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Relating to the ship channel improvement revolving fund, the official text

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S.B. No. 1939

AN ACT

relating to the ship channel improvement revolving fund.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. 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;

(4) the game, fish, and water safety account;

(5) the coastal protection account;

(6) the Alamo complex account;

(7) the artificial reef account;

(8) the sexual assault program fund; [or]

(9) the deferred maintenance fund account; or

(10) the ship channel improvement revolving fund.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1939 passed the Senate on

April 2, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1939 passed the House on

May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 23, one

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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