85R8601 CJC-F     By: Bernal, Cyrier, Rodriguez of Bexar, H.B. No. 1831       Gutierrez, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the Alamo complex account; making an appropriation.          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; or                (6)  [the Alamo complex account; or                [(7)]  the artificial reef account.          SECTION 2.  Section 31.454(a), Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The Alamo complex account is created as an account   outside the state treasury. The land office shall administer the   account [a separate account in the general revenue fund].          SECTION 3.  Section 31.454(d), Natural Resources Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  The unencumbered balance of the Alamo complex   account in the general revenue fund as that account exists   immediately before the effective date of this Act is appropriated   to the comptroller of public accounts for the period beginning on   the effective date of this Act and ending August 31, 2018, for the   purpose of depositing, as soon as practicable, the money to the   credit of the Alamo complex account created outside the state   treasury by Section 31.454(a), Natural Resources Code, as amended   by this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.