Funds Consolidation: Limits on New General Revenue Accounts, Special Funds and Dedications of Revenue
Funds, Accounts and Revenue Dedications Exempted by the 87th Legislature
The following funds, accounts and revenue dedications were exempted in HB 2896 and will be created:
| Administering Agency | HB 2896 Section |
Related Bill | Effective Date | Fund or Account Name and Number/Revenue Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts | 9 | HB 5 | 6/15/2021 | New GR Account Broadband Development |
| 529 Health and Human Services Commission | 5 | HB 18 | 9/1/2021 | Prescription Drug Savings Trust outside of the state’s treasury |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 300 Office of the Governor | 11 | HB 1256 | 9/1/2021 | Dedicates 1% of mixed beverage gross receipts and mixed beverage sales taxes to GR Account 5184 - Specialty Court |
| 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board | 9 | HB 1259 | 9/1/2021 | New GR Account Rural Veterinary Incentive |
| 455 Railroad Commission | 11 | HB 1284 | 6/9/2021 | Dedicates administrative and civil penalties for violations related to injection wells to Fund 0827 - Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Storage Trust |
| 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts | 10 | HB 1505 | 9/1/2021 | New Broadband Pole Replacement Fund |
| 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation | 9 | HB 1560 | 9/1/2021 | New GR Account Barbering and Cosmetology School Tuition Protection |
| 809 Preservation Board | 5 | HB 1677 | 9/1/2021 | New dedication of donation revenue to 0879 Capitol Local Trust for a Texas police service animals monument |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety | 11 | HB 1900 | 9/1/2021 | Dedication in GR, to the Department of Public Safety, of sales tax due a defunding municipality |
| 580 Water Development Board | 11 | HB 1904 | 9/1/2021 | Permits deposit of non-constitutional revenue from Fund 0302 Water Infrastructure to constitutional Fund 0371 Water Development Fund II |
| 477 Commission on State Emergency Communications | 4 | HB 2911 | 9/1/2021 | New Next Generation 9-1-1 Service Fund |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts | 11 | HB 3514 | 9/1/2021 | Dedicates new insurance penalty to GR Account 5111 - Designated Trauma Facility and EMS, and to Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, Agency 368 |
| 551 Department of Agriculture | 9 | HB 3959 | 6/8/2021 | New GR Account Texas Youth Livestock Show |
| 313 Department of Information Resources | 10 | HB 4018 | 6/18/2021 | New Technology Improvement and Modernization |
| 608 Department of Motor Vehicles | 14 | HB 4080 | 9/1/2021 | New Autism Awareness license plates deposited to Fund 0802 - License Plate Trust |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation | 11 | HB 4472 | 9/1/2021 | Changes deposit of certain motor vehicle title fees from Fund 0365 - Mobility to the Texas Emission Reduction Plan Trust outside the treasury and reimburses Fund 0365 from Fund 0006 - State Highway. Dedicates up to 35% of the revenue and all of the unencumbered balance from the TERP Trust to Fund 0006 |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 211 Court of Criminal Appeals, 212 Office of Court Administration | 11 | SB 41 | 1/1/2022 | Dedicates new civil court fees to GR Account 5157 - Statewide Electronic Filing System and GR Account 0540 - Judicial and Court Personnel Training |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts | 11 | SB 181 | 9/1/2021 | Dedicates new fine for prevention of driver’s license suspension related to certain drug charges to Fund 0365 - Mobility |
| 300 Office of the Governor | 9 | SB 609 | 9/1/2021 | New GR Account Texas Music Incubator |
| 601 Department of Transportation | 11 | SB 633 | 9/1/2021 | Dedicates donations for the Davis Mountains Scenic Loop Highway marker to Fund 0006 - State Highway |
| 300 Office of the Governor | 10 | SB 678 | 9/1/2021 | New Small Business Disaster Recovery Revolving Trust held at the Safekeeping Trust Company |
| 582 Commission on Environmental Quality | 9 | SB 900 | 9/1/2021 | New GR Account Performance Standards for Safety at Storage Vessels Program |
| 608 Department of Motor Vehicles | 14 | SB 1123 | 9/1/2021 | New Family First license plates deposited to Fund 0802 - License Plate Trust |
| 529 Health and Human Services Commission | 9 | SB 1137 | 9/1/2021 | New GR Account Hospital Price Disclosure Administrative Penalty |
| 300 Office of the Governor | 9, 10 | SB 1465, HB 3271 | 6/18/2021 | New GR Account Micro-Business Disaster Recovery and new Texas Small and Rural Community Success Fund outside of the state’s treasury |
| 902 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 930 Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company | 5, 9, 10 | SB 1827 | 6/16/2021 | New GR Account Opioid Abatement and new Opioid Abatement Trust outside of the state’s treasury |
| 529 Health and Human Services Commission | 11 | SB 2038 | 9/1/2021 | New dedication of administrative penalty on freestanding medical facilities to the Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility Licensing Fund 0373 |
Items NOT Exempted
Unless specifically exempted by HB 2896, funds or accounts created or recreated and revenues dedicated or rededicated by the Legislature during the regular session are abolished. The following were not exempted in HB 2896, will not be created, and any revenue will be deposited to undedicated GR (0001):
- HB 1033 – New dedicated administrative fee and penalties
- HB 2633 – GR Account Trafficked Persons
- HB 3271 – GR Account Capital Access
- SB 248 – New dedicated permit and application fees
- SB 770 – Self Sufficiency Fund