Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 24 provides conditions, limitations, rules, and procedures for allocating and expending certain appropriations authorized by legislation passed by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session. The bill provides that certain fees collected by the Department of Licensing and Regulation or the Commission of Licensing and Regulation, surcharges collected by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, surcharges collected by the Department of Agriculture, and revenue collected by the Parks and Wildlife Department are appropriated to the named agencies and are to be used only for the purpose of administering specific programs. These provisions apply to fees, surcharges, and revenue collected by those agencies during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, and are appropriated to those agencies for the same fiscal biennium. The bill also increases certain contingency appropriations to the Department of Health and makes additional appropriations to the Department of Licensing and Regulation. House Bill 24 includes provisions related to increases in certain full-time equivalent position limitations established for the Department of Licensing and Regulation, including associated state employee benefit costs.