By:  Heflin                                                       H.B. No. 7  


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making supplemental appropriations and making reductions in current appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID ACUTE CARE COSTS. (a) Out of the Economic Stabilization Fund 0599, the amount of $460,300,000 is appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission for use during the remainder of the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of providing services under the state Medicaid acute care program. (b) The money described by Subsection (a) of this section may be expended only for the purpose described by Subsection (a) of this section and only if: (1) Medicaid expenditures exceed otherwise available revenue because of changes in caseloads or costs or because of a lower federal match rate; and (2) the Health and Human Services Commission has used all revenue available and appropriated to the Medicaid program, including but not limited to premium credits and vendor drug rebates. SECTION 2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: TEXAS HEALTH STEPS/MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. Out of the Economic Stabilization Fund 0599, the amount of $6,900,000 is appropriated to the Department of Health for use during the remainder of the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of the Medicaid programs operated by the Department of Health, including Texas Health Steps and the Medical Transportation Program. SECTION 3. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. Out of the Economic Stabilization Fund 0599, the amount of $26,400,000 is appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission for use during the remainder of the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of providing services under the Children's Health Insurance Program. SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: TEXAS INTEGRATED ELIGIBILITY REDESIGN SYSTEM. Out of general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345, the amount of $26,400,000 is appropriated to the Department of Human Services for use during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of funding the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS). SECTION 5. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT. (a) Contingent on legislation being enacted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, that becomes law and that authorizes the use of money in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund to fund the per student technology allotment during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, the amount of $116,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency out of general revenue dedicated account number 345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345, for use during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of funding the existing $30 per student technology allotment. (b) In the event legislation described by Subsection (a) of this section does not become law, the amount of $116,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency out of State Textbook Fund 0003 for use during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of funding the existing $30 per student technology allotment. SECTION 6. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND. Contingent on legislation being enacted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, that becomes law and that creates a Texas Enterprise Fund that among other things may be used by the governor for purposes related to economic development, the amount of $295,000,000 is appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund 0599, with the amounts transferred to the Texas Enterprise Fund, for use by the office of the governor during the two-year period beginning on the date that the legislation creating the Texas Enterprise Fund takes effect for the purposes specified in the legislation creating the Texas Enterprise Fund. In the event legislation described by this section that becomes law also creates a single Other Events trust fund, the use of which is subject to the control of the governor, then out of the $295,000,000 appropriated by this section the amount of $10,000,000 is appropriated for deposit to the credit of the Other Events trust fund for use by the office of the governor for the purposes specified in the legislation creating the fund. SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: DISASTER ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. Out of the Economic Stabilization Fund 0599, the amount of $6,400,000 is appropriated to the Department of Human Services for use during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, for the purpose of reimbursing the Department of Human Services for previously expended disaster assistance payments. SECTION 8. CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2003. (a) The appropriations from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, made by Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $889,463,601. Each of the following agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the general revenue fund are made: (1) Aircraft Pooling Board: $500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (2) Commission on the Arts: $158,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (3) Office of the Attorney General: $7,250,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (4) Bond Review Board: $41,248 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (5) Building and Procurement Commission: $6,837,988 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (6) Comptroller of Public Accounts: $6,035,228 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (7) Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts: $8,000,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (8) Employees Retirement System: $20,400,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (9) Texas Ethics Commission: $135,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (10) Public Finance Authority: $57,611,021 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (11) Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner: $10,306 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (12) Office of the Governor: $1,855,374 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (13) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor: $1,000,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (14) Historical Commission: $253,119 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (15) Commission on Human Rights: $54,610 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (16) Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission: $16,546 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (17) Department of Information Resources: $205,956 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (18) Library and Archives Commission: $274,979 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (19) Pension Review Board: $19,200 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (20) Preservation Board: $1,394,185 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (21) State Office of Risk Management: $351,077 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (22) Secretary of State: $1,100,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (23) Office of State-Federal Relations: $85,233 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (24) Veterans Commission: $150,573 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (25) Department on Aging: $422,515 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (26) Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse: $9,576,994 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (27) Commission for the Blind: $726,434 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (28) Cancer Council: $368,633 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (29) Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: $6,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (30) Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention: $3,046,554 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (31) Department of Health: $62,263,854 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (32) Health and Human Services Commission: $5,949,196 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (33) Department of Human Services: $4,313,847 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (34) Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation: $32,338,079 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (35) Department of Protective and Regulatory Services: $1,796,571 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (36) Rehabilitation Commission: $218,260 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (37) Texas Education Agency: $88,080,333 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (38) State Board for Educator Certification: $1,227,725 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (39) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $843,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (40) School for the Deaf: $1,108,919 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (41) Teacher Retirement System: $75,000,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (42) Higher Education Employees Group Insurance Contributions: $18,813,496 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (43) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $89,925,420 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (44) The University of Texas System Administration: $75,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (45) The University of Texas at Arlington: $4,544,368 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (46) The University of Texas at Austin: $12,667,307 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (47) The University of Texas at Dallas: $3,021,096 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (48) The University of Texas at El Paso: $3,328,144 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (49) The University of Texas - Pan American: $2,575,149 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (50) The University of Texas at Brownsville: $890,876 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (51) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin: $658,856 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (52) The University of Texas at San Antonio: $3,432,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (53) The University of Texas at Tyler: $1,095,100 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (54) Texas A&M University System Administrative and General: $44,663 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (55) Texas A&M University: $9,893,931 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (56) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $1,076,751 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (57) Prairie View A&M University: $5,188,557 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (58) Tarleton State University: $2,301,386 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (59) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: $3,671,301 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (60) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $2,794,366 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (61) Texas A&M International University: $2,376,325 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (62) West Texas A&M University: $2,796,163 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (63) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $2,234,798 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (64) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $1,430,082 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (65) University of Houston System Administration: $198,559 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (66) University of Houston: $9,123,978 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (67) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $1,899,602 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (68) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,314,929 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (69) University of Houston - Victoria: $624,838 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (70) Midwestern State University: $1,211,490 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (71) University of North Texas System Administration: $7,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (72) University of North Texas: $6,590,104 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (73) Stephen F. Austin State University: $2,803,238 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (74) Texas Southern University: $3,044,575 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (75) Texas Tech University System Administration: $35,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (76) Texas Tech University: $7,375,114 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (77) Texas Woman's University: $3,215,030 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (78) Texas State University System Central Office, Board of Regents: $93,626 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (79) Angelo State University: $1,545,375 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (80) Lamar University - Beaumont: $2,066,995 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (81) Lamar Institute of Technology: $596,126 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (82) Lamar State College - Orange: $416,959 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (83) Lamar State College - Port Arthur: $599,904 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (84) Sam Houston State University: $2,587,908 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (85) Southwest Texas State University: $4,591,981 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (86) Sul Ross State University: $929,345 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (87) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College: $380,764 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (88) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: $5,034,845 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (89) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: $12,056,709 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (90) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: $6,656,182 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (91) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: $6,489,738 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (92) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: $7,444,406 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (93) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler: $1,771,490 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (94) Texas A&M University System Health Science Center: $3,400,394 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (95) University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth: $2,824,279 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (96) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: $6,352,655 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (97) Texas State Technical College System Administration: $222,022 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (98) Texas State Technical College - Harlingen: $1,177,608 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (99) Texas State Technical College - West Texas: $796,468 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (100) Texas State Technical College - Marshall: $293,088 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (101) Texas State Technical College - Waco: $1,943,106 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (102) Texas Agricultural Experiment Station: $2,638,303 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (103) Texas Cooperative Extension: $2,059,699 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (104) Texas Engineering Experiment Station: $609,080 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (105) Texas Transportation Institute: $226,228 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (106) Texas Engineering Extension Service: $309,269 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (107) Texas Forest Service: $564,394 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (108) Texas Wildlife Damage Management Service: $166,663 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (109) Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory: $215,790 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (110) Texas Food and Fibers Commission: $107,056 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (111) Supreme Court of Texas: $281,541 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (112) Court of Criminal Appeals: $825,903 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (113) First Court of Appeals District, Houston: $119,363 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (114) Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth: $38,972 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (115) Third Court of Appeals District, Austin: $133,283 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (116) Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio: $83,175 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (117) Fifth Court of Appeals District, Dallas: $259,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (118) Sixth Court of Appeals District, Texarkana: $75,025 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (119) Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo: $98,168 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (120) Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso: $102,780 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (121) Ninth Court of Appeals District, Beaumont: $74,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (122) Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco: $77,197 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (123) Eleventh Court of Appeals District, Eastland: $73,557 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (124) Twelfth Court of Appeals District, Tyler: $49,249 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (125) Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus Christi: $134,298 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (126) Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston: $181,863 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (127) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council: $362,538 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (128) Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney: $24,645 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (129) State Law Library: $63,923 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (130) Court Reporters Certification Board: $7,226 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (131) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $66,730 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (132) Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department: $2,000,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (133) Adjutant General's Department: $650,476 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (134) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $1,875,725 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (135) Department of Criminal Justice: $136,200,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (136) Criminal Justice Policy Council: $64,622 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (137) Commission on Fire Protection: $224,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (138) Commission on Jail Standards: $51,607 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (139) Juvenile Probation Commission: $1,985,283 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (140) Texas Military Facilities Commission: $180,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (141) Texas Commission on Private Security: $129,736 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (142) Department of Public Safety: $3,380,525 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (143) Youth Commission: $11,811,293 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (144) Department of Agriculture: $3,447,858 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (145) Animal Health Commission: $641,471 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (146) Commission on Environmental Quality: $765,669 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (147) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board: $329,227 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (148) Trusteed Programs within the General Land Office: $635,458 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (149) Parks and Wildlife Department: $209,592 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (150) Railroad Commission: $1,104,047 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (151) Texas River Compact Commissions: $22,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (152) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $644,171 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (153) Water Development Board: $704,751 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (154) Debt Service Payments - Non-Self Supporting G.O. Water Bonds: $2,500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (155) Texas Aerospace Commission: $107,688 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (156) Texas Department of Economic Development: $1,719,429 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (157) Department of Housing and Community Affairs: $753,187 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (158) Texas Lottery Commission: $111,024 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (159) Office of Rural and Community Affairs: $297,331 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (160) Department of Transportation: $1,767,926 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (161) Texas Workforce Commission: $7,786,394 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (162) State Office of Administrative Hearings: $158,846 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (163) Board of Barber Examiners: $8,079 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (164) Board of Chiropractic Examiners: $24,874 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (165) Cosmetology Commission: $127,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (166) Credit Union Department: $109,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (167) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $100,197 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (168) Department of Banking: $751,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (169) Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner: $224,600 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (170) Savings and Loan Department: $118,391 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (171) Funeral Service Commission: $36,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (172) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $90,542 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (173) Board of Professional Land Surveying: $26,400 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (174) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $475,992 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (175) Board of Medical Examiners: $354,502 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (176) Board of Nurse Examiners: $184,100 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (177) Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners: $105,327 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (178) Optometry Board: $25,600 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (179) Structural Pest Control Board: $91,339 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (180) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners: $62,965 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (181) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $106,245 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (182) Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners: $13,871 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (183) Board of Examiners of Psychologists: $44,290 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (184) Real Estate Commission: $305,074 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (185) Securities Board: $40,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (186) Board of Tax Professional Examiners: $10,926 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (187) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $826,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (188) Office of Public Utility Counsel: $135,414 from General Revenue Fund 0001; (189) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $40,400 from General Revenue Fund 0001; and (190) agencies and entities appropriated general revenue funds by Article X, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act): $9,156,897 from General Revenue Fund 0001, subject to Section 9 of this Act. (b) The amount of the unencumbered appropriation originally made from the general revenue fund by Chapter 637, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (House Bill 1333), to the Office of the Governor for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2001, and appropriated to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor by Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2001, is reduced by $1,989,551. (c) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations listed below, that were appropriated from the general revenue fund by Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), for Public Junior/Community Colleges, are reduced for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, in the aggregate amount of $55,204,891, as indicated by this subsection. Pursuant to Section 130.0031, Education Code, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the comptroller of public accounts shall apply the reductions in general revenue appropriations to each community or junior college in the amounts indicated: (1) Alamo Community College: $4,214,605; (2) Alvin Community College: $576,015; (3) Amarillo College: $1,223,511; (4) Angelina College: $573,615; (5) Austin Community College: $2,703,736; (6) Blinn College: $1,428,545; (7) Brazosport College: $435,180; (8) Central Texas College: $1,260,755; (9) Cisco Junior College: $309,318; (10) Clarendon College: $162,286; (11) Coastal Bend College: $492,350; (12) College of the Mainland: $448,597; (13) Collin County Community College: $1,528,640; (14) Dallas County Community College: $6,071,784; (15) Del Mar College: $1,335,391; (16) El Paso Community College: $2,255,613; (17) Frank Phillips College: $171,597; (18) Galveston College: $368,098; (19) Grayson County College: $447,516; (20) Hill College: $376,381; (21) Houston Community College: $4,592,727; (22) Howard College: $729,097; (23) Kilgore College: $792,044; (24) Laredo Community College: $907,483; (25) Lee College: $779,759; (26) McLennan Community College: $810,436; (27) Midland College: $636,743; (28) Navarro College: $625,093; (29) North Central Texas College: $515,917; (30) North Harris Community College: $2,742,732; (31) Northeast Texas Community College: $248,906; (32) Odessa College: $610,692; (33) Panola College: $250,170; (34) Paris Junior College: $453,421; (35) Ranger College: $162,286; (36) San Jacinto College: $2,573,261; (37) South Plains College: $937,288; (38) South Texas Community College: $1,369,007; (39) Southwest Texas Junior College: $436,733; (40) Tarrant County College: $2,818,972; (41) Temple College: $441,421; (42) Texarkana College: $634,857; (43) Texas Southmost College: $815,904; (44) Trinity Valley Community College: $736,823; (45) Tyler Junior College: $1,138,344; (46) Vernon Regional Junior College: $393,246; (47) Victoria College: $530,976; (48) Weatherford College: $376,405; (49) Western Texas College: $194,003; and (50) Wharton County Junior College: $566,612. (d) The appropriations from dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, made by Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection from the dedicated accounts indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $95,196,620. Each of the following agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the indicated account in the general revenue fund are made: (1) Commission on the Arts: $138,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0334, Commission on the Arts Operating Account; (2) Commission on State Emergency Communications: $762,002 from general revenue dedicated account number 5007, Advisory Commission on Emergency Communication Account; (3) Commission on State Emergency Communications: $2,506,635 from general revenue dedicated account number 5050, 911 Service Fees Account; (4) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor: $1,209,725 from general revenue dedicated account number 0421, Criminal Justice Planning Account; (5) Department of Health: $150,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 5046, Permanent Fund for Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care; (6) Health and Human Services Commission: $13,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345; (7) Department of Protective and Regulatory Services: $25,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 5084, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Operating Account; (8) Rehabilitation Commission: $64,417 from general revenue dedicated account number 0107, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Account; (9) Texas Education Agency: $5,411,024 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345; (10) Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board: $175,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345; (11) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $5,460 from general revenue dedicated account number 5079, Technology Workforce Development Account; (12) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $134,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345; (13) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $265,259 from general revenue dedicated account number 8021, Dental School Tuition Set Aside; (14) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council: $835,800 from general revenue dedicated account number 5073, Fair Defense Account; (15) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education: $180,572 from general revenue dedicated account number 0116, Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education Account; (16) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education: $3,500 from general revenue dedicated account number 5059, Texas Peace Officer Flag Account; (17) Department of Public Safety: $182,377 from general revenue dedicated account number 0501, Motorcycle Education Account; (18) Department of Public Safety: $126,856 from general revenue dedicated account number 5013, Breath Alcohol Testing Account; (19) Department of Public Safety: $581,988 from general revenue dedicated account number 5028, Fugitive Apprehension Account; (20) Department of Agriculture: $275,635 from general revenue dedicated account number 5051, Go TEXAN Partner Program; (21) Commission on Environmental Quality: $29,067 from general revenue dedicated account number 0146, Used Oil Recycling Account; (22) Commission on Environmental Quality: $929,338 from general revenue dedicated account number 0151, Clean Air Account; (23) Commission on Environmental Quality: $365,428 from general revenue dedicated account number 0153, Water Resource Management Account; (24) Commission on Environmental Quality: $53,916 from general revenue dedicated account number 0468, Occupational Licensing Account; (25) Commission on Environmental Quality: $1,389,128 from general revenue dedicated account number 0549, Waste Management; (26) Commission on Environmental Quality: $3,752,454 from general revenue dedicated account number 0550, Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account; (27) Commission on Environmental Quality: $30,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0655, Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account; (28) Council on Environmental Technology: $114,245 from general revenue dedicated account number 5071, Texas Emission Reduction Plan Account; (29) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board: $481,100 from general revenue dedicated account number 0027, Coastal Protection Account; (30) Parks and Wildlife Department: $2,148,668 from general revenue dedicated account number 0064, State Parks Account; (31) Parks and Wildlife Department: $2,616,143 from general revenue dedicated account number 0009, Game, Fish and Water Safety Account; (32) Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,600 from general revenue dedicated account number 0467, Texas Local Parks, Recreation and Open Space Account; (33) Railroad Commission: $33,580 from general revenue dedicated account number 0101, Alternative Fuels Research and Education Account; (34) Railroad Commission: $1,972,423 from general revenue dedicated account number 0145, Oil Field Cleanup Account; (35) Texas Lottery Commission: $24,557,023 from general revenue dedicated account number 5025, Lottery Account; (36) Office of Rural and Community Affairs: $157,500 from general revenue dedicated account number 5047, Permanent Fund Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement; (37) Department of Transportation: $43,080 from general revenue dedicated account number 0071, Texas Highway Beautification Account; (38) Board of Pharmacy: $208,537 from general revenue dedicated account number 0523, Pharmacy Board Operating Account; and (39) Racing Commission: $306,140 from general revenue dedicated account number 0597, Texas Racing Commission Account. (e) The appropriations from the funds and from the dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund indicated by this subsection for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, made by Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection from the funds or dedicated accounts indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $547,782,332. Each of the following agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the indicated fund or account are made: (1) Texas Education Agency: $3,710,000 from Available School Fund 0002; (2) Texas Education Agency: $131,037,247 from State Textbook Fund 0003; (3) Texas Education Agency: $187,734,652 from Foundation School Fund 0193; (4) Juvenile Probation Commission: $1,300,433 from Foundation School Fund 0193; and (5) Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board: $224,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345. (f) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations from appropriated receipts that were appropriated by Rider 2, page I-66, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), to the Department of Information Resources are reduced in the amount of $3,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003. The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall transfer this amount from the Department of Information Resources clearing account to undedicated General Revenue. (g) The reduction in appropriation to Texas Southern University under Subsection (a)(74) of this section is not intended to violate any settlement agreement between the state and the United States Office for Civil Rights. (h) The reduction in appropriation to Prairie View A&M University under Subsection (a)(57) of this section is not intended to violate any settlement agreement between the state and the United States Office for Civil Rights. SECTION 9. REDUCTIONS FROM LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES. The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives jointly shall identify the various Article X agencies and entities from which amounts are to be transferred and determine the amount reduced and transferred from each agency or entity, for purposes of Section 8(a)(190) of this Act. SECTION 10. INFORMATIONAL SUMMARY. This section is for informational purposes only. Amounts reduced in Section 8 of this Act aggregate to a total reduction in appropriations from the general revenue fund and General Revenue Fund-Dedicated Accounts of $1,592,636,995. Amounts appropriated in Sections 1-7 of this Act total $937,400,000. SECTION 11. REFERENCES TO COMMISSION. For purposes of identifying appropriations made in Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, all references in this Act to the Building and Procurement Commission are considered to be references to the General Services Commission. SECTION 12. AUTHORIZATIONS RELATED TO GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT LIMITATIONS. (a) In order to make the reductions to general revenue appropriations made by Section 8(a)(161) of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission is authorized to reduce appropriations related to Project RIO in an amount approved by the Legislative Budget Board, notwithstanding the requirement to maintain a certain funding level contained in Rider 18 following the appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission, page VII-45, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), and the amounts reduced are available for general governmental purposes. (b) In order to make the reductions to general revenue appropriations made by Section 8(a)(31) of this Act, the Department of Health is authorized to use a portion of funds, as approved by the Legislative Budget Board, deposited to Comptroller of Public Accounts Revenue Object 3963. (c) In order to make the reductions to general revenue appropriations made by Section 8(a)(34) of this Act, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is authorized to reduce appropriations from general revenue funds for New Generation Medications in the amount of $750,000, notwithstanding the requirement that funds appropriated for New Generation Medications may only be used for certain purposes contained in Rider 57, pages II-102 - II-103, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), and the amounts reduced are available for general governmental purposes. (d) In order to make the reductions to general revenue appropriations made by Section 8(a)(34) of this Act, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is authorized to reduce appropriations from general revenue funds for long-term care waiver slots in the amount of $9,708,248, notwithstanding the requirement that funds appropriated for long-term care waiver slots may only be used for certain purposes contained in Rider 22, pages II-126 - II-127, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), and the amounts reduced are available for general governmental purposes. (e) In order to make the reductions to general revenue appropriations made by Section 8(a)(20) of this Act, the general revenue appropriations made to the Preservation Board in Rider 6, page I-75, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), are reduced in the amount of $1,000,000, notwithstanding the contingency appropriation for the purpose of funding the operation of the State History Museum contained in Rider 6, page I-75 of the General Appropriations Act, and the amounts reduced are available for general governmental purposes. (f) Notwithstanding the requirements of Rider 2, page I-66, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), the amounts reduced and transferred by Section 8(f) of this Act are available for general governmental purposes. SECTION 13. REFERENCES TO COMMISSION. For purposes of identifying appropriations made in Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), all references in this Act to the Commission on Environmental Quality are considered to be references to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. SECTION 14. REFERENCES TO EXTENSION. For purposes of identifying appropriations made in Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), all references in this Act to the Texas Cooperative Extension are considered to be references to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. SECTION 15. REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS: SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8.04, page IX-67, Chapter 1515, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001 (the General Appropriations Act), all receipts from the sale of surplus property, equipment, livestock, commodities, or salvage pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2175, Government Code, that are received by a state agency during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, shall be deposited to undedicated general revenue, and the amounts deposited are available for general governmental purposes. (b) This subsection is for informational purposes only. It is the intent of the legislature that implementation of this section of this Act shall increase undedicated general revenue by $2,500,000 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2003. SECTION 16. ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND APPROPRIATIONS. Sections 1-3 and 6 of this Act take effect only if this Act receives the vote required by Article III, Section 49-g, Texas Constitution. SECTION 17. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately as provided for a general appropriations act under Article III, Section 39, Texas Constitution.