By Jackson, Brimer H.B. No. 2133
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the State Office of
1-3 Risk Management; provisions of workers' comp insurance coverage for
1-4 state employees.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 412, Labor Code, is deleted and a new
1-7 Chapter 412 is added:
1-8 CHAPTER 412. STATE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT
1-9 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1-10 Sec. 412.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-11 (1) "Board" means the risk management board.
1-12 (2) "Director" means the executive director of the
1-13 office.
1-14 (3) "Office" means the State Office of Risk
1-15 Management.
1-16 (4) "State agency" means a board, commission,
1-17 department, office or other agency in the executive, judicial, or
1-18 legislative branch of state government that has five or more
1-19 employees, was created by the constitution or a statute of this
1-20 state, and has authority not limited to a specific geographical
1-21 portion of the state.
1-22 (Sections 412.002-412.010 reserved for expansion
1-23 SUBCHAPTER B. OFFICE
1-24 Sec. 412.011. OFFICE. (a) The State Office of Risk
2-1 Management is created to administer the government employee's
2-2 workers' compensation insurance and the state risk management
2-3 programs.
2-4 (b) The office shall:
2-5 (1) administer guidelines adopted by the board for a
2-6 comprehensive risk management program applicable to all state
2-7 agencies to reduce property and liability losses, including
2-8 workers' compensation losses;
2-9 (2) review, verify, monitor, and approve risk
2-10 management programs adopted by state agencies;
2-11 (3) assist a state agency that has not implemented an
2-12 effective risk management program to implement a comprehensive
2-13 program that meets the guidelines established by the board; and
2-14 (4) shall administer the workers' compensation
2-15 insurance program for state employees established under Chapter
2-16 501.
2-17 (c) The office is administratively attached to the
2-18 commission and the commission shall provide the facilities for the
2-19 office, but the office shall be independent of the commission's
2-20 direction.
2-21 Sec. 412.012. FUNDING. (a) The office shall be
2-22 administered through money appropriated by the legislature and
2-23 through (1) interagency contracts for the risk management program
2-24 and (2) the allocation program for the financing of state workers'
2-25 compensation benefits.
2-26 (b) Interagency Contracts. (1) Each state agency shall
2-27 enter into an interagency contract with the office under Chapter
3-1 771, Government Code, to pay the costs incurred by the office in
3-2 administering this chapter for the benefit of that state agency.
3-3 Costs payable under the contract include the cost of:
3-4 (A) services of office employees;
3-5 (B) materials; and
3-6 (C) equipment, including computer hardware and
3-7 software.
3-8 (2) The amount of the costs to be paid by a state
3-9 agency under the interagency contract is based on:
3-10 (A) the number of employees of the agency
3-11 compared with the total number of employees of all state agencies
3-12 to which this chapter applies;
3-13 (B) the dollar value of the agency's property
3-14 and asset and liability exposure compared to that of all state
3-15 agencies to which this chapter applies; and
3-16 (C) the number and aggregate cost of claims and
3-17 losses incurred by the state agency compared to those incurred by
3-18 all state agencies to which this chapter applies.
3-19 (c) State Self-Insuring: Allocation Program for Financing
3-20 of State Workers' Compensation Benefits. (1) The state is
3-21 self-insuring with respect to an employee's compensable injury.
3-22 The legislature shall appropriate the total amount designated for
3-23 the payment of state workers' compensation claims costs to the
3-24 office. This section does not affect the reimbursement of claims
3-25 costs by funds other than general revenue funds, as provided by the
3-26 General Appropriations Act.
3-27 (2) The office shall establish an allocation program
4-1 for the payment of workers' compensation claims costs incurred by
4-2 state agencies subject to Chapter 501. The money appropriated by
4-3 the legislature for workers' compensation for state employees shall
4-4 be allocated under that program as provided by Subsection (c).
4-5 (3) Based on the information reported to the office
4-6 under Sections 412.032 and 501.048, at the beginning of each state
4-7 fiscal biennium the office shall determine which state agencies
4-8 accounted for 90 percent of the state's workers' compensation
4-9 claims costs for the preceding state fiscal biennium. Those state
4-10 agencies are required to participate in the allocation program for
4-11 the next state fiscal biennium. The office shall establish a
4-12 formula for allocating the state's workers' compensation costs
4-13 among those agencies, based on the claims experience of the
4-14 agencies and the related costs incurred by administering the
4-15 claims.
4-16 (4) A state agency that is required to participate in
4-17 the allocation program shall be rewarded or penalized for its
4-18 actual performance against expected workers' compensation losses as
4-19 provided by Subsection (c).
4-20 (5) The office shall receive the amount appropriated
4-21 for workers' compensation claims. The office shall:
4-22 (A) monitor workers' compensation expenses
4-23 incurred by each state agency required to participate in the
4-24 allocation program; and
4-25 (B) compare and report to each of those agencies
4-26 the difference between the allocated amount and the agency's actual
4-27 expenses for workers' compensation.
5-1 (6) If, based on the comparison performed under
5-2 Subsection (5)(B), the office determines that an agency's
5-3 performance resulted in workers' compensation claims costs that
5-4 were higher than the amount allocated to that agency, the agency is
5-5 not entitled to additional state funds for those costs beyond the
5-6 initial allocation and shall pay the additional costs from the
5-7 agency's regular appropriated funds as listed in the General
5-8 Appropriations Act. The agency shall reimburse the office for the
5-9 additional costs through interagency contracts, from the agency's
5-10 regular appropriated funds.
5-11 (7) If, based on the comparison performed under
5-12 Subsection (5)(B) the office determines that an agency's
5-13 performance resulted in workers' compensation claims costs that
5-14 were lower than the amount allocated to that agency, the agency is
5-15 entitled to retain a portion of the savings. The office shall
5-16 determine the amount of the savings that the agency may retain.
5-17 (8) A state agency that is determined by the office to
5-18 be exempt from participation in the allocation program shall
5-19 receive full coverage for workers' compensation costs incurred by
5-20 that agency from the office.
5-21 (d) State Workers' Compensation Account.
5-22 (1) All money recovered by the director from a third
5-23 party through subrogation shall be deposited into the state
5-24 workers' compensation account in general revenue.
5-25 (2) Funds deposited under this section may be used for
5-26 the payment of compensation and other benefits to state employees.
5-27 (Sections 412.013 - 412.020 reserved for expansion.
6-1 SUBCHAPTER C. BOARD
6-2 Sec. 412.021 (a) The office is governed by the risk
6-3 management board. Members of the board must have demonstrated
6-4 experience in the field of workers' compensation and risk
6-5 management administration.
6-6 (b) The board is composed of six members as follows:
6-7 (1) three members appointed by the lieutenant
6-8 governor; and
6-9 (2) three members appointed by the speaker of the
6-10 house of representatives.
6-11 (c) Members of the board hold office for staggered terms of
6-12 six years with two members' terms expiring February 1 of each
6-13 odd-numbered year. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold
6-14 office for the remainder of that term.
6-15 (d) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of
6-16 representatives shall designate one member of the board as
6-17 presiding officer on an alternating basis. The presiding officer
6-18 shall serve in that capacity for a two-year term.
6-19 (e) The board is subject to Chapters 552 and 2001,
6-20 Government Code.
6-21 (f) The board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code,
6-22 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
6-23 that chapter, the board is abolished and this section expires
6-24 September 1, 2009.
6-25 Sec. 412.022. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BOARD MEMBERS. (a)
6-26 Before a member of the board may assume the member's duties, the
6-27 member must complete the training program established under this
7-1 section.
7-2 (b) A training program established under this section must
7-3 provide information to the member regarding:
7-4 (1) the enabling legislation that created the board;
7-5 (2) the program operated by the board;
7-6 (3) the role and functions of the board;
7-7 (4) the rules of the board, with an emphasis on the
7-8 rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
7-9 (5) the current budget for the board;
7-10 (6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the
7-11 board;
7-12 (7) the requirements of:
7-13 (A) the open meetings law, Chapter 551,
7-14 Government Code;
7-15 (B) the open records law, Chapter 552,
7-16 Government Code; and
7-17 (C) the administrative procedure law, Chapter
7-18 2001, Government Code;
7-19 (8) the requirements of the conflict of interest laws
7-20 and other laws relating to public officials; and
7-21 (9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the
7-22 board or the Texas Ethics Commission.
7-23 Sec. 412.023. EFFECT OF LOBBYING ACTIVITY. A person may not
7-24 serve as a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the
7-25 board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under
7-26 Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities
7-27 for compensation on behalf of a profession that is regulated by or
8-1 that has fees regulated by the board.
8-2 Sec. 412.024. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM BOARD. (a) It is a
8-3 ground for removal from the board if a member:
8-4 (1) does not have at the time of appointment the
8-5 qualifications required for appointment to the board;
8-6 (2) does not maintain during service on the board the
8-7 qualifications required for appointment to the board;
8-8 (3) violates a prohibition established by Section
8-9 412.023;
8-10 (4) cannot because of illness or incapacity discharge
8-11 the member's duties for a substantial part of the term for which
8-12 the member is appointed; or
8-13 (5) is absent from more than half of the regularly
8-14 scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend
8-15 during a calendar year.
8-16 (b) If the director knows that a potential ground for
8-17 removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of
8-18 the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall
8-19 then notify the lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
8-20 representatives, and the attorney general that a potential ground
8-21 for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves
8-22 the presiding officer, the director shall notify the next highest
8-23 officer of the board, who shall notify the lieutenant governor,
8-24 speaker of the house of representatives, and the attorney general
8-25 that a potential ground for removal exists.
8-26 (Sections 412.025 - 412.030 reserved for expansion
9-1 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
9-2 Sec. 412.031. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The board shall adopt
9-3 rules as necessary to implement this chapter and Chapter 501,
9-4 including rules relating to reporting requirements for a state
9-5 agency.
9-6 Sec. 412.032. BOARD'S REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Based on
9-7 the recommendations of the director, the board shall report to each
9-8 legislature relating to:
9-9 (1) methods to reduce the exposure of state agencies
9-10 to the risks of property and liability losses, including workers'
9-11 compensation losses;
9-12 (2) the operation, financing, and management of those
9-13 risks; and
9-14 (3) the handling of claims brought against the state.
9-15 (b) The report must include:
9-16 (1) the frequency, severity, and aggregate amount of
9-17 open and closed claims in the preceding biennium by category of
9-18 risk, including final judgments;
9-19 (2) the identification of each state agency that has
9-20 not complied with the risk management guidelines and reporting
9-21 requirements of this chapter; and
9-22 (3) recommendations for the coordination and
9-23 administration of a comprehensive risk management program to serve
9-24 all state agencies, including recommendations for any necessary
9-25 statutory changes.
9-26 Sec. 412.033. The board shall hire a qualified person to
9-27 serve as director of the office. The director serves at the
10-1 pleasure of the board.
10-2 (Sections 412.034 - 412.040 reserved for expansion.
10-3 SUBCHAPTER E. DIRECTOR
10-4 Sec. 412.041. DUTIES; RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) The director
10-5 serves as the state risk manager.
10-6 (b) The director shall supervise the development and
10-7 administration of systems to:
10-8 (1) identify the property and liability losses,
10-9 including workers' compensation losses, of each state agency;
10-10 (2) identify the administrative costs of risk
10-11 management incurred by each state agency;
10-12 (3) identify and evaluate the exposure of each state
10-13 agency to claims for property and liability losses, including
10-14 workers' compensation; and
10-15 (4) reduce the property and liability losses,
10-16 including workers' compensation, incurred by each state agency.
10-17 (c) In addition to other duties provided by this chapter,
10-18 Chapter 501, and by the board, the director shall:
10-19 (1) keep full and accurate minutes of the transactions
10-20 and proceedings of the board;
10-21 (2) be the custodian of the files and records of the
10-22 board;
10-23 (3) prepare and recommend to the board plans and
10-24 procedures necessary to implement the purposes and objectives of
10-25 this chapter and Chapter 501, including rules and proposals for
10-26 administrative procedures consistent with this chapter and Chapter
10-27 501;
11-1 (4) hire staff as necessary to accomplish the
11-2 objectives of the board, and may delegate powers and duties to
11-3 members of that staff as necessary;
11-4 (5) be responsible for the investigation of complaints
11-5 and for the presentation of formal complaints;
11-6 (6) attend all meetings of the board as a nonvoting
11-7 participant; and
11-8 (7) handle the correspondence of the board and obtain,
11-9 assemble, or prepare the reports and information that the board may
11-10 direct or authorize.
11-11 (d) If necessary to the administration of this chapter, and
11-12 Chapter 501, the director, with the approval of the board, may
11-13 secure and provide for services that are necessary and may employ
11-14 and compensate within available appropriations professional
11-15 consultants, technical assistants, and employees on a full-time or
11-16 part-time basis.
11-17 (e) The director also serves as the administrator of the
11-18 government employee's workers' compensation insurance program.
11-19 (f) In administering and enforcing Chapter 501, the director
11-20 shall act in the capacity of employer and insurer. (effective for
11-21 dates of injury before September 1, 1995.)
11-22 (1) The director shall act as an adversary before the
11-23 commission and courts and present the legal defenses and positions
11-24 of the state as an employer and insurer.
11-25 (2) For the purposes of this subsection and Chapter
11-26 501, the director is entitled to the legal counsel of the attorney
11-27 general.
12-1 (3) The director is subject to the rules, orders, and
12-2 decisions of the commission in the same manner as a private
12-3 employer, insurer, or association.
12-4 (g) In administering and enforcing Chapter 501, the director
12-5 shall act in the capacity of insurer. (effective for dates of
12-6 injury on or after September 1, 1995.)
12-7 (1) The director shall act as an adversary before the
12-8 commission and courts and present the legal defenses and positions
12-9 of the state as an insurer.
12-10 (2) For purposes of this subsection and Chapter 501,
12-11 the director is entitled to legal counsel of the attorney general.
12-12 (3) The director is subject to the rules, orders, and
12-13 decisions of the commission in the same manner as an insurer or
12-14 association.
12-15 (h)(1) The director shall prepare for adoption by the board
12-16 procedural rules and prescribe forms necessary for the effective
12-17 administration of this chapter and Chapter 501 (effective for dates
12-18 of injury before September 1, 1995.); and
12-19 (2) prepare for adoption by the board and enforce
12-20 reasonable rules for the prevention of accidents and injuries;
12-21 (3) prepare for adoption by the board procedural rules
12-22 and prescribe forms necessary for the effective administration of
12-23 this chapter and Chapter 501. (effective for dates of injury on or
12-24 after September 1, 1995.)
12-25 (i) The director shall hold hearings on all proposed rules
12-26 and provide reasonable opportunity for the officers of state
12-27 agencies to testify at hearings on all proposed rules under this
13-1 chapter and Chapter 501.
13-2 (j) The director shall furnish copies of all rules to the
13-3 commission and to the administrative heads of all state agencies
13-4 affected by this chapter and Chapter 501.
13-5 Sec. 412.042. REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE. (a) The director
13-6 shall report to the legislature at the beginning of each regular
13-7 session.
13-8 (b) The report required under this subsection shall be dated
13-9 January 1 of the year in which the regular session is held and must
13-10 include:
13-11 (1) a list of all persons who have received benefits
13-12 under Chapter 501, the nature and cause of each injury, and the
13-13 amounts paid weekly in income benefits and for medical, hospital
13-14 and other services;
13-15 (2) a summary of administrative expenses;
13-16 (3) a statement:
13-17 (A) showing the amount of the money appropriated
13-18 by the preceding legislature that remains unexpended on the date of
13-19 the report; and
13-20 (B) estimating the amount of that balance
13-21 necessary to administer Chapter 501 for the remainder of that
13-22 fiscal year; and
13-23 (C) an estimate, based on experience factors, of
13-24 the amount of money that will be required to administer Chapter 501
13-25 and pay for the compensation and services provided under Chapter
13-26 501 during the next succeeding biennium.
13-27 (c) The director shall report to the legislature a state
14-1 agency that fails to meet its obligation regarding the prevention
14-2 of accidents and injuries to state employees.
14-3 (Sections 412.043 - 412.050 reserved for expansion
14-4 SUBCHAPTER F. STATE AGENCIES
14-5 Sec. 412.051. DUTIES OF STATE AGENCIES. Each state agency
14-6 subject to this chapter shall actively manage the risks of that
14-7 agency by developing, implementing, and maintaining programs
14-8 designed to assist employees who sustain compensable injuries to
14-9 return to work.
14-10 Sec. 412.052. PROVISIONAL EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE
14-11 AGENCIES. (a) This chapter does not apply to a state agency that
14-12 had medical malpractice insurance coverage, workers' compensation
14-13 insurance coverage, or other self-insurance coverage with
14-14 associated risk management programs before January 1, 1989.
14-15 (b) The office shall evaluate biennially the effectiveness
14-16 of the risk management program operated by a state agency. If,
14-17 based on that evaluation, the director determines that the program
14-18 operated by the state agency is not effective in reducing losses,
14-19 the director shall revoke the exemption granted under this section,
14-20 and the state agency shall comply with the requirements of this
14-21 chapter on notification by the director that the exemption has been
14-22 revoked.
14-23 (c) By January 1, 1999, the board shall have in place rules
14-24 to authorize and provide procedures for the revocation of an
14-25 agency's exemption.
14-26 Sec. 412.053. ANNUAL REPORT BY STATE AGENCY. (a) Each
14-27 state agency shall report to the director for each fiscal year:
15-1 (1) the location, timing, frequency, severity, and
15-2 aggregate amounts of losses by category of risk, including open and
15-3 closed claims and final judgments;
15-4 (2) loss information obtained by the state agency in
15-5 the course of its administration of the workers' compensation
15-6 program;
15-7 (3) detailed information on existing and potential
15-8 exposure to loss, including property location and values,
15-9 descriptions of agency operations, and estimates of maximum
15-10 probable and maximum possible losses by category of risk;
15-11 (4) estimates by category of risk of losses incurred
15-12 but not reported;
15-13 (5) information the director determines necessary to
15-14 prepare a Texas Workers' Compensation Unit Statistical Report; and
15-15 (6) additional information that the director
15-16 determines to be necessary.
15-17 (b) The information shall be reported on or before 60 days
15-18 after the close of each fiscal year.
15-19 SECTION 2. Section 501.001, Labor Code is amended by
15-20 amending Subdivisions (3) and (4) and by adding Subdivision (7) to
15-21 read as follows:
15-22 (3) "Director" means the director of the State Office
15-23 of Risk Management [workers' compensation division of the attorney
15-24 general's office].
15-25 (4) "Office" ["Division"] means the State Office of
15-26 Risk Management [workers' compensation division of the attorney
15-27 general's office].
16-1 (7) "Board" means the risk management board.
16-2 SECTION 3. Section 501.002 (c), Labor Code, is amended to
16-3 read as follows:
16-4 (c) For the purpose of applying the provisions listed by
16-5 Subsection (a) to this chapter, "insurer" or "employer" means
16-6 "state", "office," ["division," or] "director," or "state agency,"
16-7 as applicable.
16-8 SECTION 4. Section 501.003 (a), Labor Code, is amended to
16-9 read as follows:
16-10 (a) The provisions of this chapter and the rules of the
16-11 board [director] affecting an employee also apply to the legal
16-12 beneficiary of a deceased employee.
16-13 SECTION 5. Section 501.046, Labor Code, is amended to read
16-14 as follows:
16-15 Reports of Termination or Continuation of Injuries. In
16-16 addition to other reports required by the board [commission], the
16-17 director shall file a subsequent report not later than the 10th day
16-18 after the date of the termination of the injured employee's
16-19 incapacity. If the employee's incapacity extends beyond 60 days,
16-20 the director shall file a subsequent report before the 70th day
16-21 after the date the employee's incapacity began.
16-22 SECTION 6. The following laws are repealed:
16-23 (1) Section 501.023, Labor Code;
16-24 (2) Section 501.041, Labor Code;
16-25 (3) Section 501.042 (effective for dates of injury
16-26 before September 1, 1995); Section 501.042 (effective for dates of
16-27 injury on or after September 1, 1995), Labor Code;
17-1 (4) Section 501.043, Labor Code;
17-2 (5) Section 501.047, Labor Code;
17-3 (6) Section 501.049, Labor Code.
17-4 SECTION 7. Section 402.021 (a), Labor Code is amended to
17-5 read as follows:
17-6 (a) The commission shall have:
17-7 (1) a division of workers' health and safety;
17-8 (2) a division of medical review;
17-9 (3) a division of compliance and practices; and
17-10 (4) a division of hearings[; and]
17-11 [(5) a division of risk management].
17-12 SECTION 8. Section 403.003(b), Labor Code, is amended to
17-13 read as follows:
17-14 (b) In setting the rate of assessment, the commission may
17-15 not consider revenue or expenditures related to:
17-16 (1) the State Office of Risk Management [the division
17-17 of risk management];
17-18 (2) the research and oversight council on workers'
17-19 compensation [the research center]; or
17-20 (3) any other revenue or expenditure excluded from
17-21 consideration by law.
17-22 SECTION 9. Except as provided by Section 17 of this Act, the
17-23 change in law made by this Act to Chapter 501, excluding
17-24 Sec. 501.022, Labor Code, applies only to a claim for workers'
17-25 compensation benefits based on a compensable injury that occurs on
17-26 or after September 1, 1997. A claim based on a compensable injury
17-27 that occurs before that date is governed by the law in effect on
18-1 the date that the injury occurred, and the former law is continued
18-2 in effect for that purpose.
18-3 SECTION 10. (a) The division of workers' compensation in
18-4 the office of attorney general and the division of risk management
18-5 in the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission are abolished on the
18-6 effective date of this Act. All employees, records, equipment, and
18-7 supplies in the custody of those divisions, as those divisions
18-8 existed on August 31, 1997, shall be transferred to the State
18-9 Office of Risk Management not later than December 31, 1997.
18-10 (b) In making the initial appointments to the risk
18-11 management board, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the
18-12 house of representatives shall each appoint:
18-13 (1) one member for a term expiring February 1, 1999;
18-14 (2) one member for a term expiring February 1, 2001;
18-15 and
18-16 (3) one member for a term expiring February 1, 2003.
18-17 (c) The lieutenant governor shall appoint the first
18-18 presiding officer to serve in that capacity for a term expiring
18-19 February 1, 1999.
18-20 SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
18-21 SECTION 12. The importance of this legislation and the
18-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
18-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
18-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
18-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
18-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
18-27 Amend H.B. 2133 as follows:
19-1 (1) Sec. 412.052, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
19-2 Sec. 412.052. [PROVISIONAL] EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE
19-3 AGENCIES.
19-4 (2) Sec. 412.052, Labor Code, is amended by deleting
19-5 subsections (b) and (c).
19-6 (3) SECTION 9 is amended to read as follows:
19-7 SECTION 9. Except as provided by Section 17 of this Act the
19-8 change in law made by this Act to Chapter 501[, excluding Sec.
19-9 501.022, Labor Code,] applies only to a claim for workers'
19-10 compensation benefits based on a compensable injury that occurs on
19-11 or after September 1, 1997. A claim based on a compensable injury
19-12 that occurs before that date is governed by the law in effect on
19-13 the date that the injury occurred, and the former law in continued
19-14 in effect for that purpose.
19-15 Woolley
19-16 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2
19-17 HB 2133 Amend page 3 line 21 by striking "total" and
19-18 inserting on line 22 "by the appropriation structure".
19-19 Elkins