78R9113 JRD-F
By: Bivins S.B. No. 1860
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 general revenue amounts reduced
in Section 4 of this Act, $165,300,000 is transferred and
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 general revenue amounts
reduced in Section 4 of this Act, $6,900,000 is transferred and
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 general revenue
amounts reduced in Section 4 of this Act, $26,400,000 is
transferred and 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. 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 $845,335,101. 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: $6,018,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(7) Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts:
$8,000,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(8) Employees Retirement System: $30,000,000 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: $3,266,003 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: $370,547 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(26) Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse: $1,275,882
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: $4,476,153 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(34) Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation: $4,138,079 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(35) Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services: $1,796,571 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(36) Rehabilitation Commission: $2,546,491 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(37) Texas Education Agency: $38,213,256 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(38) Texas Tech University System Administration:
$35,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(39) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center:
$6,352,655 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(40) Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory:
$215,790 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(41) State Board for Educator Certification:
$1,227,725 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(42) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$843,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(43) School for the Deaf: $1,108,919 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(44) Teacher Retirement System: $75,000,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(45) Higher Education Coordinating Board:
$93,403,157 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(46) The University of Texas System Administration:
$75,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(47) The University of Texas at Arlington: $4,544,368
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(48) The University of Texas at Austin: $12,667,307
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(49) The University of Texas at Dallas: $3,021,096
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(50) The University of Texas at El Paso: $3,328,144
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(51) The University of Texas - Pan American:
$2,575,149 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(52) The University of Texas at Brownsville: $890,876
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(53) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin:
$658,856 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(54) The University of Texas at San Antonio:
$3,432,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(55) The University of Texas at Tyler: $1,095,100
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(56) Texas A&M University: $24,042,702 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(57) University of Houston System Administration:
$433,059 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(58) University of Houston: $11,182,119 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(59) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $2,163,867
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(60) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,642,929
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(61) University of Houston - Victoria: $655,870 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(62) Midwestern State University: $1,211,490 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(63) University of North Texas System Administration:
$7,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(64) University of North Texas: $6,590,104 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(65) Stephen F. Austin State University: $3,064,406
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(66) Texas Southern University: $3,044,575 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(67) Texas Tech University: $7,375,114 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(68) Texas Woman's University: $3,215,030 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(69) Texas State University System Central Office,
Board of Regents: $93,626 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(70) Angelo State University: $1,545,375 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(71) Lamar University - Beaumont: $2,066,995 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(72) Lamar Institute of Technology: $596,126 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(73) Lamar State College - Orange: $416,959 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(74) Lamar State College - Port Arthur: $599,904 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(75) Sam Houston State University: $2,587,908 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(76) Southwest Texas State University: $4,591,981
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(77) Sul Ross State University: $929,345 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(78) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College:
$380,764 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(79) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas: $5,034,845 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(80) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $12,056,709 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(81) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston: $6,656,182 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(82) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio: $6,489,738 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(83) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center: $7,444,406 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(84) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
$1,771,490 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(85) University of North Texas Health Science Center
at Fort Worth: $2,824,279 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(86) Texas State Technical College System
Administration: $222,022 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(87) Texas State Technical College - Harlingen:
$1,177,608 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(88) Texas State Technical College - West Texas:
$796,468 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(89) Texas State Technical College - Marshall:
$293,088 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(90) Texas State Technical College - Waco: $1,943,106
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(91) Texas Food and Fibers Commission: $107,056 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(92) Supreme Court of Texas: $20,960 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(93) Court of Criminal Appeals: $1,225,904 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(94) First Court of Appeals District, Houston:
$119,363 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(95) Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth:
$147,103 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(96) Third Court of Appeals District, Austin: $133,283
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(97) Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio:
$83,175 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(98) Fifth Court of Appeals District, Dallas: $259,800
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(99) Sixth Court of Appeals District, Texarkana:
$75,025 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(100) Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo:
$98,168 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(101) Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso:
$102,780 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(102) Ninth Court of Appeals District, Beaumont:
$74,894 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(103) Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco: $77,197
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(104) Eleventh Court of Appeals District, Eastland:
$73,557 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(105) Twelfth Court of Appeals District, Tyler:
$49,249 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(106) Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus
Christi: $134,298 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(107) Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston:
$181,863 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(108) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $362,538 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(109) Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney:
$24,645 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(110) State Law Library: $63,923 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(111) Court Reporters Certification Board: $7,226
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(112) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $66,730
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(113) Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department:
$202,225 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(114) Adjutant General's Department: $650,476 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(115) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $1,875,725 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(116) Department of Criminal Justice: $170,800,000
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(117) Criminal Justice Policy Council: $64,622 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(118) Commission on Fire Protection: $224,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(119) Commission on Jail Standards: $51,607 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(120) Juvenile Probation Commission: $5,534,980 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(121) Texas Military Facilities Commission: $180,000
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(122) Texas Commission on Private Security: $129,736
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(123) Department of Public Safety: $3,380,525 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(124) Youth Commission: $11,811,293 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(125) Department of Agriculture: $3,447,858 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(126) Animal Health Commission: $641,471 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(127) Commission on Environmental Quality: $765,669
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(128) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$329,227 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(129) Trusteed Programs within the General Land
Office: $635,458 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(130) Parks and Wildlife Department: $209,592 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(131) Railroad Commission: $1,104,047 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(132) Texas River Compact Commissions: $22,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(133) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $644,171 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(134) Water Development Board: $704,751 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(135) Texas Aerospace Commission: $107,688 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(136) Texas Department of Economic Development:
$1,719,429 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(137) Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
$753,187 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(138) Texas Lottery Commission: $111,024 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(139) Office of Rural and Community Affairs: $297,331
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(140) Department of Transportation: $1,767,926 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(141) Texas Workforce Commission: $7,786,394 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(142) State Office of Administrative Hearings:
$158,846 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(143) Board of Barber Examiners: $8,079 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(144) Board of Chiropractic Examiners: $24,874 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(145) Cosmetology Commission: $127,800 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(146) Credit Union Department: $109,000 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(147) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $100,197
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(148) Department of Banking: $751,000 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(149) Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner:
$224,600 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(150) Savings and Loan Department: $118,391 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(151) Funeral Service Commission: $36,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(152) Department of Insurance: $2,552,334 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(153) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $90,542 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(154) Board of Professional Land Surveying: $26,400
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(155) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$475,992 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(156) Board of Medical Examiners: $354,502 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(157) Board of Nurse Examiners: $184,100 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(158) Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners: $105,327
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(159) Optometry Board: $25,600 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(160) Structural Pest Control Board: $91,339 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(161) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $62,965 from General Revenue Fund
0001;
(162) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $106,245 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(163) Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners: $13,871
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(164) Board of Examiners of Psychologists: $44,290
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(165) Real Estate Commission: $305,074 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(166) Securities Board: $268,402 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(167) Board of Tax Professional Examiners: $10,926
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(168) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $826,000
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(169) Office of Public Utility Counsel: $135,414 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(170) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $40,400
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(171) Workers' Compensation Commission: $3,624,880
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(172) 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
5 of this Act;
(173) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $530,799
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(174) Prairie View A&M University: $1,975,565 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(175) Tarleton State University: $1,283,509 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(176) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi:
$1,440,616 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(177) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $1,412,462
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(178) Texas A&M International University: $875,207
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(179) West Texas A&M University: $1,214,504 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(180) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $1,420,496
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(181) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $390,839
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(182) Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center: $2,622,018 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(183) Texas Agricultural Experiment Station:
$2,638,303 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(184) Texas Cooperative Extension: $2,059,699 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(185) Texas Engineering Experiment Station: $609,080
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(186) Texas Transportation Institute: $226,228 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(187) Texas Engineering Extension Service: $309,269
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(188) Texas Forest Service: $564,394 from General
Revenue Fund 0001; and
(189) Texas Wildlife Damage Management Service:
$166,663 from General Revenue Fund 0001.
(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 $129,253,896. 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 Mental Health and Mental
Retardation: $8,344,200 from general revenue dedicated account
number 0543, Texas Capital Trust Fund Account;
(8) Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation: $21,948,018 from general revenue dedicated account
number 5080, Quality Assurance Account;
(9) Department of Protective and Regulatory Services:
$25,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 5084, Child
Abuse and Neglect Prevention Operating Account;
(10) Rehabilitation Commission: $64,417 from general
revenue dedicated account number 0107, Comprehensive
Rehabilitation Account;
(11) Texas Education Agency: $435,000 from general
revenue dedicated account number 0345, Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund No. 345;
(12) Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board:
$175,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345,
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345;
(13) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $89,460
from general revenue dedicated account number 5079, Technology
Workforce Development Account;
(14) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $140,000
from general revenue dedicated account number 0345,
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345;
(15) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $265,259
from general revenue dedicated account number 8021, Dental School
Tuition Set Aside;
(16) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $835,800 from general revenue dedicated account number
5073, Fair Defense Account;
(17) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education: $180,572 from general revenue dedicated account
number 0116, Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Account;
(18) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education: $3,500 from general revenue dedicated account
number 5059, Texas Peace Officer Flag Account;
(19) Department of Public Safety: $182,377 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0501, Motorcycle
Education Account;
(20) Department of Public Safety: $126,856 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5013, Breath Alcohol
Testing Account;
(21) Department of Public Safety: $1,263,185 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5028, Fugitive
Apprehension Account;
(22) Department of Agriculture: $275,635 from general
revenue dedicated account number 5051, Go TEXAN Partner Program;
(23) Commission on Environmental Quality: $29,067
from general revenue dedicated account number 0146, Used Oil
Recycling Account;
(24) Commission on Environmental Quality: $929,338
from general revenue dedicated account number 0151, Clean Air
Account;
(25) Commission on Environmental Quality: $365,428
from general revenue dedicated account number 0153, Water Resource
Management Account;
(26) Commission on Environmental Quality: $53,916
from general revenue dedicated account number 0468, Occupational
Licensing Account;
(27) Commission on Environmental Quality: $1,389,128
from general revenue dedicated account number 0549, Waste
Management;
(28) Commission on Environmental Quality: $3,752,454
from general revenue dedicated account number 0550, Hazardous and
Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account;
(29) Commission on Environmental Quality:
$30,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0655,
Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account;
(30) Council on Environmental Technology: $114,245
from general revenue dedicated account number 5071, Texas Emission
Reduction Plan Account;
(31) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$481,100 from general revenue dedicated account number 0027,
Coastal Protection Account;
(32) Parks and Wildlife Department: $4,795,253 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0064, State Parks Account;
(33) Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,953,627 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0009, Game, Fish and Water
Safety Account;
(34) Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,600 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0467, Texas Local Parks,
Recreation and Open Space Account;
(35) Parks and Wildlife Department: $39,037 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0506, Non-Game and
Endangered Species Conservation Account;
(36) Parks and Wildlife Department: $634,331 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5004, Texas Parks and
Wildlife Capital Account;
(37) Parks and Wildlife Department: $192,000 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5023, Shrimp License Buy
Back Account;
(38) Railroad Commission: $33,580 from general
revenue dedicated account number 0101, Alternative Fuels Research
and Education Account;
(39) Railroad Commission: $1,972,423 from general
revenue dedicated account number 0145, Oil Field Cleanup Account;
(40) Texas Lottery Commission: $24,557,023 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5025, Lottery Account;
(41) Office of Rural and Community Affairs: $157,500
from general revenue dedicated account number 5047, Permanent Fund
Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement;
(42) Department of Transportation: $43,080 from
general revenue dedicated account number 0071, Texas Highway
Beautification Account;
(43) Department of Insurance: $1,053,448 from general
revenue dedicated account number 0036, Texas Department of
Insurance Operating Fund Account;
(44) Racing Commission: $306,140 from general revenue
dedicated account number 0597, Texas Racing Commission Account;
(45) Research and Oversight Council on Workers'
Compensation: $67,000 from general revenue dedicated account
number 5016, Research and Oversight Council on Workers'
Compensation Fund Account; and
(46) Board of Pharmacy: $208,537 from general revenue
dedicated account number 0523, Pharmacy Board Operating 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 $243,325,000. 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: $3,890,000 from Available
School Fund 0002;
(2) Texas Education Agency: $15,100,000 from State
Textbook Fund 0003;
(3) Texas Education Agency: $335,000 from Foundation
School Fund 0193; and
(4) Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board:
$224,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 0345,
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund No. 345.
SECTION 5. 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 4(a)(172) of this Act.
SECTION 6. This section is for informational purposes only.
Amounts reduced in Section 4 of this Act aggregate to a total
reduction in appropriations from the general revenue fund and
General Revenue Fund-Dedicated Accounts of $1,275,108,439.
Amounts appropriated in Sections 1-3 of this Act total $198,600,000
in General Revenue Fund appropriations. The net reduction made by
Sections 1-4 of this Act to the amounts appropriated from General
Revenue and General Revenue Fund-Dedicated Accounts for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2003, is $1,076,508,439.
SECTION 7. 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 8. (a) In order to make the reductions to general
revenue appropriations made by Section 4(a)(141) 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
Appropriation Act).
(b) In order to make the reductions to general revenue
appropriations made by Section 4(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.
SECTION 9. 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 10. 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 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
immediately as provided for a general appropriations act under
Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.