By: Montford, Ratliff S.B. No. 407
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to making emergency appropriations for distribution of
1-2 state money to school districts and certain public institutions and
1-3 commissions.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) On determination pursuant to Subsection (i),
1-6 Section 16.254, Education Code, of the actual amount of state funds
1-7 to which each school district is entitled for the 1994-1995 school
1-8 year and the amount of adjustment of each district's entitlement
1-9 for the next fiscal year, those districts whose adjustment would
1-10 result in an increase for the next fiscal year may receive payment
1-11 of all or, on a pro rata basis, part of that increase during the
1-12 current fiscal year, to the extent that appropriations provided by
1-13 this section allow.
1-14 (b) To the extent that appropriations provided by this
1-15 section exceed the total of increased entitlements determined
1-16 pursuant to Subsection (i), Section 16.254, Education Code, and
1-17 payable during the current fiscal year pursuant to Subsection (a)
1-18 of this section, the remainder shall be paid to all school
1-19 districts on a pro rata basis on or before July 25, 1995, as an
1-20 advance on payments otherwise due on or before September 25, 1995.
1-21 (c) The sum of $305 million is appropriated from the General
1-22 Revenue Fund to the Central Education Agency for the payments
1-23 authorized by this section for the current fiscal year.
1-24 SECTION 2. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
2-1 for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $740,000 is
2-2 appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31,
2-3 1995, from the General Revenue Fund to Tarleton State University
2-4 for expenses incurred in performing repairs to the roofs of 16
2-5 educational and general use buildings which were damaged by severe
2-6 hailstorms in April and May of 1994.
2-7 SECTION 3. (a) In addition to amounts previously
2-8 appropriated for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $1,449,405
2-9 is appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year ending
2-10 August 31, 1995, from the General Revenue Fund to Southwest Texas
2-11 State University for the purpose of paying the costs of repair and
2-12 reconstruction of buildings and other structures damaged by
2-13 hailstorm and water.
2-14 (b) The amount appropriated by this section may be used to
2-15 reimburse Southwest Texas State University's institutional funds,
2-16 as defined by Subsection (b), Section 51.009, Education Code, for
2-17 any amount previously paid for work undertaken to repair or
2-18 reconstruct the buildings and other structures, regardless of the
2-19 fiscal year in which the payments were made.
2-20 SECTION 4. (a) The sum of $13,744,133 is appropriated from
2-21 the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
2-22 Board to fund enrollment and start-up costs at new campuses at
2-23 Collin County Community College, North Harris Montgomery Community
2-24 College, Blinn College, and Tarrant County Junior College.
2-25 (b) Unexpended balances of the amount appropriated by this
2-26 section remaining at the end of fiscal year 1995 are reappropriated
2-27 for the same purposes during the 1996-1997 biennium.
3-1 SECTION 5. The sum of $2,312,050 is appropriated from the
3-2 General Revenue Fund to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
3-3 Board to fund infrastructure development, student support services,
3-4 the physical plant, and instructional costs at South Texas
3-5 Community College.
3-6 SECTION 6. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
3-7 for the current fiscal biennium, the sum of $70,000 is appropriated
3-8 for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1995, from
3-9 the General Revenue Fund to the Texas Cosmetology Commission for
3-10 the purpose of paying the costs associated with carrying out the
3-11 provisions of Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular
3-12 Session, 1971 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
3-13 SECTION 7. In addition to amounts appropriated to it for the
3-14 fiscal year beginning September 1, 1994, $87,000 is appropriated
3-15 from the General Revenue Fund to The University of Texas at San
3-16 Antonio for repair and replacement of equipment and portions of the
3-17 building damaged by fire at the Sculpture and Ceramics Laboratory
3-18 located on the campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio.
3-19 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
3-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-25 passage, and it is so enacted.