LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
May 8, 2001
TO: Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1333 by Junell (Relating to making emergency
appropriations.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1333, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: negative impact *
* of $(363,666,231) 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 Rehabili- Criminal Fugitive Interest *
* Revenue Waste tation Justice Apprehen- on *
* Fund Account/ Commissi- Planning sion Suspense *
* 0001 GR- on Account/ Account/ and *
* Dedicated Federal GR- GR earned *
* 0088 Account Dedicated Dedicated federal *
* 0422 0421 5028 funds *
* 2001 $0$5,442,000$6,100,000$2,781,000 $41,000, $105,267, *
* 000 000 *
* 2002 66,889,231 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 $(293,344,000) *
* 2002 (14,999,231) *
* 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/ Rehabilitation *
* 0001 Funds GR-Dedicated Commission *
* 0088 Federal Account *
* *
* 0422 *
* 2001 $(293,344,000) $754,833,000 $(5,442,000) $(6,100,000) *
* 2002 (14,999,231) 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 $489,944,000 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, $105,343,000 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 $109,300,000
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 $6,300,000 in appropriation authority from the
Office of the Governor to the State Office of Risk Management and
appropriate $6,700,000 in interest earnings to the State Office of Risk
Management for workers' compensation payments in fiscal year 2001.
In addition, the bill would appropriate $5,442,000 to the Texas Natural
Resource 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).
The bill would transfer $1,000,000 in 2001 appropriation authority from
the Office of Court Administration to the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services
The bill would transfer $600,000 in 2001 appropriation authority from the
General Services Commission to the Adjutant General's Department for
utilities.
The bill would appropriate a total of $66,889,231 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;
2) $13,000,000 to the Office of the Governor for the purpose of making
emergency and deficiency grants and disaster grants;
3) $39,000,000 to Higher Education Coordinating Board for Texas
Excellence, Access and Success grants.
4) $1,000,000 to the Texas Historical Commission;
5) $6,500,000 to the State Preservation Board;
6) $4,490,000 to the General Services Commission; and
7) $118,231 to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
The bill would authorize the Texas Department of Transportation to
transfer $50,000,000 in 2001 appropriations from construction to planning
and design.
The bill would authorize the Texas Department of Economic Development to
spend $4,000,000 of its existing Smart Jobs Fund appropriation for
awarding grants to communities for creation of defense-related jobs.
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, $6,267,000 in earned federal funds, and
$66,889,231 in 2002 appropriations, making the direct cost to the
General Revenue Fund $360,233,231. However, the fiscal year 2001
appropriations of $55,323,000 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 $51,890,000, which has
been deducted from the 2002 General Revenue Fund cost. This brings the
total net certification cost of the bill to $363,666,231.
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