Amend HB 3517 (Senate Committee Report) by inserting a new
SECTION 35 (page 24, between lines 6 and 7) to read as follows and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS appropriately:
SECTION 35. Sections 141.086(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k),
Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
(g) For a facility constructed under this section, <the
following amounts may be appropriated:>
<(1) not more than 50 percent of the operating costs
of the facility during the 1997 fiscal year; and>
<(2)> not more than 25 percent of the operating costs
of the facility may be reimbursed by the commission <during each of
the 1998 and 1999 fiscal years>.
(h) It is the intent of the legislature to appropriate the
full amount of money authorized under Subsection (g)<(2)>.
(i) <On and after September 1, 1999, a facility constructed
under this section must be operated entirely by the county using
the facility.>
<(j)> The commission shall conduct an annual audit of the
operating costs for a fiscal year of a facility constructed under
this section for each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated
unless the county in which the facility is located has conducted an
annual audit <through fiscal year 1999>. The commission shall
submit a report on the results of its or the county's <the> audit
to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor not later than the
60th day after the last day of the fiscal year covered by the
audit.
(j) <(k)> In this section, "operating costs" means the
operating costs of a facility at an 80-percent occupancy rate.