By: Larson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 158
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
  May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
  May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,
  Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         NelsonX
         HinojosaX
         BettencourtX
         EltifeX
         HancockX
         HuffmanX
         KolkhorstX
         NicholsX
         SchwertnerX
         SeligerX
         Taylorof GalvestonX
         UrestiX
         WatsonX
         WestX
         WhitmireX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.
 
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