H.B. No. 2115
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to emergency appropriations.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
1-5 for the current fiscal biennium to the Office of Court
1-6 Administration of the Texas Judicial System by Item 2., page IV-21,
1-7 Chapter 19, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991,
1-8 the sum of $21,000 is appropriated for the two-year period
1-9 beginning on the effective date of this Act from the general
1-10 revenue fund to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
1-11 Judicial System for the travel expenses of justices of courts of
1-12 appeals to hear transferred cases.
1-13 SECTION 2. The Office of the Governor is hereby authorized
1-14 to transfer such amounts as may be necessary from one program to
1-15 another within the total appropriations for the current fiscal
1-16 biennium.
1-17 SECTION 3. From amounts previously appropriated from general
1-18 revenue for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $3,000,000 is
1-19 transferred from the Office of the Governor and hereby appropriated
1-20 to the Central Education Agency for the two-year period beginning
1-21 on the effective date of this Act. The Commissioner of Education
1-22 is authorized to expend these funds and to enter into agreements
1-23 with other state agencies for the purpose of implementing the
2-1 provisions of Senate Bill 7, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
2-2 Session, or similar legislation. Any unexpended balance from this
2-3 appropriation shall be transferred to the Office of the Governor
2-4 prior to the expiration of this appropriation. It is the intent of
2-5 the Legislature that the General Services Commission, the
2-6 Comptroller of Public Accounts, and the State Auditor's Office
2-7 shall assist the Commissioner in expediting necessary purchasing
2-8 and contracting agreements associated with implementation of Senate
2-9 Bill 7. This section is contingent upon passage of Senate Bill 7
2-10 or similar legislation.
2-11 SECTION 4. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
2-12 for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $345,000 is hereby
2-13 appropriated from the Advance Interest Trust Fund 935 to the Texas
2-14 Employment Commission for implementation of the Smart Jobs Program
2-15 for the two-year period beginning with the effective date of this
2-16 Act.
2-17 SECTION 5. Of a sum not to exceed $18 million previously
2-18 appropriated for the current fiscal biennium, the following sums
2-19 for the following programs are appropriated for the remainder of
2-20 the fiscal year ending August 31, 1993, from the general revenue
2-21 fund to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
2-22 HOME Investment Partnerships Program $5,655,049
2-23 Homeownership of Single Family Homes Program, "HOPE 3" $ 321,000
2-24 Housing Trust Fund related expenses $6,395,000
2-25 A sum not to exceed four percent of the total sum previously
3-1 appropriated for the current fiscal biennium is appropriated for
3-2 the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1993, from the
3-3 general revenue fund to the Department of Housing and Community
3-4 Affairs for the purposes of implementation and administration of
3-5 such programs. The term "Housing Trust Fund related expenses"
3-6 includes the payment of expenses incurred after the effective date
3-7 of this Act for housing contracts awarded in 1993.
3-8 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-14 passage, and it is so enacted.