By: Huffman  S.B. No. 6          (In the Senate - Filed October 25, 2023; October 26, 2023,   read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;   October 30, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 3;   October 30, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 6 By:  Huffman     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to an appropriation for border security.          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 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.     * * * * *