S.B. No. 3         AN ACT   relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the   construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier   infrastructure and border security operations, including funding   for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased   law enforcement presence.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  APPROPRIATION TO TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE   OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,540,000,000 is   appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs   within the Office of the Governor for use during the two-year period   beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of   providing funding for border security operations, including to   provide grants to local governments and local law enforcement   agencies to alleviate costs associated with an increased demand on   local prosecutorial, judicial, and correctional resources, and the   construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier   infrastructure.          (b)  Of the amount appropriated by Subsection (a) of this   section, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor   shall transfer $40,000,000 to the Department of Public Safety for   border security operations, including paying for additional   overtime expenses and costs due to an increased law enforcement   presence to preserve public safety and security in the Colony Ridge   development in Liberty County, Texas.          SECTION 2.  PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF APPROPRIATED MONEY. The   money appropriated by this Act may not be used to:                (1)  acquire property through the exercise of eminent   domain;                (2)  build a barrier along this state's international   border with Mexico on property acquired through the exercise of   eminent domain;                (3)  acquire property for a barrier that abuts the   boundary between this state and another state; or                (4)  build a barrier that abuts the boundary between   this state and another state.          SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. 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 on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 3 passed the Senate on   November 9, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 18, Nays 10; and   that the Senate concurred in House amendments on December 1, 2023,   by the following vote:  Yeas 18, Nays 9; passed subject to the   provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of   Texas.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 3 passed the House, with   amendments, on November 14, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 84,   Nays 59, one present not voting; passed subject to the provisions   of Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of Texas.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House        Approved:     ______________________________               Date   I, _____________________________,   Comptroller of Public Accounts, do   ______________________________    hereby certify that the amounts   Governor                appropriated in the herein   S.B. No. 3, 88th Legislature, 4th   Called Session, are within the   amount estimated to be available   in the affected fund.   Certified ______________, 2023.       ______________________________   Comptroller of Public Accounts