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Senator Perry said the substitute extends the length of the initial term from 16 years to 20 years and moves the method for allocating the dedicated funding for the initial term from the constitutional amendment itself to implementation by statute or a concurrent resolution. He described that change as placing the specific split into statute while tying the overall dedication period to the constitution.

Perry described additional changes in the committee substitute: it removes a provision that would have allowed the legislature to reduce the dedication by 50% or increase it by 100% for a specified year; it authorizes the governor or the legislature to spend the allocation of dedicated funding during the duration of a state of disaster declared under Chapter 418; and it removes the constitutional provision that would have allowed the legislature to extend the dedication beyond the initial term via a 10-year agreement adopted by concurrent resolution.

Perry told the committee he expects the Legislature to revisit the dedication at the end of the initial term and described the substitute as the product of negotiations that included the governor’s office and other stakeholders. He also noted the committee previously heard HJR7 on May 7.

Senator Shwartner asked about ballot language; Perry pointed committee members to the section of the substitute that contains that text and the chair then moved to adopt the substitute without objection. Senator Perry then moved the committee substitute be reported favorably to the full Senate. The clerk called the roll; the clerk announced “13 ayes, no nays,” and the committee announced the substitute “will be reported favorably to the full Senate.”

The committee took no amendments on the substitute in the hearing; the change to move allocation implementation to statute means further statutory work will be required for the split and implementing mechanics if the amendment is approved by voters and enacted.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee on Finance May 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate Committee on Finance voted 13-0 to report favorably a committee substitute to HJR7 that would dedicate a portion of state sales and use tax revenue to the Texas Water Fund and changes the structure and term of the dedication.","taxTitle","Committee on Finance, Senate, Legislative, Texas","taxId",16845,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6226329,"Senate Finance committee advances $90 million ambulance grant companion bill to full Senate",160,30000,190000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3511847-3cdd712103e28760f1bdb3bd0e67a2a4&start=30&end=190","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3511847-3cdd712103e28760f1bdb3bd0e67a2a4/thumbnail_30000.jpg","/articles/6226329/Texas/Senate-Finance-committee-advances-90-million-ambulance-grant-companion-bill-to-full-Senate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6226329-8d7d54fef26fb6dc9718304267ab66bf/orig.mp4?Expires=1771141863&Signature=BDTs6cQxY2i9~0vDAGa8Xe--AcjjDVef6f-VBhyNMif70yHB8hTZIIVMZISH5mkPgIl5llpjBKqTbwOnm1eWEYBIQ0nQ-1PRWoyvCvieh0vlwAqAfHsWoDn5Y6qgSYlrxZs49lNnXDnA4j5353U1efeDUH1mVJ7N7C-ygT~Ej-FVFzPCJLaIrLf28tBqnpbp0VUqvqMaamGzTfuoFG~evJpyE1X0UBt32XNDZrPSY0flvtZehRpWDngFxVnvqBONnEmzNSSMjU9l79tvOZYYPILm-VkeI8a9RIhxnEpYXGWu0gHFOsDwb8QtGFUCqEuwhx5A29f7LL837QlkCrA7RA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Finance reported House Bill 3000 favorably to the full Senate on a 13-0 roll call, advancing a $90 million grant program intended to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.

Senator Perry, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure is effectively unchanged from the version the committee reviewed earlier this session and that “there is some comptroller conversations just for cleanup that may actually happen before it's gone off the floor.” He described the program as a $90,000,000 grant for rural ambulance providers. The committee record notes the appropriation is accounted for in Article 9 of Senate Bill 1.

The motion to report House Bill 3000 favorably was made by Senator Perry. The clerk called the roll; senators recorded voting “aye” included Alvarado, Bentoncourt, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Paul, Kolkhorst, Nichols, Paxton, Harry, Shwartner, West, Zaffirini, Hinojosa and Huffman. The clerk announced “13 ayes, no nays,” and the chair stated the bill “will be reported favorably to the full Senate.”

No amendments or alternate motions were recorded in committee. Senator Perry and the chair both indicated the bill's language matches what the committee previously considered and that any remaining changes would be technical cleanup with the comptroller’s office. The committee took no additional formal direction beyond reporting the bill to the Senate.

House Bill 3000 now moves to the full Senate for further consideration under regular Senate procedures.","The Senate Committee on Finance voted 13-0 to report House Bill 3000, the House companion to Senate Bill 1377, which would create a $90 million grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties; funding is accounted for in Article 9 of Senate Bill 1.","actionData","errors"]

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Senate Finance committee approves committee substitute to HJR7 to dedicate sales-tax revenue to Texas Water Fund

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