89R13531 MLH-D     By: Money H.B. No. 4364       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the collection of remittance transfer fees for use in   enhancing border security; authorizing a fee; providing a civil   penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle Z, Title 3, Finance Code, is amended by   adding Chapter 282 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 282.  REMITTANCE TRANSFER FEE          Sec. 282.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Remittance transfer" has the meaning assigned by   Section 4A.108, Business & Commerce Code.                (2)  "Remittance transfer provider" means a financial   institution or other person that provides a remittance transfer for   a consumer in the normal course of the person's or financial   institution's business.          Sec. 282.002.  REMITTANCE TRANSFER FEE. (a)  A remittance   transfer provider who provides a remittance transfer to a recipient   located outside of the United States shall collect from the   consumer who made the transfer a fee in an amount equal to five   percent of the amount of the remittance transfer.          (b)  The fees collected under Subsection (a) shall be   remitted to the comptroller for deposit in the border security   enhancement fund under Subchapter W, Chapter 411, Government Code.          Sec. 282.003.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a)  A remittance transfer   provider who knowingly fails to collect a fee in violation of   Section 282.002(a) shall be liable to this state for a civil penalty   in an amount not to exceed the greater of:                (1)  $500,000; or                (2)  twice the amount of the remittance transfer for   which the provider failed to collect the fee.          (b)  The attorney general may file suit to collect the   penalty.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter W to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER W.  BORDER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT          Sec. 411.801.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "fund" means   the border security enhancement fund.          Sec. 411.802.  BORDER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT FUND.  (a)  The   border security enhancement fund is a special fund in the state   treasury outside the general revenue fund to be administered by the   department under this subchapter and rules adopted by the   commission under this subchapter.          (b)  The fund consists of money collected under Chapter 282,   Finance Code, for deposit to the credit of the fund.          Sec. 411.803.  FUND INTEREST.  The comptroller shall deposit   to the credit of the economic stabilization fund the interest and   other earnings made on the balance of the border security   enhancement fund.          Sec. 411.804.  USE OF FUND.  Money in the fund may be   appropriated to the department only for the following activities   for the purposes of preventing illegal entry into the United States   of aliens without official approval of an appropriate federal   governmental authority, terrorists, instruments of terrorism, and   contraband, including narcotics and other controlled substances:                (1)  employing and training:                      (A)  border security personnel; and                      (B)  officers and staff employed in enforcement   and removal operations; and                (2)  planning, designing, constructing, and   maintaining along this state's international border:                      (A)  barriers and related infrastructure; and                      (B)  detention facilities for aliens without   lawful immigration status.          Sec. 411.805.  CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.  The department may   enter into contracts and agreements as necessary to implement this   subchapter.          Sec. 411.806.  ADOPTION OF RULES.  The commission shall   adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.