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AN ACT
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relating to the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and |
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Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee and to the payment |
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of claims related to those grants by the comptroller of public |
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accounts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.071(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A claim may not be paid from an appropriation unless the |
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claim is presented to the comptroller for payment not later than two |
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years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation |
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was made. However, a claim may be presented: |
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(1) not later than four years after the end of the |
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fiscal year for which the appropriation from which the claim is to |
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be paid was made if the appropriation relates to: |
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(A) new construction contracts; |
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(B) [, to] grants awarded under Chapter 391, |
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Health and Safety Code; |
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(C) [, or to] repair and remodeling projects that |
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exceed the amount of $20,000, including furniture and other |
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equipment and[,] architects' and engineering fees; [,] and |
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(D) other costs related to the contracts or |
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projects; or |
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(2) not later than seven years after the end of the |
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fiscal year for which the appropriation from which the claim is to |
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be paid was made if the appropriation relates to grants awarded |
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under Chapter 102, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2570 was passed by the House on April |
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18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 13, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2570 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |