Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1333 makes $669.3 million in emergency transfers and appropriations for FY2001. Transfers come from certain unencumbered funds appropriated to state agencies in 1999 and represent 76 percent of that total. Major expenditures include $489,944,000 in transfers and appropriations to the Texas Department of Health (TDH) for Medicaid services and $109,300,000 to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for prison capacity and career ladder salary adjustments. The TDH funds, most of which if unexpended are available in FY2002 as well, are unavailable. Other recipient agencies include the State Office of Risk Management to pay workers' compensation claims, the adjutant general's department to pay utility costs, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for any necessary purposes for which it received a FY2001 appropriation from general revenue, the Texas Department of Transportation to fund planning and design contracts, and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to allow it to manage a higher than expected caseload.

            The bill appropriates $66,889,231 from the general revenue fund to various agencies for FY2002. Recipients include the governor's office for criminal justice planning, and emergency and deficiency grants and disaster grants, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for Toward EXcellence, Access, and Success (TEXAS) grants, the Texas Historical Commission for archeological heritage protection and resource evaluation and interpretation, the State Preservation Board for general purposes, the General Services Commission for property enhancements and computer acquisition, and the TNRCC for low-level radioactive waste assessment. The bill authorizes the Texas Department of Economic Development to spend $4 million in previously appropriated smart job funds to make community grants in connection with the creation of qualified defense-related jobs.