88R33271 JAM-D     By: King of Uvalde H.R. No. 2473     R E S O L U T I O N            BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of   Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,   Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,   Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to   resolve the differences on Senate Joint Resolution 75 (proposing a   constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in   financing water projects in this state) to consider and take action   on the following matters:          (1)  House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (3), are suspended   to permit the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in   disagreement and add text on a matter not in disagreement in   proposed SECTION 1 of the resolution, by including in added Section   49-d-16(a), Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as   follows:   The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of depositing   the money to the fund to be available for transfer as provided by   Subsection (b) of this section.          Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that money   may be appropriated to the Texas water fund.          (2)  House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (3), are suspended   to permit the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in   disagreement and add text on a matter not in disagreement in   proposed SECTION 1 of the resolution, by including in added Section   49-d-16(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, text that reads as   follows:   , including the transfer of money from the fund to or the   restoration of the money from:                (1)  the Water Assistance Fund No. 480;                (2)  the New Water Supply for Texas Fund;                (3)  the Rural Water Assistance Fund No. 301; or                (4)  the Statewide Water Public Awareness Account.          Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that money   in the Texas water fund may be transferred to or restored from   certain other funds.          (3)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit   the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the   house or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of   the resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(e), Article III, Texas   Constitution, to read as follows:          (e)  Of the amount of money initially appropriated to the   Texas water fund, the administrator of the fund shall allocate not   less than 25 percent to be used only for transfer to the New Water   Supply for Texas Fund.          Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the purposes   for which money in the Texas water fund may be used.          (4)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit   the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the   house or senate version of the resolution in proposed SECTION 1 of   the resolution, by adding Section 49-d-16(h), Article III, Texas   Constitution, to read as follows:          (h)  Any unexpended and unobligated balance remaining in the   Texas water fund at the end of a state fiscal biennium is   appropriated to the administrator of that fund for the following   state fiscal biennium for the purposes authorized by this section.          Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that   unexpended and unobligated money in the Texas water fund must   remain in that fund until transferred by the administrator of that   fund.