized recycling sites for which a responsible party is not
  immediately financially able to perform the remediation, cleanup,
  and closure;
               (10)  provision of funds to mitigate the economic and
  environmental impacts of lead-acid battery recycling activities on
  local governments; [and]
               (11)  provision of funds for the conduct of research by
  a public or private entity to assist the state in developing new
  technologies and methods to reduce the amount of municipal waste
  disposed of in landfills; and
               (12)  provision of funds for grants to encourage
  entities located in an affected county or a nonattainment area, as
  defined by Section 386.001, to convert heavy-duty vehicles used for
  municipal solid waste collection into vehicles powered by natural
  gas engines.
         SECTION 11.  Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account
  attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for
  environmental remediation at the site of a closed battery recycling
  facility located in the municipal boundaries of a municipality with
  a population of greater than 120,000. This subsection expires
  September 30, 2016.
         SECTION 12.  Section 382.0622(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Clean Air Act fees consist of:
               (1)  fees collected by the commission under Sections
  382.062, 382.0621, 382.202, and 382.302 and as otherwise provided
  by law;
               (2)  $2 from the portion of each fee collected for
  inspections of vehicles other than mopeds and remitted to the state
  under Sections [Section] 548.501 and 548.503, Transportation Code;
  and
               (3)  fees collected that are required under Section 185
  of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d).
         SECTION 13.  Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER I.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
         Sec. 773.221.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Account" means the emergency medical air
  transportation account created under Section 773.222.
               (2)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
  Commission.
               (3)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state
  health services.
         Sec. 773.222.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTATION
  ACCOUNT. (a)  The emergency medical air transportation account is
  established as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.  The
  account is composed of:
               (1)  money deposited to the credit of the account under
  Section 542.4031, Transportation Code; and
               (2)  notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code,
  interest earned on the investment of money in the account and
  depository interest allocable to the account.
         (b)  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the
  department for the purposes described by Subsection (c).
         (c)  The commissioner may:
               (1)  use the money appropriated from the account to
  provide funding, in addition to funding available from other
  sources, for emergency medical air transportation; and
               (2)  after consulting with the executive commissioner,
  transfer the money appropriated from the account to the commission
  to:
                     (A)  provide reimbursements under the medical
  assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, to
  providers of emergency medical air transportation services,
  including reimbursement enhancements to the statewide dollar
  amount rate used to reimburse designated air ambulance services
  under the program; and
                     (B)  maximize the receipt of federal funds under
  the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources
  Code, to the extent possible.
         SECTION 14.  The heading to Section 780.002, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 780.002.  CERTAIN DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNT.
         SECTION 15.  Section 780.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The account is composed of money deposited to the credit
  of the account under Sections 542.406 and 707.008, Transportation
  Code, and under Section 780.002 of this code[, and the earnings of
  the account].
         SECTION 16.  Section 2007.002, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2007.002.  ASSESSMENT.  The comptroller shall assess
  against all insurers to which this chapter applies amounts for each
  state fiscal year necessary, as determined by the commissioner, to
  collect a combined total equal to the lesser of:
               (1)  the total amount that the General Appropriations
  Act appropriates from the volunteer fire department assistance fund
  account in the general revenue fund for that state fiscal year other
  than appropriations for contributions to the Texas Emergency
  Services Retirement System made under Section 614.104(d),
  Government Code; or [and]
               (2)  $30 million.
         SECTION 17.  Section 81.0521(c), Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The [Two-thirds of the] proceeds from this fee,
  excluding any penalties collected in connection with the fee, shall
  be deposited to the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as
  provided by Section 81.067.
         SECTION 18.  Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The fund consists of:
               (1)  proceeds from bonds and other financial security
  required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging
  insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to
  the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the
  refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable;
               (2)  private contributions, including contributions
  made under Section 89.084;
               (3)  expenses collected under Section 89.083;
               (4)  fees imposed under Section 85.2021;
               (5)  costs recovered under Section 91.457 or 91.459;
               (6)  proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and
  91.115;
               (7)  interest earned on the funds deposited in the
  fund;
               (8)  oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees
  collected under Section 29.015, Water Code;
               (9)  costs recovered under Section 91.113(f);
               (10)  hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees
  collected under Section 91.605;
               (11)  oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil
  collected under Section 81.116;
               (12)  oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas
  collected under Section 81.117;
               (13)  fees for a reissued certificate collected under
  Section 91.707;
               (14)  fees collected under Section 91.1013;
               (15)  fees collected under Section 89.088;
               (16)  fees collected under Section 91.142;
               (17)  fees collected under Section 91.654;
               (18)  costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657;
               (19)  [two-thirds of the] fees collected under Section
  81.0521;
               (20)  fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026;
               (21)  legislative appropriations;
               (22)  any surcharges collected under Section 81.070;
  [and]
               (23)  fees collected under Section 91.0115;
               (24)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 81.112;
               (25)  fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121,
  Utilities Code; and
               (26)  fees collected under Section 27.0321, Water Code.
         SECTION 19.  Section 81.068, Natural Resources Code, as
  amended by Chapters 835 (H.B. 7) and 1075 (H.B. 3309), Acts of the
  83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.068.  PURPOSES OF OIL AND GAS REGULATION AND CLEANUP
  FUND. Money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund may be
  used by the commission or its employees or agents for any purpose
  related to the regulation of oil and gas development, including oil
  and gas monitoring and inspections, oil and gas remediation, and
  oil and gas well plugging, the study and evaluation of electronic
  access to geologic data and surface casing depths necessary to
  protect usable groundwater in this state, alternative fuels
  programs under Section 81.0681, the administration of pipeline
  safety and regulatory programs, public information and services
  related to those activities, and administrative costs and state
  benefits for personnel involved in those activities.
         SECTION 20.  Section 81.112, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.112.  DISPOSITION OF TAX PROCEEDS. The tax shall be
  deposited in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as provided
  by Section 81.067 [General Revenue Fund].
         SECTION 21.  Section 153.0535(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The board shall deposit each surcharge collected to the
  credit of the public assurance account. The public assurance
  account is an account in the general revenue fund that shall be
  appropriated only to the board to pay for the board's licensure and
  enforcement programs [program], including the expert physician
  panel.
         SECTION 22.  Sections 201.354(d) and (g), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
  less may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that
  is equal to [the sum of] 1-1/2 times the annual renewal fee set by
  the board under Section 201.153(a) [and the increase in that fee
  required by Section 201.153(b)].  If a person's license has been
  expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may
  renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal
  to [the sum of] two times the annual renewal fee set by the board
  under Section 201.153(a) [and the increase in that fee required by
  Section 201.153(b)].
         (g)  A person may renew a license that has been expired for at
  least one year but not more than three years if:
               (1)  the board determines according to criteria adopted
  by board rule that the person has shown good cause for the failure
  to renew the license; and
               (2)  the person pays to the board:
                     (A)  the annual renewal fee set by the board under
  Section 201.153(a) for each year in which the license was expired;
  and
                     (B)  an additional fee in an amount equal to the
  sum of:
                           (i)  the annual renewal fee set by the board
  under Section 201.153(a), multiplied by the number of years the
  license was expired, prorated for fractional years; and
                           (ii)  two times the annual renewal fee set by
  the board under Section 201.153(a)[; and
                     [(C)     the increase in the annual renewal fee
  required by Section 201.153(b)].
         SECTION 23.  Section 351.304(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
  less may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that
  is equal to [the sum of] one and one-half times the annual renewal
  fee set by the board under Section 351.152 [and the additional fee
  required by Section 351.153].  If a person's license has been
  expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may
  renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal
  to [the sum of] two times the annual renewal fee set by the board
  under Section 351.152 [and the additional fee required by Section
  351.153].
         SECTION 24.  Section 351.306(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The person must pay to the board a fee that is equal to
  the amount of the renewal fee set by the board under Section 351.152
  [351.153(a)].
         SECTION 25.  Sections 801.303(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
  less may renew the license by paying to the board a renewal fee that
  is equal to [the sum of] 1-1/2 times the renewal fee set by the board
  under Section 801.154(a) [and the additional fee required by
  Section 801.154(b), if applicable].
         (c)  A person whose license has been expired for more than 90
  days but less than one year may renew the license by paying to the
  board a renewal fee that is equal to [the sum of] two times the
  renewal fee set by the board under Section 801.154(a) [and the
  additional fee required by Section 801.154(b), if applicable].
         SECTION 26.  Section 801.305(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The person must pay to the board a fee that is equal to
  the amount of the renewal fee set by the board under Section
  801.154(a) [and the additional fee required by Section 801.154(b)].
         SECTION 27.  Section 901.155(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The fee for the issuance or renewal of a license under
  this chapter consists of:
               (1)  the amount of the fee set by the board under
  Section 901.154; and
               (2)  [the fee increase imposed under Section 901.406;
  and
               [(3)]  an additional $10 annual fee to be deposited to
  the credit of the scholarship trust fund for fifth-year accounting
  students.
         SECTION 28.  Section 901.405(f), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  A person who was licensed in this state, moved to
  another state, and is currently licensed and has been in practice in
  the other state for the two years preceding the date of application
  may obtain a new license without reexamination.  A person described
  by this subsection whose license has been revoked under Section
  901.502(3) or (4) may obtain a new license under this subsection.  A
  person described by this subsection must pay to the board a fee that
  is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee for the
  license [and is not subject to additional fees under Section
  901.408].
         SECTION 29.  Section 901.408(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person, other than a person described by Section
  901.405(f), who fails to pay the license renewal fee [or the
  additional fee imposed under Section 901.407, as applicable,] and
  any late fee before the first anniversary of the due date of the
  renewal fee [or additional fee] may renew the person's license only
  by submitting to the board an application for renewal accompanied
  by payment of:
               (1)  all accrued fees, including late fees; and
               (2)  the direct administrative costs incurred by the
  board in renewing the person's license.
         SECTION 30.  Sections 1001.353(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
  less may renew the license by paying to the board the required
  annual renewal fee and [,] a late renewal fee [, and any applicable
  increase in fees as required by Section 1001.206].
         (c)  A person whose license has been expired for more than 90
  days but less than two years may renew the license by paying to the
  board the required annual renewal fee and [,] a late renewal fee [,
  and any applicable increase in fees as required by Section
  1001.206] for each delinquent year or part of a year.
         SECTION 31.  Section 1001.355(d), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  To return to active status, a license holder on inactive
  status must:
               (1)  file with the board a written notice requesting
  reinstatement to active status;
               (2)  pay the fee for the annual renewal of the license
  [and the fee increase required by Section 1001.206]; and
               (3)  provide evidence satisfactory to the board that
  the person has complied with the continuing education requirements
  adopted by the board.
         SECTION 32.  Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The fee for the issuance or renewal of a:
               (1)  broker license is the amount of the fee set under
  Section [Sections] 1101.152 [and 1101.153] and an additional $70 
  [$20] fee;
               (2)  salesperson license is the amount of the fee set
  under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee; and
               (3)  certificate of registration is the amount of the
  fee set under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee.
         SECTION 33.  Section 1105.003(d), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  All [Except as provided by Subsection (e), all] fees and
  funds collected by the commission or the board and any funds
  appropriated to the commission or the board shall be deposited in
  interest-bearing deposit accounts in the Texas Treasury
  Safekeeping Trust Company.  The comptroller shall contract with
  the commission and the board for the maintenance of the deposit
  accounts under terms comparable to a contract between a commercial
  banking institution and the institution's customers.
         SECTION 34.  Section 1701.156, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The Department of Public Safety may use money
  appropriated to the department from the account to award grants to
  local law enforcement agencies for training on incident-based
  reporting systems to be used for reporting information and
  statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state.
  The department shall adopt rules governing the award of grants by
  the department under this subsection.
         SECTION 35.  Section 1701.157, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Subsection (a) does not apply to money appropriated to
  the Department of Public Safety from the account for the purpose of
  awarding grants to local law enforcement agencies for training on
  incident-based reporting systems under Section 1701.156(c).
         SECTION 36.  Section 2001.502, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2001.502.  PRIZE TAX [FEE].  (a)  A licensed authorized
  organization shall[:
               [(1)] collect from a person who wins a cash bingo prize
  of more than $5 a tax [fee] in the amount of five percent of the
  amount [or value] of the prize.  Each quarter, the licensed
  authorized organization shall:
               (1)  if a county or municipality in which the bingo game
  is conducted voted to impose the prize tax before November 1,
  2015:[; and]
                     (A) [(2)]  remit a tax [to the commission a fee]
  in the amount of 50 [five] percent of the amount collected as the
  prize tax under this subsection to:
                           (i)  the county in which the bingo game is
  conducted, if the county voted to impose the tax by that date and
  the location at which the bingo game is conducted is not within the
  limits of a municipality that voted to impose the tax before that
  date;
                           (ii)  the municipality in which the bingo
  game is conducted, if the municipality voted to impose the tax by
  that date and the county in which the bingo game is conducted did
  not vote to impose the tax before that date; or
                           (iii)  in equal shares, the county and the
  municipality in which the bingo game is conducted, if the county and
  the municipality each voted to impose the tax before that date; and
                     (B)  deposit the remainder of the taxes collected
  under this subsection in the general fund of the organization; or
               (2)  if a county or municipality is not entitled to a
  percentage of the amount of taxes collected under this subsection,
  deposit the taxes collected in the general fund of the organization
  [or value of all bingo prizes awarded].
         (b)  A county or a municipality is entitled to vote to impose
  the tax described by Subsection (a) if the county or municipality:
               (1)  imposed a gross receipts tax on the conduct of
  bingo as of January 1, 1993; and
               (2)  the governing body of the county or the
  municipality voted before November 1, 2015, to impose the tax.
         (c)  A governing body of a county or municipality that voted
  to impose the prize tax under Subsection (a) may at any time vote to
  discontinue the imposition of the tax.
         (d)  No later than October 1, 2015, the commission shall
  notify each county and municipality that was eligible to receive a
  share of the prize fee required by law prior to September 1, 2015,
  that the governing body of the county or municipality must vote
  before November 1, 2015, if the county or municipality will impose
  the tax after January 1, 2016.  A governing body that votes before
  November 1, 2015, to impose the prize tax required by Subsection (a)
  shall notify each licensed authorized organization that conducts
  bingo within the county or municipality of the governing body's
  decision and the address and department or official to whom the tax
  shall be remitted.
         (e)  The tax required under Subsection (a) does not apply to
  a merchandise prize, including bingo cards, bingo pull-tabs, use of
  a card-minder, bingo daubers, and other bingo merchandise awarded
  as a prize for winning a bingo game.
         (f)(1)  Except as provided in this section, Subchapter K does
  not apply to the tax required by Subsection (a).
               (2)  A county and municipality that imposes the tax
  required by Subsection (a) has a cause of action for collection of
  the prize tax if all or part of the prize tax is unpaid within 30
  days of the end of the calendar quarter in which the prize tax was
  collected.
               (3)  If the commission audits a licensed authorized
  organization, the commission shall report to a county or
  municipality any discrepancy between the amount of the prize tax
  remitted to the county or municipality under this section and the
  amount of prizes awarded during the conduct of bingo in a calendar
  quarter times the rate of the tax.
         SECTION 37.  Section 151.0515(b), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  In each county in this state, a surcharge is imposed on
  the retail sale, lease, or rental of new or used equipment in an
  amount equal to 1.5 [two] percent of the sale price or the lease or
  rental amount.
         SECTION 38.  Section 155.2415, Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 155.2415.  ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO PROPERTY
  TAX RELIEF FUND AND CERTAIN OTHER FUNDS.  (a)  Notwithstanding
  Section 155.241, the proceeds from the collection of taxes imposed
  by Section 155.0211 shall be allocated as follows:
               (1)  the amount of the proceeds that is equal to the
  amount that, if the taxes imposed by Section 155.0211 were imposed
  at a rate of 40 percent of the manufacturer's list price, exclusive
  of any trade discount, special discount, or deal, would be
  attributable to the portion of that tax rate in excess of 35.213
  percent, shall be deposited to the credit of the property tax relief
  fund under Section 403.109, Government Code;
               (2)  the amount of the proceeds that is equal to the
  amount that would be attributable to a tax rate of 35.213 percent of
  the manufacturer's list price, exclusive of any trade discount,
  special discount, or deal, if the taxes were imposed by Section
  155.0211 at that rate, shall be deposited to the credit of the
  general revenue fund; and
               (3)  100 percent of the remaining proceeds shall be
  deposited to the credit of:
                     (A)  the physician education loan repayment
  program account established under Subchapter J, Chapter 61,
  Education Code; or
                     (B)  the general revenue fund, if the comptroller
  determines that the unencumbered beginning balance of the physician
  education loan repayment account established under Subchapter J,
  Chapter 61, Education Code, is sufficient to fund appropriations
  and other direct and indirect costs from that account for the
  fulfillment of existing and expected physician loan repayment
  commitments during the current state fiscal biennium.
         (b)  Proceeds deposited in accordance with Subsection
  (a)(3)(B) may be appropriated only for health care purposes.
         SECTION 39.  Section 504.6012, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.6012.  ELIMINATION OF DEDICATED REVENUE ACCOUNTS;
  REVENUES IN TRUST. (a) Notwithstanding any other law [provision of
  this subchapter], not later than September 30, 2015 [2013], the
  comptroller shall eliminate all dedicated accounts established for
  specialty license plates [under this subchapter] and shall set
  aside the balances of those dedicated accounts so that the balances
  may be appropriated only for the purposes intended as provided by
  the dedications.
         (b)  On and after September 1, 2015 [2013], the portion of a
  fee payable [under this subchapter] that is designated for deposit
  to a dedicated account shall be paid instead to the credit of an
  account in a trust fund created by the comptroller outside the
  general revenue fund.  The comptroller shall administer the trust
  fund and accounts and may allocate the corpus and earnings on each
  account only in accordance with the dedications of the revenue
  deposited to the trust fund accounts.
         SECTION 40.  Section 521.421(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The fee for renewal of a Class M license or for renewal
  of a license that includes authorization to operate a motorcycle is
  $27 [$32].
         SECTION 41.  Section 521.421(f), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 1156 (S.B. 99), Acts of the 75th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  An applicant applying for additional authorization to
  operate a motorcycle shall pay a $10 [$15] fee for the required
  application.
         SECTION 42.  Section 521.421(f), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 1372 (H.B. 1200), Acts of the 75th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1997, is redesignated as Section 521.421(f-1),
  Transportation Code, and amended to read as follows:
         (f-1) [(f)]  If a Class A, B, or C driver's license includes
  an authorization to operate a motorcycle or moped, the fee for the
  driver's license is increased by $3 [$8].
         SECTION 43.  Section 521.427(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:
               (1)  [the portion of a fee collected under Section
  521.421(b) or Section 521.421(f), as added by Chapter 1156, Acts of
  the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, that is required by
  Section 662.011 to be deposited to the credit of the motorcycle
  education fund account;
               [(2)]  a fee collected under Section 521.421(j); or
               (2) [(3)]  a fee collected under Section 521.422(b) or
  (c).
         SECTION 44.  Section 522.029(f), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 1156 (S.B. 99), Acts of the 75th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  The fee for renewal of a commercial driver's license or
  a commercial driver learner's permit that includes authorization to
  operate a motorcycle is $40 [$45].
         SECTION 45.  Section 522.029(f), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 1372 (H.B. 1200), Acts of the 75th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1997, is redesignated as Section 522.029(f-1),
  Transportation Code, and amended to read as follows:
         (f-1) [(f)]  If a commercial driver's license or commercial
  driver learner's permit includes an authorization to operate a
  motorcycle or moped, the fee for the driver's license or permit is
  increased by $3 [$8].
         SECTION 46.  Section 522.029(i), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  Each [Except as provided by Section 662.011, each] fee
  collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the
  Texas mobility fund.
         SECTION 47.  Section 542.4031(g), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  Of the money received by the comptroller under this
  section, the comptroller shall deposit:
               (1)  50 [67] percent to the credit of the undedicated
  portion of the general revenue fund; [and]
               (2)  33 percent to the credit of the designated trauma
  facility and emergency medical services account under Section
  780.003, Health and Safety Code; and
               (3)  17 percent to the credit of the designated
  emergency medical air transportation account under Section
  773.222, Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 48.  Section 542.406(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Not later than the 60th day after the end of a local
  authority's fiscal year, after deducting amounts the local
  authority is authorized by Subsection (d) to retain, the local
  authority shall:
               (1)  send 50 percent of the revenue derived from civil
  or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under
  this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
  designated [regional] trauma facility and emergency medical
  services account established under Section 780.003 [782.002],
  Health and Safety Code; and
               (2)  deposit the remainder of the revenue in a special
  account in the local authority's treasury that may be used only to
  fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety
  programs, public safety programs, intersection improvements, and
  traffic enforcement.
         SECTION 49.  Section 707.008(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Not later than the 60th day after the end of a local
  authority's fiscal year, after deducting amounts the local
  authority is authorized by Subsection (b) to retain, the local
  authority shall:
               (1)  send 50 percent of the revenue derived from civil
  or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under
  this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
  designated [regional] trauma facility and emergency medical
  services account established under Section 780.003 [782.002],
  Health and Safety Code; and
               (2)  deposit the remainder of the revenue in a special
  account in the local authority's treasury that may be used only to
  fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety
  programs, public safety programs, intersection improvements, and
  traffic enforcement.
         SECTION 50.  Section 708.103, Transportation Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] amount
  of a surcharge under this section is $250 per year.
         (c)  The amount of a surcharge under this section is $125 per
  year if the person:
               (1)  has been convicted of an offense under Section
  601.191, and no other offense described by Subsection (a); and
               (2)  establishes financial responsibility under
  Section 601.051 not later than the 60th day after the date of the
  offense through a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that:
                     (A)  complies with Subchapter D, Chapter 601; and
                     (B)  is prepaid and valid for at least a six-month
  period.
         SECTION 51.  Section 708.104, Transportation Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the [The] amount
  of a surcharge under this section is $100 per year.
         (b-1)  The amount of a surcharge under this section is $50
  per year if the person obtains a driver's license not later than the
  60th day after the date of the offense.
         SECTION 52.  Section 16.001, Utilities Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 16.001.  UTILITY GROSS RECEIPTS ASSESSMENT [ON PUBLIC
  UTILITIES]. (a) To defray the expenses incurred in the
  administration of this title, the commission shall impose [an
  assessment is imposed] on each public utility, retail electric
  provider, and electric cooperative under [within] the jurisdiction
  of the commission that serves the ultimate consumer, including each
  interexchange telecommunications carrier, an annual utility gross
  receipts assessment in an amount determined as provided by
  Subsection (b).
         (b)  The commission shall impose the assessment on each
  public utility, retail electric provider, electric cooperative,
  and interexchange telecommunications carrier so that each entity's
  share of the aggregate amount of the assessments due bears the same
  proportion to that aggregate amount as that entity's amount of
  gross receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer bears to
  the total of the gross receipts from rates charged to the ultimate
  consumer in this state by all of the entities on which the
  assessment is imposed. The commission shall revise the assessments
  as necessary to result in the aggregate amount of assessments due
  under this section being [An assessment under this section is]
  equal to the lesser of:
               (1)  an amount, as determined by the commission, equal
  to one-sixth of one percent of the total of the [public utility's,
  retail electric provider's, or electric cooperative's] gross
  receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer in this state
  by entities on which the assessments are imposed; or
               (2)  an amount, as determined by the commission, equal
  to the total of amounts appropriated to the commission and to the
  office from the utility gross receipts assessment account for the
  state fiscal year in which the assessments are due.
         (c)  An interexchange telecommunications carrier that does
  not provide local exchange telephone service may collect the
  assessment [fee] imposed under this section as an additional item
  separately stated on the customer bill as "utility gross receipts
  assessment."
         SECTION 53.  Section 16.004, Utilities Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 16.004.  COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT [BY COMPTROLLER]. The
  comptroller shall:
               (1)  collect the assessments [assessment] and any
  penalty or interest due under this subchapter; and
               (2)  deposit the assessments, penalties, and interest
  collected under this subchapter to the credit of the utility gross
  receipts assessment account.
         SECTION 54.  Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 16.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 16.005.  UTILITY GROSS RECEIPTS ASSESSMENT ACCOUNT.
  (a) The utility gross receipts assessment account is an account in
  the general revenue fund.
         (b)  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the
  commission or the office for the administration of this title.
         SECTION 55.  Section 39.9039(b), Utilities Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 39.903(e), money in the system
  benefit fund may be appropriated:
               (1)  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
  2013, a program established by the commission to assist low-income
  electric customers by providing a reduced rate for the months of
  September, 2013, and May through August, 2014, in the manner
  prescribed by Section 39.903(h) at a rate of up to 82 percent;
               (2)  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
  2014, a program established by the commission to assist low-income
  electric customers by providing a reduced rate for the months of
  September, 2014, and May through August, 2015, in the manner
  prescribed by Section 39.903(h) at a rate of up to 15 percent;
               (3)  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
  2015, a program established by the commission to assist low-income
  electric customers by providing a reduced rate [for the months of
  September, 2015, and May through August, 2016,] in the manner
  prescribed by Section 39.903(h) at a rate the commission determines
  is necessary to exhaust the system benefit fund [of up to 15
  percent]; and
               (4)  for customer education programs and
  administrative expenses incurred by the commission in implementing
  and administering this chapter.
         SECTION 56.  Section 121.211(h), Utilities Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (h)  A fee collected under this section shall be deposited to
  the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup [general
  revenue] fund as provided by Section 81.067, Natural Resources Code
  [to be used for the pipeline safety and regulatory program].
         SECTION 57.  Section 26.3574(b-1), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b-1)  The commission by rule shall set the amount of the fee
  in Subsection (b) in an amount not to exceed the amount necessary to
  cover the agency's costs of administering this subchapter, as
  indicated by the amount appropriated by the legislature from the
  petroleum storage tank remediation account for that purpose, not
  including any amount appropriated by the legislature from the
  petroleum storage tank remediation account for the purpose of the
  monitoring or remediation of releases occurring on or before
  December 22, 1998.
         SECTION 58.  Section 27.0321, Water Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 27.0321.  APPLICATION FEE. (a) With each application
  for an oil and gas waste disposal well permit, the applicant shall
  submit to the railroad commission a nonrefundable fee of $100.
         (b)  The fee collected under this section shall be deposited
  to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as
  provided by Section 81.067, Natural Resources Code.
         SECTION 59.  Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised
  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority
  trust fund is created as a trust fund in the state treasury.  Fifty
  percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b) shall be
  deposited to the credit of the trust fund. The comptroller shall
  administer the trust fund as trustee on behalf of the authority. The
  comptroller shall allocate all money in the trust fund [may be
  appropriated only to the authority] for the purposes of this
  article.
         SECTION 60.  The following provisions of law, including
  provisions amended by S.B. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2015, are repealed:
               (1)  Section 102.055, Business & Commerce Code;
               (2)  Section 56.459(f), Education Code;
               (3)  Section 56.465, Education Code;
               (4)  Section 61.539, Education Code;
               (5)  Section 780.003(c), Health and Safety Code;
               (6)  Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code;
               (7)  Section 81.113, Natural Resources Code;
               (8)  Section 153.053, Occupations Code;
               (9)  Sections 201.153(b) and (c), Occupations Code;
               (10)  Section 254.004(b), Occupations Code;
               (11)  Section 351.153, Occupations Code;
               (12)  Section 501.153, Occupations Code;
               (13)  Sections 801.154(b), (c), and (d), Occupations
  Code;
               (14)  Section 901.406, Occupations Code;
               (15)  Section 901.407, Occupations Code;
               (16)  Section 901.410, Occupations Code;
               (17)  Section 1001.206, Occupations Code;
               (18)  Section 1051.652, Occupations Code;
               (19)  Section 1052.0541, Occupations Code;
               (20)  Section 1053.0521, Occupations Code;
               (21)  Section 1071.1521, Occupations Code;
               (22)  Section 1101.153, Occupations Code;
               (23)  Section 1105.003(e), Occupations Code;
               (24)  Section 1152.053, Occupations Code;
               (25)  Subchapter H, Chapter 191, Tax Code;
               (26)  Section 662.011, Transportation Code;
               (27)  Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code; and
               (28)  Section 41, The Securities Act (Article 581-41,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
         SECTION 61.  The following sections of Chapter 2001,
  Occupations Code, are repealed:
               (1)  Section 2001.503; and
               (2)  Section 2001.507.
         SECTION 62.  Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department
  of Public Safety shall adopt rules as required by Section
  1701.156(c), Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 63.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
  708.103 and 708.104, Transportation Code, apply to a surcharge
  pending on the effective date of this Act, regardless of when the
  surcharge was assessed.
         SECTION 64.  Not later than the 90th day of the state fiscal
  year beginning September 1, 2015, the comptroller shall transfer
  any remaining balance in the educator excellence innovation fund
  account No. 5135 to the credit of the general revenue fund.
         SECTION 65.  Not later than the 90th day of the state fiscal
  year beginning September 1, 2015, the comptroller shall transfer
  any remaining balance in the regional trauma account No. 5137 to the
  credit of the designated trauma facility and EMS account No. 5111 in
  the general revenue fund.
         SECTION 66.  Not later than the 90th day of the state fiscal
  year beginning September 1, 2015, the comptroller shall transfer
  any remaining balance in the motorcycle education account No. 0501
  to the credit of the general revenue fund.
         SECTION 67.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 2007.002,
  Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, for the state fiscal years
  beginning September 1, 2015, and beginning September 1, 2016, the
  comptroller shall assess against all insurers to which Chapter
  2007, Insurance Code, applies amounts for that state fiscal year
  necessary, as determined by the commissioner of insurance, to
  collect a combined total equal to the lesser of:
               (1)  the total amount that the General Appropriations
  Act appropriates from the volunteer fire department assistance fund
  account in the general revenue fund for that state fiscal year other
  than:
                     (A)  appropriations for contributions to the
  Texas Emergency Services Retirement System made under Section
  614.104(d), Government Code, as added by this Act; and
                     (B)  appropriations to the Texas A&M Forest
  Service for grants to volunteer fire departments in a total amount
  not to exceed $11,500,000; or
               (2)  $30 million.
         (b)  This section expires September 1, 2017.
         SECTION 68.  (a) The changes in law made to Sections 52.91
  and 56.463, Education Code, apply beginning with tuition charged
  for the 2015 fall semester.
         (b)  Tuition charged for any semester or other academic term
  before the 2015 fall semester is covered by the applicable law as it
  existed before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 69.  Section 542.4031(g), Transportation Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to the distribution of revenue
  collected on or after the effective date of this Act.  The
  distribution of revenue collected before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the revenue was
  collected, and that law is continued in effect for the purpose of
  the distribution of that revenue.
         SECTION 70.  (a)  The changes in law made by the amendment of
  Section 16.001, Utilities Code, by this Act are applicable only to
  an assessment made under that section to be due on or after August
  15, 2017, as provided by Section 16.002, Utilities Code. An
  assessment due before that date is governed by the law as it existed
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 16.001, Utilities Code, as
  amended by this Act, if the Public Utilities Commission does not
  take action to determine the amount of assessments under that
  section to be due August 15, 2017, following the method described by
  Section 16.001(b), as amended by this Act, the commission shall
  impose the assessment under Section 16.001 as that provision
  existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 71.  The changes in law made by this Act do not
  affect a surcharge, additional fee, additional charge, fee
  increase, tax, or late fee imposed before the effective date of this
  Act, and the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is
  continued in effect for purposes of the liability for and
  collection of those surcharges, additional fees, additional
  charges, fee increases, taxes, and late fees.
         SECTION 72.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.