By: Goldman H.B. No. 719 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the examination fee imposed by the attorney general for the examination of a record of proceedings for the issuance of public securities and the uses of revenue from that fee; increasing a fee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1202.004, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the nonrefundable examination fee required by this section is equal to the lesser of: (1) one-tenth of one percent of the principal amount of the public security to which the record of proceedings relates; or (2) $50,000 [$9,500]. (f) The revenue attributable to fees collected under this section during a state fiscal biennium that is not otherwise appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for that state fiscal biennium may be appropriated to the attorney general only for the purpose of administering victim-related services and sexual assault programs. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a record of proceedings submitted to the attorney general on or after the effective date of this Act. A record of proceedings submitted to the attorney general before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the record was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.