LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
March 29, 2001
TO: Honorable Robert Junell, Chair, House Committee on
Appropriations
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1333 by Junell (Relating to making emergency
appropriations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1333, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: negative impact *
* of $(361,181,375) through the biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
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Appropriations:
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*Fiscal Appropri- Appropri- Appropri- Appropri- Appropri- Appropri- *
* Year ation out ation out ation out ation out ation out ation out *
* of of Low of of of of *
* General Level Comprehe- Criminal Fugitive Interest *
* Revenue Waste nsive Justice Apprehen- on *
* Fund Account/ Rehabili- Planning sion Suspense *
* 0001 GR- tation Account/ Account/ *
* Dedicated Account/ GR- GR *
* 0088 GR- Dedicated Dedicated *
* Dedicated 0421 5028 *
* 0107 *
* 2001 $0$5,442,000$5,000,000$2,781,000 $41,000, $99,000, *
* 000 000 *
* 2002 68,281,375 0 0 0 0 0 *
* 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Six-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2001 $(287,077,000) *
* 2002 (20,881,375) *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Six-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Probable *
* Year Savings/(Cost) Revenue Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost) *
* from General Gain/(Loss) from Low Level from *
* Revenue Fund from Federal Waste Account/ Comprehensive *
* 0001 Funds GR-Dedicated Rehabilitation *
* 0088 Account/ *
* GR-Dedicated *
* 0107 *
* 2001 $(287,077,000) $747,812,000 $(5,442,000) $(5,000,000) *
* 2002 (20,881,375) 0 0 0 *
* 2003 0 0 0 0 *
* 2004 0 0 0 0 *
* 2005 0 0 0 0 *
* 2006 0 0 0 0 *
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Probable Savings/(Cost) from *
* Year Criminal Justice Planning Fugitive Apprehension Account/ *
* Account/ GR-Dedicated GR Dedicated *
* 0421 5028 *
* 2001 $(2,781,000) $(41,000,000) *
* 2002 0 0 *
* 2003 0 0 *
* 2004 0 0 *
* 2005 0 0 *
* 2006 0 0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would provide the Texas Department of Health $485,387,000 of
funding in fiscal year 2001 for Medicaid. The sources of the new funding
would be transfers of existing appropriation authority from other
agencies and new appropriations from non-tax revenue. (In addition to
the funding provided by the bill, $109,900,000 in existing appropriation
authority would be transferred to the Texas Department of Health from
other health and human services agencies by the Commissioner of Health
and Human Services, bringing the total amount of new 2001 Department of
Health funding to $595,287,000.)
The bill would provide the Department of Criminal Justice $110,300,000
for fiscal year 2001. The sources of the new funding would be transfers
of existing appropriation authority from other agencies and new
appropriations from General Revenue-Dedicated accounts.
The bill would transfer $13,000,00 in appropriation authority from the
Office of the Governor to the State Office of Risk Management for
workers' compensation payments in fiscal year 2001.
In addition, the bill would appropriate the following amounts for fiscal
year 2001:
1) $5,000,000 to the Texas Rehabilitation Commission from the
Comprehensive Rehabilitation account. (The numbers for the Department of
Health assume that $5,000,000 in General Revenue Fund appropriation
authority for the 2001 fiscal year would be transferred by the Health and
Human Services Commissioner to the Texas Department of Health.)
2) $5,442,000 to the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) from the Low-Level Radioactive Waste account for fiscal Year
2001. (This appropriation would be offset by a transfer of an equal
amount of general revenue fund appropriation from TNRCC to the Department
of Criminal Justice for 2001).
To offset fiscal year appropriations transferred to Texas Department of
Health and Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the bill would
appropriate a total of $68,281,375 from the General Revenue Fund for
fiscal year 2002 as follows:
1) $2,781,375 to the Office of the Governor for the purposes for which
the Criminal Justice Planning Account may be appropriated and $13,000,000
to the Office of the Governor for the purpose of making emergency and
deficiency grants and disaster grants;
2) $39,000,000 to Higher Education Coordinating Board for Texas
Excellence, Access and Success grants.
3) $1,000,000 to the Texas Historical Commission;
4) $6,500,000 to the State Preservation Board; and
5) $1,000,000 to the Office of Court Administration for the Judicial
Committee on Information Technology.
Methodology
The General Revenue cost consists of the $99,000,000 appropriation of
interest on protest and suspense, $188,077,000 of transferred 2000
unspent appropriation authority, and the $68,281,375 in 2002
appropriations, making the direct cost to the General Revenue Fund
$355,358,375. However, the fiscal year 2001 appropriations of
$54,223,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated would also reduce the amount
available for certification from the General Revenue Fund for the
2002-03 biennium. The transfers of fiscal year 2001 authority would
reduce the cost of unexpended balance appropriations in the General
Appropriations Act for 2002-03 by $48,400,000, which has been deducted
from the 2002 General Revenue Fund cost. This brings the total net
certification cost of the bill to $361,181,375.
Local Government Impact
Some of the appropriations to the Texas Department of Corrections could
be used to pay counties for housing state prisoners.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK, SD, WP, RS