GR Account 5046 – Permanent Fund for Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care

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Legal Citations:

Government Code sec. 403.106

Origin Date: August 30, 1999 by H.B. 1676, 76th Leg., R.S.

Issue Date: 1999-08-30

Revised Date: 2011-09-01

Purpose

This account is created in General Revenue to record receipt of money transferred to the account at the direction of the legislature from General Revenue (tobacco settlement), gifts, and grants contributed to the account and the available earnings of the account. Only the available earnings of the account may be appropriated by the legislature for programs to provide emergency medical services and trauma care in this state. The corpus and available earnings of the fund may be used to pay the principle of or interest on a bond issued for the purposes of § 67, Art. III, Texas Constitution.

Classification	Group 12: Restricted Use Funds [?]
Depository Interest	Retained in account
Disposition of Balance	Accumulative
Appropriation Technique	General Appropriations Act

Administering Agencies

537 – Department of State Health Services (formerly Texas Department of Health, Agency 501)
311 – Comptroller - Treasury Fiscal

Financial Activity

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Notes

Creation of the account was finally authorized by H.B. 3084, 76th Leg., R.S.
Transferred to Agency 537 by H.B. 2292, 78th Leg., R.S.
Fund use expanded by S.B. 1, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., effective 9-28-11.

USAS Values

USAS Title	GR ACCT-PERM FD FOR EMS AND TRAUMA CARE
Consolidated Fund	0001
State Fund Group	12 - RESTRICTED USE FUNDS
USAS Status	I

Those funds created to record receipt of money where there is a restriction on the use of the funds.

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