By Junell H.B. No. 1719
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 making appropriations for and directing payment of certain
1-3 miscellaneous claims and judgments out of funds designated herein;
1-4 requiring approval of the claims in the manner specified in this
1-5 Act before payment is made.
1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-7 SECTION 1. The following sums of money are hereby
1-8 appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund No. 001 for payment of
1-9 itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any, against the
1-10 State of Texas as follows:
1-11 To pay Enrique H. Cantu for warrant voided by statute of
1-12 limitations. $28.70
1-13 To pay Steve D. Thompson Trucking, Inc., for warrant voided
1-14 by statute of limitations. $3,515.50
1-15 To pay Steve D. Thompson Trucking, Inc., for warrant voided
1-16 by statue of limitations. $8,519.60
1-17 To pay Philip Ray Pool for warrant voided by statute of
1-18 limitations. $25.00
1-19 To pay Bob Smith Corporation for outstanding invoice for
1-20 welding supplies. $946.58
1-21 To pay the estate of Milton V. Arnold for warrant voided by
1-22 statute of limitations. $27.60
1-23 To pay GCA Corporation for warrant voided by statute of
2-1 limitations. $3,476.93
2-2 To pay Ebsco Subscription Service for warrant voided by
2-3 statute of limitations. $2,375.61
2-4 To pay Ruth M. Seeger for warrant voided by statute of
2-5 limitations. $52.00
2-6 To pay the City of Shepherd for warrant voided by statute of
2-7 limitations. $3,278.93
2-8 SECTION 2. The following sums of money are hereby
2-9 appropriated out of Fund No. 166 for payment of itemized claims and
2-10 judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas as
2-11 follows:
2-12 To pay Beverly Enterprises DBA Leisure Lodge Texarkana for
2-13 unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
2-14 $311.45
2-15 To pay Beverly Enterprises DBA Vista Hills Health Care Center
2-16 for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
2-17 $530.18
2-18 To pay ARA Living Centers DBA San Augustine for unpaid
2-19 charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients. $814.46
2-20 To pay Beverly Enterprises DBA Leisure Lodge Sulphur Springs
2-21 for unpaid charges for nursing home care for Medicaid recipients.
2-22 $40.30
2-23 SECTION 3. It is specifically provided that before any claim
2-24 or judgment shall be paid from funds hereby appropriated, the same
2-25 shall be verified and substantiated by the administrator of the
3-1 special fund or account against which the claim is to be charged,
3-2 and have the approval of the Attorney General and the State
3-3 Comptroller. It is further provided that any claim or judgment
3-4 itemized in this bill which has not been verified and substantiated
3-5 by the administrator of the special fund or account and approved by
3-6 the Attorney General and the State Comptroller by August 31, 1994,
3-7 shall not be paid from funds appropriated. It is further provided
3-8 that each claim must contain such information as required by the
3-9 Comptroller, but at a minimum must contain the specific reason for
3-10 the claim. If the claim is for a void warrant, the claim must
3-11 include a specific identification of the goods, services, refund,
3-12 or other item for which the warrant was originally issued. In
3-13 addition, it must include the original payee's or its successor,
3-14 heirs, or assigns certification that the debt is still outstanding.
3-15 If the claim is for unpaid goods or services, it must be
3-16 accompanied by an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the
3-17 unpaid account and any other information that may be required by
3-18 the Comptroller.
3-19 SECTION 4. Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
3-20 this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the Comptroller is
3-21 hereby authorized and directed to issue a warrant or warrants on
3-22 the State Treasury, as soon as possible following the effective
3-23 date of this Act, in the favor of each of the said persons, firms,
3-24 or corporations named herein, in an amount not to exceed the amount
3-25 set opposite their respective names and shall mail or deliver to
4-1 each of the said persons, firms, or corporations warrant or
4-2 warrants in payment of the said claim or claims.
4-3 SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect September 1, 1993.
4-4 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
4-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.