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.