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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in |
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appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority |
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regarding appropriations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 1.01. DEFINITION. In this Act, "ARPA fund" means |
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money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal |
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Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the |
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited |
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to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325. |
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ARTICLE 2. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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SECTION 2.01. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: IMPLEMENTING |
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PRIOR LEGISLATION. (a) The amount of $165,600,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Employees Retirement System |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
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for the purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter 940 (S.B. |
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321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. |
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(b) The appropriations made in this section are for the |
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purpose of amortizing the Employees Retirement System Retirement |
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Program's unfunded actuarial liabilities not later than the state |
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fiscal year ending August 31, 2054, consistent with Chapter 940 |
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(S.B. 321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. |
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SECTION 2.02. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: UNFUNDED |
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ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES. The amount of $1,000,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Employees |
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Retirement System for the two-year period beginning on the |
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effective date of this Act for the purpose of amortizing the |
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Employees Retirement System Retirement Program's unfunded |
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actuarial liabilities. |
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SECTION 2.03. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: OPIOID |
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SETTLEMENT FUNDS. The amount of $26,846,996.60 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of public accounts |
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for immediate deposit to the opioid abatement trust fund pursuant |
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to Section 403.507(b)(2), Government Code, from money obtained |
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under the statewide opioid settlement agreement in State of Texas |
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v. McKinsey & Company, Inc., United States, No. D-1-GN-21-000551 |
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(98th Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex., Feb. 4, 2021). |
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SECTION 2.04. FISCAL PROGRAMS - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC |
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ACCOUNTS: TEXAS GUARANTEED TUITION PLAN. The amount of |
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$243,800,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to |
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Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts for the two-year |
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period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose |
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of paying contract obligations and program expenses for the |
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Guaranteed Tuition Plan/Texas Tomorrow Fund. |
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SECTION 2.05. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: DEFERRED |
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MAINTENANCE DEDICATION. Not later than August 31, 2023, the |
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comptroller of public accounts shall transfer the amount of |
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$400,000,000 from the general revenue fund to the deferred |
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maintenance account number 5166 to be used for the purpose of |
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addressing future maintenance of state buildings as directed by the |
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legislature. |
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SECTION 2.06. FACILITIES COMMISSION: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES |
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COMMISSION FACILITY. (a) The amount of $210,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Facilities |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of constructing a new facility to be |
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used by the Library and Archives Commission for records and archive |
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storage. |
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(b) The General Land Office, the Texas Facilities |
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Commission, the Library and Archives Commission, and other |
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necessary state agencies are directed to take all legal actions |
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necessary to sell the Library and Archives Commission facility and |
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adjacent state-owned land currently located on Shoal Creek in the |
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City of Austin, Texas ("the Shoal Creek facility"). The proceeds |
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from the sale of the Shoal Creek facility may be appropriated by a |
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future legislature to defray costs of the construction of the new |
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facility described by Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
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Texas Facilities Commission may require to achieve the purpose for |
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which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section was |
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made are reflected in the total number of full-time equivalent |
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(FTE) employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the |
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88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General |
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Appropriations Act). |
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(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $210,000,000 for the appropriation made under |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(e) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$210,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2.07. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: DEPARTMENT OF |
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INFORMATION RESOURCES. The unencumbered appropriations from the |
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ARPA fund and the related increase in capital budget authority made |
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to the Department of Information Resources by Section 25, Chapter |
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10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 |
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(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), for cybersecurity projects |
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are reduced by $200,000,000. |
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SECTION 2.08. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE |
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AUTHORITY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the general |
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revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1053 |
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(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
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General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2023, for bond debt service payments, |
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including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-52, Chapter |
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1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 |
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(the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the |
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appropriations to the Public Finance Authority, are reduced by a |
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total of $18,466,179. |
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(b) The Public Finance Authority shall identify the |
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strategies and objectives out of which the reduction in |
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appropriations described by Subsection (a) of this section are to |
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be made and the amount of the reduction for each of those strategies |
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and objectives. |
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SECTION 2.09. PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY: CUSTOMER RATE |
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RELIEF CHARGES RELATED TO WINTER STORM URI. Contingent on the |
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enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2023, relating to the payment of gas customer rate relief charges |
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imposed for costs related to Winter Storm Uri, the amount necessary |
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to implement the provisions of that legislation (estimated to be |
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$3,861,553,084) is appropriated from the general revenue fund to |
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the Public Finance Authority for the two-year period beginning on |
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the effective date of this Act for the purpose of making a grant to |
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the issuing financing entity created under Section 1232.1072, |
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Government Code, to be used to pay the aggregate customer rate |
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relief charges authorized by Subchapter I, Chapter 104, Utilities |
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Code, on behalf of customers in lieu of monthly charges in order to |
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assist with recovery from the impact of Winter Storm Uri. |
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SECTION 2.10. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: ENDOWMENT FUND. |
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Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, relating to the creation of an endowment |
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fund for the State Preservation Board to be held by the Texas |
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Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, the amount of $200,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of |
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public accounts for the period beginning on the effective date of |
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this Act and ending August 31, 2023, to be deposited before August |
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31, 2023, to the endowment fund for use by the State Preservation |
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Board for the purposes described by that legislation. |
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SECTION 2.11. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE FOR |
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TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM. (a) The amount of $2,975,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the State |
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Preservation Board for the two-year period beginning on the |
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effective date of this Act for the purpose of replacing the roof and |
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boiler system of the Texas State History Museum. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
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Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $2,975,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
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Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 |
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(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium |
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beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by $2,975,000 for the |
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appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
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SECTION 2.12. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: FORT VELASCO |
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HISTORICAL SITE. The amount of $500,000 is appropriated from the |
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general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the |
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two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the |
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purpose of making a grant for the maintenance and improvement of the |
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Fort Velasco Historic Site. |
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SECTION 2.13. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: ENDOWMENT FUND. |
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Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, relating to the creation of an endowment |
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fund for the Texas Historical Commission to be held by the Texas |
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Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, the amount of $300,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of |
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public accounts for the period beginning on the effective date of |
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this Act and ending August 31, 2023, to be deposited before August |
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31, 2023, to the endowment fund for use by the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the purposes described by that legislation. |
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SECTION 2.14. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: SAN JACINTO |
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BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $102,700,000 |
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is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas |
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Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the |
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effective date of this Act for the purpose of restoring the San |
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Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and making improvements to |
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the visitor center for the site. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $102,700,000 for the appropriation made under |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$102,700,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2.15. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: BATTLESHIP |
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TEXAS SITE RESTORATION. (a) The amount of $40,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of restoring the Battleship Texas site, |
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including demolishing the battleship's slip and accessory |
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structures and restoring the historic appearance of the entire |
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site. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $40,000,000 for the appropriation made under |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$40,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.16. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: OFFICE |
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MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. (a) The amount of $327,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of maintenance and repairs to the |
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commission's complex in central Austin, Texas, including lead paint |
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abatement and window repairs. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $327,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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SECTION 2.17. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MAGOFFIN HOME |
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STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $4,144,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
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for the purpose of stabilizing and rebuilding the Magoffin Home in |
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the City of El Paso, Texas. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $4,144,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$4,144,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.18. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: VARNER-HOGG |
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PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $825,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of remediating damage to the foundation |
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of Varner-Hogg Plantation structures caused by decades of flood |
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events occurring at the plantation. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $825,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$825,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.19. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MAINTENANCE AT |
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VARIOUS STATE HISTORIC SITES. (a) The amount of $2,875,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of undertaking maintenance projects at |
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various state historic sites, which may include replacing roofs, |
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stabilizing ruins, replacing heating, ventilation, and air |
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conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other necessary maintenance |
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projects. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $2,875,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$2,875,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.20. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE |
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GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The amount of $45,000,000 is appropriated from |
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the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the |
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two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the |
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purpose of the courthouse grant program, including grants for |
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restorations and emergency planning projects. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $45,000,000 for the appropriation made under |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$45,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.21. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN |
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STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
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for the purpose of land acquisition to restore the boundaries of the |
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Levi Jordan plantation and develop a visitor center and exhibits |
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for the plantation site. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $5,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
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$5,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.22. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: TRAVEL |
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PUBLICATION REPRINTS. The amount of $522,240 is appropriated from |
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the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the |
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two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the |
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purpose of reprinting: |
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(1) the Statewide Heritage Travel Guide; |
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(2) the African Americans in Texas brochure; |
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(3) the Hispanic Texans brochure; |
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(4) the Chisholm Trail guide; and |
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(5) the Texas and the Great War guide. |
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SECTION 2.23. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM |
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OF THE PACIFIC WAR. (a) The amount of $7,500,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
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for the purpose of making updates and modifications to modernize |
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the George H. W. Bush Gallery and exhibits at the National Museum of |
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the Pacific War. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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increased by $7,500,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
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$7,500,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.24. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: EISENHOWER |
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BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $3,401,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
|
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of this Act for the purpose of making site upgrades at the |
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Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, including a new visitor |
|
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center, landscaping improvements, improved entry to the site, and |
|
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enhancement to the overall appearance of the Eisenhower statue. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
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increased by $3,401,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
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(a) of this section. |
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(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
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Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
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$3,401,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2.25. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MONUMENT HILL |
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STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $4,300,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
|
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for the purpose of building a new visitor center and incorporating |
|
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an open-air pavilion at the Monument Hill State Historic Site. |
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(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
|
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by $4,300,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
|
|
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
$4,300,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 2.26. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE |
|
|
GOVERNOR: MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM. The amount of |
|
|
$100,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the |
|
|
Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for use during |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
the moving image industry incentive program under Section 485.022, |
|
|
Government Code. |
|
|
ARTICLE 3. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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|
SECTION 3.01. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
MEDICAID SHORTFALL. The amount of $2,935,300,000 is appropriated |
|
|
from the general revenue fund, and the amount of $5,500,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services |
|
|
Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, for the |
|
|
purpose of Medicaid client services under Goal A, Medicaid Client |
|
|
Services, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act). |
|
|
SECTION 3.02. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE |
|
|
HOSPITALS AND CAPACITY. (a) The amount of $2,321,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of constructing state |
|
|
hospitals and increasing inpatient capacity. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by $2,321,000,000 for the appropriation made |
|
|
under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
$2,321,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of |
|
|
this section. |
|
|
SECTION 3.03. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE |
|
|
SERVICES: FOSTER CARE SHORTFALL. The amount of $12,581,246 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department |
|
|
of Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2023, to address a budget shortfall associated with |
|
|
Strategy B.1.9, Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 1053 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 3.04. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE |
|
|
SERVICES: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) The amount of $250,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department |
|
|
of Family and Protective Services for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act to pay for information technology |
|
|
costs for the collection by children's advocacy centers of |
|
|
information from state agencies. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of |
|
|
Family and Protective Services in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), is increased by $250,000 for the appropriation |
|
|
made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 3.05. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: |
|
|
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS. The amount of $25,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the ARPA fund to the Department of State Health |
|
|
Services for use during the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the Federally Qualified Health |
|
|
Center Incubator Program. |
|
|
ARTICLE 4. EDUCATION |
|
|
SECTION 4.01. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION |
|
|
AGENCY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation |
|
|
School Fund No. 193 made to the Texas Education Agency by Chapter |
|
|
1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal |
|
|
biennium ending August 31, 2023, for Strategy A.1.1, Foundation |
|
|
School Program - Equalized Operations, as listed in that Act, are |
|
|
reduced by $8,207,005,559. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 1053 (S.B. |
|
|
1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the |
|
|
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, the sum-certain |
|
|
appropriation to the Foundation School Program for the state fiscal |
|
|
year ending August 31, 2023, is $24,467,131,080. |
|
|
SECTION 4.02. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SCHOOL SAFETY. The |
|
|
amount of $600,000,000 is appropriated from the ARPA fund to the |
|
|
Texas Education Agency for use during the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act for Strategy B.2.2, Health and |
|
|
Safety, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, |
|
|
2023 (the General Appropriations Act), to assist school districts |
|
|
in implementing school safety initiatives. |
|
|
SECTION 4.03. SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: |
|
|
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. The amount of $936,061 is appropriated from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the School for the Blind and Visually |
|
|
Impaired for the period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
|
|
and ending August 31, 2024, for staff salary increases provided in |
|
|
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, to address staffing |
|
|
shortfalls, to be allocated as follows to the following strategies |
|
|
as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), or H.B. 1, |
|
|
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), as applicable: |
|
|
(1) Strategy A.1.1, Classroom Instruction, $146,856; |
|
|
(2) Strategy A.1.2, Residential Program, $237,279; |
|
|
(3) Strategy A.1.3, Short-term Programs, $18,134; |
|
|
(4) Strategy A.1.4, Related and Support Services, |
|
|
$343,206; |
|
|
(5) Strategy B.1.1, Technical Assistance, $47,170; |
|
|
(6) Strategy B.1.2, Professional Education in Visual |
|
|
Impairment, $2,322; |
|
|
(7) Strategy D.1.1, Central Administration, $120,380; |
|
|
and |
|
|
(8) Strategy D.1.2, Other Support Services, $20,714. |
|
|
SECTION 4.04. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: NATURAL DISASTERS. |
|
|
The amount of $146,080,058 is appropriated from the ARPA fund to the |
|
|
Texas A&M Forest Service for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of responding to |
|
|
previously occurring and future natural disasters, including |
|
|
responding through the mobilization of ground and aviation |
|
|
resources for fire suppression. |
|
|
SECTION 4.05. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: TEXAS MEMORIAL |
|
|
MUSEUM. (a) The amount of $8,000,000 is appropriated from the |
|
|
general revenue fund to The University of Texas at Austin for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the |
|
|
purpose of renovating the Texas Memorial Museum. |
|
|
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need |
|
|
for the appropriation of general revenue funds for the purpose of |
|
|
renovating the Texas Memorial Museum. The appropriation made by |
|
|
this section is contingent on approval by two-thirds of each |
|
|
chamber of the legislature, as required under Section 18(i), |
|
|
Article VII, Texas Constitution. |
|
|
SECTION 4.06. LAMAR INSTITUTIONS: DISASTER RESILIENCY |
|
|
INFRASTRUCTURE. The following amounts totaling $24,500,000 are |
|
|
appropriated from the ARPA fund to the following institutions for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
the purpose of creating disaster resiliency infrastructure at those |
|
|
institutions: |
|
|
(1) Lamar University: $10,000,000; |
|
|
(2) Lamar State College - Port Arthur: $4,000,000; |
|
|
(3) Lamar Institute of Technology: $4,000,000; and |
|
|
(4) Lamar State College - Orange: $6,500,000. |
|
|
SECTION 4.07. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: BENEFIT |
|
|
ENHANCEMENT. Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the |
|
|
88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to providing a |
|
|
benefit enhancement for retired employees under the Teacher |
|
|
Retirement System, and contingent on compliance with the |
|
|
requirements regarding the amortization period of the unfunded |
|
|
actuarial liabilities of the Teacher Retirement System under |
|
|
Section 821.006, Government Code, the amount of $1,000,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Teacher |
|
|
Retirement System for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing a benefit |
|
|
enhancement. |
|
|
ARTICLE 5. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
|
|
SECTION 5.01. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: AGENCY |
|
|
OPERATIONS. The amount of $237,200,000 is appropriated from the |
|
|
general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
|
|
for the purpose of correctional security operations, staffing |
|
|
adjustments, resumption of services at the Bradshaw State Jail, and |
|
|
other agency operations expenses. |
|
|
SECTION 5.02. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: |
|
|
CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. The amount of $141,770,855 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department |
|
|
of Criminal Justice for use during the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2023, for correctional managed health care under |
|
|
Strategy C.1.9, Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter |
|
|
1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 5.03. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: |
|
|
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SECURITY PROJECTS. (a) The amount of |
|
|
$23,762,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the |
|
|
Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of |
|
|
addressing previously deferred maintenance of correctional |
|
|
facilities' security. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of |
|
|
Criminal Justice in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by $23,762,000 for the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of |
|
|
Criminal Justice in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
$23,762,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 5.04. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: |
|
|
TRAINING FACILITY. (a) The amount of $35,000,000 is appropriated |
|
|
from the ARPA fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
the purpose of constructing a training facility on land owned by the |
|
|
department. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of |
|
|
Criminal Justice in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by $35,000,000 for the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of |
|
|
Criminal Justice in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
$35,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 5.05. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: |
|
|
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM. The amount of $600,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department |
|
|
of Criminal Justice for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of implementing the |
|
|
provisions of Chapter 1014 (H.B. 2352), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to an educational and |
|
|
vocational training pilot program to assist certain offenders in |
|
|
finding jobs on release from incarceration or community |
|
|
supervision. |
|
|
SECTION 5.06. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BORDER |
|
|
SECURITY. The amount of $47,300,000 is appropriated from the |
|
|
general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Public Safety for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
the purpose of supporting the border security deployment for |
|
|
Operation Lone Star. |
|
|
SECTION 5.07. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: |
|
|
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. The amount of $9,720,960 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Juvenile |
|
|
Justice Department for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of reimbursing counties |
|
|
for the costs of holding juveniles for whom the department does not |
|
|
have adequate capacity. |
|
|
ARTICLE 6. NATURAL RESOURCES |
|
|
SECTION 6.01. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: |
|
|
HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE REMEDIATION. (a) Rider 24, page VI-24, |
|
|
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern |
|
|
of the appropriations to the Commission on Environmental Quality is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
24. Appropriations and Unexpended Balances: [from] Cost |
|
|
Recovery for Site Remediation and Cleanups. (a) In addition to |
|
|
amounts appropriated above, any unobligated and unexpended |
|
|
balances as of August 31, 2021, (estimated to be $0) remaining in |
|
|
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account No. 550 which |
|
|
were received from responsible parties as cost recovery payments |
|
|
for site remediation and cleanups undertaken by the Commission on |
|
|
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are appropriated to the TCEQ for the |
|
|
biennium beginning September 1, 2021. The funds shall be used to |
|
|
pay the cost of site cleanups and remediation during the biennium. |
|
|
(b) In addition to amounts appropriated above, any |
|
|
additional revenues generated from cost recovery fees (Revenue |
|
|
Object Code 3802) during the biennium beginning September 1, 2021, |
|
|
are appropriated from the Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee |
|
|
Account No. 550 to the TCEQ for that biennium for site remediation |
|
|
and cleanups. |
|
|
(c) In addition to amounts appropriated above, $3,755,606 |
|
|
is appropriated from Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee |
|
|
Account No. 550 to the TCEQ for the biennium beginning September 1, |
|
|
2021, for site remediation and cleanups. |
|
|
(b) Any unobligated and unexpended balances remaining as of |
|
|
August 31, 2023, from appropriations made under Rider 24, page |
|
|
VI-24, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern |
|
|
of the appropriations to the Commission on Environmental Quality |
|
|
are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 6.02. RAILROAD COMMISSION: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION |
|
|
AND STORAGE OF NATURAL AND OTHER GASES. (a) The amount of $541,000 |
|
|
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Railroad |
|
|
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
|
|
of this Act for Strategy B.1.1, Ensure Pipeline Safety, as listed in |
|
|
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of |
|
|
the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), to implement rule changes adopted by the |
|
|
United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous |
|
|
Materials Safety Administration. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the commission to employ |
|
|
during that period, the Railroad Commission may employ out of money |
|
|
appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section 10.0 full-time |
|
|
equivalent (FTE) employees. |
|
|
SECTION 6.03. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: PARK |
|
|
ACQUISITION. (a) The amount of $100,000,000 is appropriated from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
Strategy D.1.2, Land Acquisition, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. |
|
|
1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), to acquire real property for use as state parks. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Parks and Wildlife |
|
|
Department in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by $100,000,000 for the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Parks and Wildlife |
|
|
Department in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
$100,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of |
|
|
this section. |
|
|
SECTION 6.04. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: FLOOD MITIGATION. |
|
|
(a) The amount of $400,000,000 is appropriated from the ARPA fund |
|
|
to the comptroller of public accounts for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act for immediate deposit to |
|
|
the credit of the flood infrastructure fund number 194. |
|
|
(b) The amount of $400,000,000 is appropriated from the |
|
|
flood infrastructure fund number 194 to the Water Development Board |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
|
|
for Strategy B.1.1, State and Federal Financial Assistance |
|
|
Programs, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), and Strategy C.1.1, State and Federal Financial Assistance |
|
|
Programs, as listed in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), to provide grants |
|
|
for flood mitigation. |
|
|
SECTION 6.05. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: DATA CENTER |
|
|
SERVICES. (a) The amount of $1,501,282 is appropriated from the |
|
|
general revenue fund to the Water Development Board for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for |
|
|
Strategy D.1.2, Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 1053 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), and Strategy E.1.2, Information |
|
|
Resources, as listed in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for data |
|
|
center services. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Water Development |
|
|
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by $1,501,282 for the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Water Development |
|
|
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by $1,501,282 for the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
ARTICLE 7. BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
|
|
SECTION 7.01. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: CERTAIN |
|
|
RIDERS. (a) Section 17.43, Article IX, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), is repealed. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding the bill pattern of the appropriations |
|
|
to the Department of Transportation in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), the department may use $15,000,000 of the |
|
|
amount appropriated for Strategy C.5.1, Aviation Services, as |
|
|
listed in that Act, for the state fiscal year ending August 31, |
|
|
2023, for any strategy or strategies for which money is |
|
|
appropriated to the department under that Act. |
|
|
ARTICLE 8. UNEXPENDED AND UNOBLIGATED BALANCES |
|
|
SECTION 8.01. PENSION REVIEW BOARD: DATA MIGRATION |
|
|
BALANCES. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of |
|
|
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
35(c)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Pension Review Board for the purpose |
|
|
of migration of the board's data from multiple servers to the cloud |
|
|
and the creation of a new web-based interface for the current |
|
|
internal databases (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the |
|
|
board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.02. PENSION REVIEW BOARD: SELF-SERVICE PORTAL. |
|
|
(a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the |
|
|
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
35(c)(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Pension Review Board for the purpose |
|
|
of the creation of a self-service portal to allow retirement |
|
|
systems to access a secure reporting portal to upload reports and |
|
|
view compliance status in real time (estimated to be $276,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Pension Review Board |
|
|
in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is increased by the |
|
|
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.03. FACILITIES COMMISSION: CAPITOL COMPLEX PHASE |
|
|
I. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the |
|
|
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 3, |
|
|
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the |
|
|
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Facilities Commission for |
|
|
the purpose of providing interior finish out of new facilities |
|
|
included in Phase I of the Capitol Complex construction projects, |
|
|
costs associated with moving agencies into the new facilities, and |
|
|
security services for the new facilities for Strategy A.2.1, |
|
|
Facilities Design and Construction, and Strategy B.2.1, Facilities |
|
|
Operation, as listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), and for full-time equivalent positions for building an |
|
|
information modeling and management system (estimated to be |
|
|
$22,816,298) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
|
|
Texas Facilities Commission may require to achieve the purpose for |
|
|
which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section was |
|
|
made are reflected in the total full-time equivalent (FTE) |
|
|
employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act). |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the |
|
|
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.04. FACILITIES COMMISSION: FLEX-SPACE BUILDING |
|
|
PROJECT. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 43, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Facilities Commission |
|
|
for the purchase of land and the construction of a flexible space |
|
|
multi-purpose building for use as short-term storage or temporary |
|
|
office space (estimated to be $40,000,000) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the |
|
|
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.05. FACILITIES COMMISSION: DEFERRED SAFETY AND |
|
|
MAINTENANCE TO STATE BUILDINGS. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 55(a)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Texas Facilities Commission for the purpose of health and |
|
|
safety improvements and remediation of deferred maintenance of |
|
|
state buildings (estimated to be $62,147,713) are appropriated to |
|
|
the commission for the same purpose for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state |
|
|
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the |
|
|
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.06. FACILITIES COMMISSION: PERMIAN BASIN |
|
|
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this |
|
|
section, all unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of |
|
|
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
26, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA |
|
|
fund to the Texas Facilities Commission for the purpose of |
|
|
constructing a 100-bed comprehensive behavioral health center to |
|
|
serve the Permian Basin region (estimated to be $40,000,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section |
|
|
is contingent on the completion of a signed agreement between the |
|
|
Texas Facilities Commission and the Ector County and Midland County |
|
|
Hospital Districts guaranteeing the ongoing operations of the |
|
|
comprehensive behavioral health center described by that |
|
|
subsection to ensure the construction and operation of the health |
|
|
center will provide a continuing benefit to the residents of this |
|
|
state. |
|
|
(c) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, all gifts or |
|
|
grants made to the Texas Facilities Commission to support the |
|
|
construction of the comprehensive behavioral health center |
|
|
described by Subsection (a) of this section (estimated to be |
|
|
$50,000,000) are appropriated to the commission for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the |
|
|
construction of the center. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriations made under this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
(e) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
|
|
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the biennium |
|
|
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriations made under this section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.07. COMMISSION ON STATE EMERGENCY |
|
|
COMMUNICATIONS: NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1 SERVICE FUND. All unexpended |
|
|
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this |
|
|
Act from appropriations made by Section 30, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the |
|
|
Commission on State Emergency Communications for deposit into the |
|
|
Next Generation 9-1-1 Service Fund No. 0195 and for use by the |
|
|
commission as authorized by other law for the deployment and |
|
|
reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 service, including |
|
|
equipment and administration costs (estimated to be |
|
|
$136,025,272.41), are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.08. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED |
|
|
MAINTENANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 6, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
|
|
for deferred maintenance projects under Strategy A.1.4, Historic |
|
|
Sites, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for |
|
|
the same purposes for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.09. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED |
|
|
MAINTENANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 55(a)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Texas |
|
|
Historical Commission for remediation of deferred maintenance of |
|
|
state buildings (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.10. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM |
|
|
OF THE PACIFIC WAR. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 4(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Texas Historical Commission for capital projects at the National |
|
|
Museum of the Pacific War as described by Subsection (a) of that |
|
|
section (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for |
|
|
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.11. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE |
|
|
PRESERVATION GRANTS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 5(a), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from amounts previously appropriated by |
|
|
Section 8, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission |
|
|
for the purpose of making courthouse preservation grants under |
|
|
Strategy A.1.3, Courthouse Preservation, as listed in Chapter 605 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), (estimated to be $107,764) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of |
|
|
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
5(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the |
|
|
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission for |
|
|
courthouse preservation grants (estimated to be $300,218) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical |
|
|
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amounts of the appropriations made under this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.12. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: |
|
|
WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS STATE HISTORIC SITE. All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 23, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Texas Historical |
|
|
Commission for the purpose of providing funding for the |
|
|
commission's capital plan project for the Washington-on-the-Brazos |
|
|
State Historic Site (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.13. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN |
|
|
STATE HISTORIC SITE. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 7, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Texas Historical Commission for the purpose of continuing |
|
|
development of the Levi Jordan State Historic Site, including |
|
|
architectural, engineering, interpretive, and site survey services |
|
|
and collections conservation and acquisition to develop museum |
|
|
exhibits, as provided by Strategy A.1.4, Historic Sites, as listed |
|
|
in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), (estimated to be |
|
|
$0) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.14. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: CAPITOL AND |
|
|
EXTENSION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 9(a), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the State Preservation Board for |
|
|
the purpose of performing renovations to the Texas Capitol and the |
|
|
Capitol Extension, including the replacement of the Capitol's |
|
|
historic roof, phase 1 of an exterior waterproofing project for the |
|
|
Capitol and Capitol Extension, and other repairs and renovations to |
|
|
the Capitol, Capitol Extension, Capitol Visitors Center, Capitol |
|
|
grounds, and Governor's Mansion, (estimated to be $33,605,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.15. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: TEXAS STATE HISTORY |
|
|
MUSEUM. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 9(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the State Preservation Board for |
|
|
the purpose of performing repairs and renovations to the Texas |
|
|
State History Museum (estimated to be $2,465,000) are appropriated |
|
|
to the board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.16. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: STATE CEMETERY |
|
|
MASTER PLAN. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 55(a)(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the State |
|
|
Preservation Board for the state cemetery master plan (estimated to |
|
|
be $0) are appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.17. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE AND |
|
|
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 47, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the State Preservation |
|
|
Board for the purpose of maintenance and capital improvement |
|
|
projects (estimated to be $10,352,200) are appropriated to the |
|
|
board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation |
|
|
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.18. SECRETARY OF STATE: LEGACY SYSTEM |
|
|
MODERNIZATION. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 35(a)(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Secretary |
|
|
of State for the legacy system modernization project (estimated to |
|
|
be $0) are appropriated to the Secretary of State for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.19. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: |
|
|
ENDPOINT DETECTION AND RESPONSE. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 35(e)(9), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Department of Information Resources for cybersecurity endpoint |
|
|
detection and response (estimated to be $11,302,238) are |
|
|
appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.20. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: |
|
|
ENDPOINT DETECTION AND RESPONSE. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 12(a)(1), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Department of Information Resources for the purpose of |
|
|
providing cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically |
|
|
for endpoint detection and response, (estimated to be $6,534,350) |
|
|
are appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ |
|
|
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may |
|
|
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section |
|
|
one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for endpoint detection and |
|
|
response. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.21. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: |
|
|
SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 12(a)(2), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the |
|
|
Department of Information Resources for the purpose of providing |
|
|
cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically for the |
|
|
security operations center, (estimated to be $2,670,231) are |
|
|
appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ |
|
|
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may |
|
|
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section |
|
|
seven full-time equivalent (FTE) employees for the security |
|
|
operations center. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.22. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: |
|
|
MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION EXPANSION. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 12(a)(3), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Department of Information Resources for the purpose of |
|
|
providing cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically |
|
|
for multifactor authentication expansion, (estimated to be |
|
|
$3,690,438) are appropriated to the department for the same purpose |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ |
|
|
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may |
|
|
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section |
|
|
one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for the multifactor |
|
|
authentication expansion. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of |
|
|
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.23. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: RIO |
|
|
GRANDE VALLEY LABORATORY. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from the |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 16, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Department of State |
|
|
Health Services for the purpose of upgrading existing laboratory |
|
|
facilities associated with a level 1 trauma facility in Hidalgo |
|
|
County and new laboratory infrastructure in Starr County (estimated |
|
|
to be $0) are appropriated to the department for the same purpose |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.24. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
BUILDING. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 10, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
master lease purchase revenue bonds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission to address deferred maintenance needs at state |
|
|
supported living centers and state hospitals as described by that |
|
|
section (estimated to be $23,675,095) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.25. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOSPITALS. All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 11, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Health and Human Services Commission for projects that have been |
|
|
approved under the provisions of Rider 221, page II-110, Chapter |
|
|
605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the |
|
|
appropriations to the commission and appropriated again by Chapter |
|
|
1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act), (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
MIGRATION OF CERTAIN SYSTEMS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 35(a)(6), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health |
|
|
and Human Services Commission for the migration of CLASS, |
|
|
CLASSMate, and Public and Provider systems from the Texas |
|
|
Department of Family and Protective Services to the commission |
|
|
(estimated to be $5,324,542) are appropriated to the commission for |
|
|
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.27. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION AND PROCUREMENT AND |
|
|
TRANSITION PHASE 1. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(a)(7), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal |
|
|
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission for phase 1 of the |
|
|
management information systems modernization and procurement and |
|
|
transition (estimated to be an aggregate of $258,322,269, of which |
|
|
$29,708,530 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund and |
|
|
$228,613,739 is estimated to be from federal funds) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.28. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: VENDOR |
|
|
DRUG PROGRAM PHARMACY BENEFITS SERVICES MODERNIZATION. (a) All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(a)(8), |
|
|
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the |
|
|
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the vendor drug program pharmacy benefits |
|
|
services modernization (estimated to be an aggregate of |
|
|
$25,213,488, of which $2,928,372 is estimated to be from the |
|
|
general revenue fund and $22,285,116 is estimated to be from |
|
|
federal funds) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.29. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: HYBRID |
|
|
CLOUD SYSTEM. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(a)(9), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal |
|
|
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission for the |
|
|
development of a system to identify, preserve, collect, analyze, |
|
|
and produce all documents and information including electronically |
|
|
stored information in a hybrid cloud solution (estimated to be an |
|
|
aggregate of $7,038,000, of which $4,777,553 is estimated to be |
|
|
from the general revenue fund and $2,260,447 is estimated to be from |
|
|
federal funds) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.30. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
SYSTEMWIDE BUSINESS ENABLEMENT PLATFORM PROJECT. (a) All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(c)(5), |
|
|
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the |
|
|
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the systemwide business enablement |
|
|
platform project (estimated to be an aggregate of $9,616,099, of |
|
|
which $6,037,560 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund |
|
|
and $3,578,539 is estimated to be from federal funds) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.31. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
END-OF-LIFE/END-OF-SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT. (a) All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(c)(6), |
|
|
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the |
|
|
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for replacement of the |
|
|
end-of-life/end-of-support network infrastructure, including |
|
|
routers, switches, perimeter security protection equipment, |
|
|
firewalls, wireless local area networks, and uninterruptible power |
|
|
supplies, (estimated to be an aggregate of $24,760,758, of which |
|
|
$17,825,269 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund and |
|
|
$6,935,489 is estimated to be from federal funds) are appropriated |
|
|
to the commission for the same purpose for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.32. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
RESTORING REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. |
|
|
(a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the |
|
|
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
35(c)(7), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission to restore reductions for certain information |
|
|
technology projects (estimated to be $5,135,578 from the general |
|
|
revenue fund) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.33. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: FIBER |
|
|
AND CABLING PROJECT UPGRADES AT STATE HOSPITALS AND STATE SUPPORTED |
|
|
LIVING CENTERS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(c)(8), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health |
|
|
and Human Services Commission for infrastructure upgrades to fiber |
|
|
and cabling projects at state hospitals and state supported living |
|
|
centers (estimated to be $3,106,672) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.34. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DATA |
|
|
CENTER CONSOLIDATION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(d)(5), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal |
|
|
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission to provide for |
|
|
data center consolidation (estimated to be an aggregate of |
|
|
$4,519,412, of which $2,595,271 is estimated to be from the general |
|
|
revenue fund and $1,924,141 is estimated to be from federal funds) |
|
|
are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.35. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DATA |
|
|
CENTER CONSOLIDATION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(d)(6), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund, interagency |
|
|
contract receipts, and federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission to provide for data center consolidation |
|
|
(estimated to be an aggregate of $24,947,262, of which $12,666,241 |
|
|
is estimated to be from the general revenue fund, $1,660,625 is |
|
|
estimated to be from interagency contract receipts, and $10,620,396 |
|
|
is estimated to be from federal funds) are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.36. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MOTOR |
|
|
VEHICLES. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 37(a)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health |
|
|
and Human Services Commission for the purchase of motor vehicles |
|
|
(estimated to be $7,060,888) are appropriated to the commission for |
|
|
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.37. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
CROSS-BIENNIA TRANSFERS FOR STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 54, Chapter 995 |
|
|
(H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization |
|
|
fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for continuing |
|
|
improvements to state hospital facilities (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.38. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: WINTERS |
|
|
DATA CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 55(a)(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health |
|
|
and Human Services Commission for the Winters Data Center |
|
|
(estimated to be $755,896) are appropriated to the commission for |
|
|
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.39. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: WINTERS |
|
|
DATA CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 55(b)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from federal funds to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the Winters Data Center (estimated to be |
|
|
$744,104) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.40. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: AUSTIN |
|
|
STATE HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 64(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Health and Human Services Commission to finish construction of a |
|
|
240-bed replacement campus of the Austin State Hospital (estimated |
|
|
to be $9,599,400) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.41. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: SAN |
|
|
ANTONIO STATE HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 64(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Health and Human Services Commission to finish construction of a |
|
|
300-bed replacement campus of the San Antonio State Hospital |
|
|
(estimated to be $152,400,000) are appropriated to the commission |
|
|
for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.42. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 64(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
Health and Human Services Commission to begin preplanning and |
|
|
planning efforts of a new state hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth |
|
|
metropolitan area, including the acquisition of land for that |
|
|
purpose (estimated to be $4,475,000), are appropriated to the |
|
|
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.43. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 11, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the purpose of construction of a state |
|
|
hospital in Dallas (estimated to be $22,800,000) are appropriated |
|
|
to the commission for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for the purpose of construction of a new |
|
|
state hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by |
|
|
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.44. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (a) All unexpended |
|
|
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this |
|
|
Act from appropriations made by Section 64(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. |
|
|
2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Health and Human Services Commission for one full-time |
|
|
equivalent (FTE) employee to oversee the construction projects |
|
|
described by Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of that section |
|
|
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
|
|
Health and Human Services Commission may require to achieve the |
|
|
purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section was made are reflected in the total number of full-time |
|
|
equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, |
|
|
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 8.45. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RURAL |
|
|
HOSPITALS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of |
|
|
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
12, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA |
|
|
fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the purpose of |
|
|
providing funding for grants to support rural hospitals that have |
|
|
been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.46. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
INTERNET PORTAL. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 13, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the |
|
|
purpose of providing funding for the creation of a consolidated |
|
|
Internet portal for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance |
|
|
Program medical services provider data (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.47. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
TECHNOLOGY UPDATES. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 14, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding for |
|
|
technology updates to the Medicaid eligibility computer system |
|
|
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.48. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: TEXAS |
|
|
CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 15, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding for |
|
|
COVID-19 related expenses incurred by the Texas Civil Commitment |
|
|
Office related to consumable supplies and travel (estimated to be |
|
|
$0) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.49. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: SUNRISE |
|
|
CANYON HOSPITAL. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 22, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the |
|
|
purpose of providing funding for the expansion of capacity of |
|
|
Sunrise Canyon Hospital (estimated to be $14,843,738) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.50. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
STAFFING NEEDS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 33, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human |
|
|
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding to |
|
|
administer one-time grants related to providing critical staffing |
|
|
needs resulting from frontline health care workers affected by |
|
|
COVID-19 as described by that section (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) Money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section is |
|
|
subject to all the restrictions, reporting requirements, and |
|
|
statements of legislative intent provided by Section 33, Chapter 10 |
|
|
(S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 |
|
|
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 8.51. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON: MARITIME |
|
|
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. (a) All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 59, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to Texas A&M |
|
|
University at Galveston for dock and other infrastructure |
|
|
improvements needed to accept new and larger vessels from the |
|
|
United States Department of Transportation and the United States |
|
|
Maritime Administration (MARAD) (estimated to be $10,000,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the university for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need |
|
|
for the appropriation of general revenue funds for the purpose |
|
|
described by Subsection (a) of this section. The appropriation made |
|
|
by this section is contingent on approval by two-thirds of each |
|
|
chamber of the legislature, as required by Section 18(i), Article |
|
|
VII, Texas Constitution. |
|
|
SECTION 8.52. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS |
|
|
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 8, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Higher Education |
|
|
Coordinating Board for the purpose of supporting the operations and |
|
|
expansion of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium to |
|
|
expand mental health initiatives for children, pregnant women, and |
|
|
women who are up to one year postpartum (estimated to be |
|
|
$56,541,442) are appropriated to the coordinating board for the |
|
|
same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) At the direction of the Texas Child Mental Health Care |
|
|
Consortium, the Higher Education Coordinating Board shall transfer |
|
|
money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section to |
|
|
health-related institutions of higher education through |
|
|
interagency contracts for: |
|
|
(1) enhancements and expansion of the Child Psychiatry |
|
|
Access Network; |
|
|
(2) enhancements and expansion of the Texas Child |
|
|
Access Through Telemedicine program; |
|
|
(3) expansion of the child and adolescent mental |
|
|
health workforce; and |
|
|
(4) administrative expenses. |
|
|
(c) The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may |
|
|
transfer money allocated for a purpose described by Subsection |
|
|
(b)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to any other purpose described |
|
|
by those subdivisions, except that a transfer of more than 10 |
|
|
percent of the money allocated for one of those purposes may be made |
|
|
only with the prior approval for the transfer and expenditure from |
|
|
the Legislative Budget Board. A request for approval of the |
|
|
transfer and expenditure by the consortium is considered approved |
|
|
unless the Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval |
|
|
within 10 business days of the receipt and review of the request by |
|
|
the Legislative Budget Board. |
|
|
(d) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may enhance |
|
|
the Child Psychiatry Access Network to improve perinatal mental |
|
|
health services. |
|
|
SECTION 8.53. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: STATE |
|
|
OPERATIONS CENTER. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 9, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Texas Division of |
|
|
Emergency Management for the purpose of the acquisition of land |
|
|
for, and construction of, a state operations center (estimated to |
|
|
be $0) are appropriated to the division for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.54. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER |
|
|
AT HOUSTON: TEXAS EPIDEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE. All unexpended |
|
|
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this |
|
|
Act from appropriations made by Section 17, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to The |
|
|
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the |
|
|
purpose of operating the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute |
|
|
(estimated to be $12,275,876) are appropriated to the center for |
|
|
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.55. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTIONAL |
|
|
ENHANCEMENTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 40(1), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), |
|
|
from the ARPA fund to Texas Tech University for institutional |
|
|
enhancement (estimated to be $12,000,000) are appropriated to the |
|
|
university for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.56. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: RURAL |
|
|
VETERINARIANS GRANT PROGRAM. All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 46, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Higher Education |
|
|
Coordinating Board for the purpose of providing funding for the |
|
|
rural veterinarians grant program (estimated to be $1,000,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the coordinating board for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.57. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: MAINTENANCE OF STATE |
|
|
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 13(a)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Texas Education Agency to be used in the manner required by the |
|
|
negotiated legal settlement agreement between the State of Texas |
|
|
and the United States Department of Education to prevent the |
|
|
withholding of federal funds as a result of an alleged failure to |
|
|
maintain adequate state financial support for special education |
|
|
under federal law (20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18)(A) and 34 C.F.R. |
|
|
Section 300.163(a)), during the state fiscal years ending August |
|
|
31, 2017, and August 31, 2018, (estimated to be $74,600,000) are |
|
|
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.58. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: PROGRAM |
|
|
ENHANCEMENTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 44, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Texas Education Agency for the purpose of |
|
|
providing funding for the big brothers and big sisters program |
|
|
technological staff enhancements (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.59. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL |
|
|
CURRICULUM. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from the appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 10, Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for the |
|
|
purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter 9 (S.B. 3), 87th |
|
|
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021, (estimated to be $0) are |
|
|
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year |
|
|
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.60. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS |
|
|
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: BOND LEGISLATION. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from the appropriations made by Section 14, Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and the General |
|
|
Revenue-Dedicated Statewide Electronic Filing System Account |
|
|
No. 5157 to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial |
|
|
Council for the purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter |
|
|
11 (S.B. 6), 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021, (estimated |
|
|
to be $0 from the general revenue fund and $0 from the General |
|
|
Revenue-Dedicated Statewide Electronic Filing System Account |
|
|
No. 5157) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
|
|
Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council may require |
|
|
to achieve the purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section was made are reflected in the total number of |
|
|
full-time equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the office in |
|
|
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 8.61. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS |
|
|
JUDICIAL COUNCIL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from the |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 1(a), Chapter 8 (H.B. 9), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Office of |
|
|
Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council for the purpose of |
|
|
providing funding for indigent legal representation, foreign |
|
|
language interpreters for courts, increased staff functions, |
|
|
equipment purchases, and program administration costs (estimated |
|
|
to be $116,453) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
|
|
Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council may require |
|
|
to achieve the purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section was made are reflected in the total number of |
|
|
full-time equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the office in |
|
|
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
(c) Consistent with Section 8, Chapter 8 (H.B. 9), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), the Office of Court Administration, Texas |
|
|
Judicial Council shall report all budgeted and expended amounts and |
|
|
performance indicator results for border security relating to the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section to the |
|
|
Legislative Budget Board. |
|
|
SECTION 8.62. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, JUDICIARY |
|
|
SECTION: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(1), |
|
|
Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA |
|
|
fund to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Judiciary Section for |
|
|
the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, including to |
|
|
pay for visiting judges and support staff (estimated to be |
|
|
$7,000,000), are appropriated to the judiciary section for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.63. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS |
|
|
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. (a) |
|
|
All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the |
|
|
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section |
|
|
29(a)(2)(A), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial |
|
|
Council for the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, |
|
|
including information technology support, (estimated to be |
|
|
$1,520,000) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during |
|
|
that period, the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial |
|
|
Council may employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of |
|
|
this section eight full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of the Office of Court |
|
|
Administration, Texas Judicial Council in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
(d) The capital budget authority of the Office of Court |
|
|
Administration, Texas Judicial Council in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection |
|
|
(a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 8.64. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS |
|
|
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(2)(B), |
|
|
Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA |
|
|
fund to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council |
|
|
for deposit into the Fair Defense Account No. 5073 and for use by |
|
|
the office for the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, |
|
|
as authorized by other law (estimated to be $0), are appropriated to |
|
|
the office for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on |
|
|
the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.65. OFFICE OF CAPITAL AND FORENSIC WRITS: |
|
|
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. (a) All unexpended and |
|
|
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act |
|
|
from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(3), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Office |
|
|
of Capital and Forensic Writs for the purpose of addressing the |
|
|
backlog in court cases and paying costs related to the coronavirus |
|
|
disease pandemic (estimated to be $15,000) are appropriated to the |
|
|
office for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
|
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
|
|
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during |
|
|
that period, the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs may employ out |
|
|
of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section one |
|
|
full-time equivalent (FTE) employee. |
|
|
SECTION 8.66. RAILROAD COMMISSION: MAINFRAME |
|
|
TRANSFORMATION. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 62, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund and the Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup |
|
|
Account No. 5155 to the Railroad Commission for the purpose of |
|
|
phase two of an information technology mainframe computer |
|
|
transformation project (estimated to be $10,737,824) are |
|
|
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the |
|
|
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.67. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: NUTRITION |
|
|
ASSISTANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as |
|
|
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 28, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Department of Agriculture to be used |
|
|
for Texans Feeding Texans - Home Delivered Meals Program and Texans |
|
|
Feeding Texans - Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program |
|
|
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the department for the same |
|
|
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.68. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ALAMO. All unexpended |
|
|
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this |
|
|
Act from appropriations made by Section 29, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), |
|
|
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization |
|
|
fund to the General Land Office for the purposes authorized by |
|
|
Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code, (estimated to be |
|
|
$50,000,000) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose |
|
|
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.69. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION AND |
|
|
OUTREACH GRANTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 36, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose |
|
|
of providing funding for grants throughout this state as authorized |
|
|
by other law and consistent with Strategy C.2.1, Outreach and |
|
|
Education, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), (estimated to be $40,000,000) are appropriated to the |
|
|
department for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning |
|
|
on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.70. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: TEXAS STATE |
|
|
AQUARIUM CENTER. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining |
|
|
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by |
|
|
Section 42, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd |
|
|
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from |
|
|
the ARPA fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose |
|
|
of providing funding to the Texas State Aquarium Center for |
|
|
wildlife research (estimated to be $3,000,000) are appropriated to |
|
|
the department for the same purpose for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.71. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PRESIDIO |
|
|
CUSTOMS INSPECTION STATION. All unexpended and unobligated |
|
|
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from |
|
|
appropriations made by Section 31, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Department of |
|
|
Transportation for the purpose of providing funding for a customs |
|
|
inspection station on the South Orient Rail Line in Presidio, Texas |
|
|
(estimated to be $0), are appropriated to the department for the |
|
|
same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective |
|
|
date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.72. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES: ACCOUNTS |
|
|
RECEIVABLE SYSTEM PROJECT. All unexpended and unobligated balances |
|
|
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations |
|
|
made by Section 35(c)(11), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental |
|
|
Appropriations Act), from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles |
|
|
fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the Accounts |
|
|
Receivable System Project (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to |
|
|
the department for the same purpose for the two-year period |
|
|
beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 8.73. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: FOOD BANKS. All |
|
|
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective |
|
|
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 7, Chapter 10 |
|
|
(S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 |
|
|
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the |
|
|
Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing supplemental |
|
|
funding to food banks in response to the coronavirus pandemic |
|
|
(estimated to be $72,600,000) are appropriated to the department |
|
|
for the purpose of providing supplemental funding to food banks for |
|
|
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
ARTICLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
|
|
SECTION 9.01. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) In |
|
|
this section, "salary increase" means: |
|
|
(1) a 5.0 percent increase in monthly salary with a |
|
|
minimum increase of $250 per month, effective July 1, 2023; and |
|
|
(2) any related employee benefits costs associated |
|
|
with the salary increase described by Subdivision (1) of this |
|
|
subsection, including contributions required by Sections 17.03, |
|
|
page IX-79, and 17.06, page IX-80, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of |
|
|
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act). |
|
|
(b) The amount necessary to pay for a salary increase for |
|
|
all employee positions for state agencies paid according to the |
|
|
Classification Salary Schedules listed in Section 2.01, Article IX, |
|
|
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), including employee |
|
|
positions for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas A&M |
|
|
University System service agencies, and agencies funded under |
|
|
Article X of that Act, for the period beginning July 1, 2023, and |
|
|
ending August 31, 2023 (estimated to be an aggregate of |
|
|
$99,157,791, of which $63,860,952 is estimated to be from the |
|
|
general revenue fund, $5,713,926 is estimated to be from general |
|
|
revenue dedicated accounts, $11,390,274 is estimated to be from |
|
|
other state funds and accounts, and $18,192,639 is estimated to be |
|
|
from federal funds), is appropriated to the comptroller of public |
|
|
accounts for that period for the purpose of making those salary |
|
|
increases. |
|
|
(c) The amount appropriated under Subsection (b) of this |
|
|
section includes money from the general revenue fund, general |
|
|
revenue dedicated accounts, and other funds that is intended to |
|
|
provide the salary increase described by that subsection for |
|
|
certain employee positions currently paid from federal funds that |
|
|
are not available for this purpose. |
|
|
(d) Money appropriated under Subsection (b) of this section |
|
|
may not be used to provide a salary increase for statewide elected |
|
|
officials, justices or judges of the appellate and district courts, |
|
|
district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, county attorneys |
|
|
performing the duties of a district attorney, line item exempt |
|
|
(non-classified) employees, employees of institutions of higher |
|
|
education (other than employees of the Higher Education |
|
|
Coordinating Board or a Texas A&M University System service |
|
|
agency), or the compensatory per diem of board or commission |
|
|
members. |
|
|
(e) The provisions of Section 6.08, Article IX, Chapter 1053 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), requiring salaries and benefits to be |
|
|
paid proportionally from each source of funding are incorporated |
|
|
into this section by reference and apply to the appropriation made |
|
|
under Subsection (b) of this section. Each agency shall pay the |
|
|
salary increase described by that subsection from funds held in the |
|
|
state treasury and from local funds in the same proportion as the |
|
|
employee's regular compensation is paid, unless the employee's |
|
|
salary is paid from federal funds that are not available for that |
|
|
purpose. |
|
|
(f) The comptroller of public accounts shall adopt rules as |
|
|
necessary to administer this section. The comptroller shall |
|
|
allocate money appropriated under Subsection (b) of this section to |
|
|
each agency, and to the appropriate employee benefit appropriation |
|
|
items, in accordance with those rules. |
|
|
(g) A state agency that receives money appropriated under |
|
|
Subsection (b) of this section may not increase fees or taxes to |
|
|
offset the appropriation. The amount necessary to provide the |
|
|
salary increase described by that subsection for employees of a |
|
|
state agency subject to a provision in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts |
|
|
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), limiting the amount appropriated to the agency |
|
|
to revenues collected by the agency, is included in the amount |
|
|
appropriated under that subsection. This subsection does not apply |
|
|
to the Texas Department of Insurance. |
|
|
(h) The salary increase provided under Subsection (b) of |
|
|
this section applies to part-time employees hired pursuant to |
|
|
Section 658.009, Government Code. For purposes of this section, in |
|
|
computing the salary increase described by Subsection (b) of this |
|
|
section for those part-time employees, the amount provided for each |
|
|
employee must be proportional to the number of hours the employee |
|
|
works per week as compared to a 40-hour work week. |
|
|
(i) This section: |
|
|
(1) applies to: |
|
|
(A) all staff positions at the Windham School |
|
|
District and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and |
|
|
(B) the non-instructional staff positions at the |
|
|
School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind and Visually |
|
|
Impaired; and |
|
|
(2) does not apply to the instructional staff |
|
|
positions at the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind |
|
|
and Visually Impaired whose salaries are statutorily tied to the |
|
|
salary schedule at the Austin Independent School District. |
|
|
(j) It is the intent of the legislature that if this Act |
|
|
becomes effective after July 1, 2023, the salary increase described |
|
|
by Subsection (b) of this section should be calculated for the month |
|
|
of July at a percentage that yields a 5.0 percent increase in each |
|
|
employee position's salary for the month of July compared to the |
|
|
employee position's salary for the month of June. |
|
|
(k) The amount of a salary increase provided under this |
|
|
section may not be considered in determining the amount of a salary |
|
|
increase provided in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 9.02. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES. (a) The following |
|
|
amounts are appropriated from the specified sources to the |
|
|
following agencies for use during the two-year period beginning on |
|
|
the effective date of this Act for the purpose of purchasing motor |
|
|
vehicles for the agency's use as authorized by general law: |
|
|
(1) Office of the Attorney General: $170,000 from the |
|
|
ARPA fund, and $330,000 from federal funds; |
|
|
(2) Texas Historical Commission: $1,966,983 from the |
|
|
ARPA fund; |
|
|
(3) Secretary of State: $30,000 from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(4) Department of State Health Services: $965,539 from |
|
|
the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(5) Health and Human Services Commission: $7,850,000 |
|
|
from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(6) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,056,918 from the |
|
|
Texas Department of Insurance operating account number 0036; |
|
|
(7) Texas Division of Emergency Management: |
|
|
$13,300,000 from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(8) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $2,699,050 |
|
|
from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(9) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $43,587,907 |
|
|
from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(10) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $540,800 from |
|
|
the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(11) Commission on Law Enforcement: $1,791,342 from |
|
|
the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(12) Texas Military Department: $250,000 from the ARPA |
|
|
fund; |
|
|
(13) Texas Department of Public Safety: $119,524,563 |
|
|
from the ARPA fund, $10,142,500 from federal funds, and $493,086 |
|
|
from appropriated receipts (other funds); |
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(14) Department of Agriculture: $1,047,346 from the |
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ARPA fund; |
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(15) Animal Health Commission: $1,780,000 from the |
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ARPA fund; |
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|
(16) Commission on Environmental Quality: a total of |
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$882,655 from the following general revenue dedicated accounts: |
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|
(A) Clean Air Account No. 0151: $452,561; |
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|
(B) Water Resource Management Account No. 0153: |
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|
$129,357; |
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|
(C) Watermaster Administration Account No. 0158: |
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|
$160,000; |
|
|
(D) Waste Management Account No. 0549: $51,200; |
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|
and |
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|
(E) Operating Permit Fees Account No. 5094: |
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|
$89,537; |
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|
(17) General Land Office: a total of $150,000 from the |
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|
following accounts: |
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|
(A) Coastal Protection Account No. 0027: |
|
|
$55,000; |
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|
(B) Veterans Land Program Administration Fund |
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|
No. 0522 (other funds): $50,000; and |
|
|
(C) Permanent School Fund No. 0044 (other |
|
|
funds): $45,000; |
|
|
(18) Parks and Wildlife Department: a total of |
|
|
$23,834,647 from the following sources: |
|
|
(A) $9,714,457 from the State Parks Account |
|
|
No. 0064; |
|
|
(B) $18,560 from the Texas Recreation and Parks |
|
|
Account No. 0467; |
|
|
(C) $13,440 from the Large County and Municipal |
|
|
Recreation and Parks Account No. 5150; |
|
|
(D) $1,957,920 from the general revenue fund; and |
|
|
(E) $12,130,270 from the Game, Fish, and Water |
|
|
Safety Account No. 0009; |
|
|
(19) Railroad Commission: a total of $9,500,451 from |
|
|
the following sources: |
|
|
(A) $6,928,829 from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(B) $1,482,922 from the Oil and Gas Regulation |
|
|
and Cleanup Account No. 5155; and |
|
|
(C) $1,088,700 from federal funds; |
|
|
(20) Water Development Board: $300,000 from the ARPA |
|
|
fund; |
|
|
(21) Department of Motor Vehicles: $158,000 from the |
|
|
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Fund No. 0010 (other funds); |
|
|
(22) Department of Transportation: $31,009,632 from |
|
|
the State Highway Fund No. 0006 (other funds); |
|
|
(23) Workforce Commission: a total of $717,977 from |
|
|
the following sources: |
|
|
(A) $42,103 from the ARPA fund, including $1,719 |
|
|
from the Career Schools and Colleges No. 8013 and $1,890 from the GR |
|
|
Match for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |
|
|
Administration No. 8014; |
|
|
(B) $2,750 from the Unemployment Compensation |
|
|
Special Administration Account No. 0165; and |
|
|
(C) $673,124 from federal funds; |
|
|
(24) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $440,000 |
|
|
from the ARPA fund; |
|
|
(25) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $48,000 from the |
|
|
general revenue fund; and |
|
|
(26) Texas Department of Insurance: $450,000 from the |
|
|
Texas Department of Insurance operating account number 0036. |
|
|
(b) The capital budget authority of each agency listed under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), is increased by the amount of the |
|
|
appropriation made to the agency under Subsection (a) of this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
(c) The capital budget authority of each agency listed under |
|
|
Subsection (a) of this section in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is |
|
|
increased by the amount of the appropriation made to the agency |
|
|
under Subsection (a) of this section. |
|
|
SECTION 9.03. LIMITATION, REPORTING, AND TRANSFER |
|
|
PROVISIONS OF GAA INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The provisions |
|
|
relating to limitations, reporting, or transfer of Article IX, |
|
|
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), and of Article IX, |
|
|
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), are incorporated into this Act by |
|
|
reference and apply to the appropriations made by this Act. |
|
|
ARTICLE 10. EFFECTIVE DATE |
|
|
SECTION 10.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsections |
|
|
(b) and (c) of this section, this Act takes effect immediately. |
|
|
(b) Sections 8.03, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.11, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, |
|
|
8.25, 8.37, 8.40, 8.41, 8.42, and 8.68 of this Act take effect only |
|
|
if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in |
|
|
each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), |
|
|
Article III, Texas Constitution. |
|
|
(c) Sections 4.05 and 8.51 of this Act take effect only if |
|
|
this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in |
|
|
each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 18(i), |
|
|
Article VII, Texas Constitution. |