Sec. 374.101. DRY CLEANING FACILITY RELEASE FUND. (a) The dry cleaning facility release fund is an account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The fund consists of money from:

(1) proceeds from the charges and fees imposed by this chapter;

(2) interest attributable to investment of money in the fund;

(3) money recovered by the state under this chapter, including any money paid:

(A) under an agreement with the commission; or

(B) as penalties; and

(4) money received by the commission in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of this chapter.

(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the commission for the purposes of this chapter, including any administrative duty imposed on the commission under this chapter.

(d) The commission may annually spend for administrative and start-up expenses incurred in fulfilling its duties under this chapter an amount of money from the fund not to exceed 15 percent of the amount of money credited to the fund in the same fiscal year as the expenditures.

(e) Subject to the limitations of this chapter, the commission shall use only money from the fund to pay for all expenses incurred by the commission in fulfilling its duties under this chapter.

(f) Section 403.095, Government Code, does not apply to money deposited to the fund.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.