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House Bill 2 |
House Author: Otto et al. |
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Effective: 6-20-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 2 makes supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations to various state agencies, programs, and funds; provides transfer authority and other appropriation adjustment authority; and imposes contingencies on the appropriation of funds and restrictions on the use of certain supplemental and transferred appropriations. Unencumbered appropriations for the 2014-2015 state fiscal biennium from the general revenue fund and from dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund are reduced by approximately $846.4 million. The bill makes supplemental appropriations for the 2014-2015 state fiscal biennium totaling almost $1.1 billion from the general revenue fund, $46.7 million from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal funds, and $218.1 million from other federal funds. The bill additionally makes supplemental appropriations for the 2016-2017 state fiscal biennium totaling $37.3 million from the general revenue fund.
Pursuant to the governor's "line-item" veto authority, the governor objected to the appropriation of $500,000 for planning costs related to the construction of a facility for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The governor also objected to items related to funding the construction of that facility in the General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1.