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Amend CSHB 1 as follows:
(1) In Article II, strike Rider 39 following the appropriation to the Department of Aging and Disability Services
(page II-13, house committee printing).
(2) In Article III, in the appropriations for Higher
Education Employees Group Insurance Contributions (page III-34,
house committee printing):
(A) add an appropriately numbered strategy under Goal
C for University of North Texas System Administration and
appropriate $460,360 for the strategy for each fiscal year of the
biennium;
(B) decrease the appropriation under Strategy C.1.17
(University of North Texas) by $460,360 for each fiscal year of the
biennium;
(C) add an appropriately numbered strategy under Goal
C for Texas Tech System Administration and appropriate $461,604 for
the strategy for each fiscal year of the biennium; and
(D) decrease the appropriation under Strategy C.1.21
(Texas Tech University) by $461,604 for each fiscal year of the
biennium.
(3) In Article III of the bill, in Strategy Q.1.2 under
the appropriations for Public Community/Junior Colleges (page
III-164, house committee printing), strike "$2,558,346" and
substitute "$1,258,346".
(4) In Article III of the bill, strike Rider 21 under
the appropriations for Public Community/Junior Colleges (page
III-170, house committee printing).
(5) In Article VII, in Strategy A.2.1 under the
appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission (page VII-31,
house committee printing), in the appropriation for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, strike "$24,814,239" and
substitute "$26,114,239".
(6) In Article VII, add the following appropriately
numbered rider following the appropriations to the Texas Workforce
Commission:
____. West Texas Welding Program. Out of funds appropriated
in Strategy A.2.1, Skills Development, the Texas Workforce
Commission shall grant $1,300,000 in general revenue for the fiscal
year ending August 31, 2008, to a community college in West Texas
for the purpose of supporting the expansion of instructional
capacity, including building start-up costs, to provide greater
welding and welding fabrication training. The unexpended balance
of the funds are appropriated for the fiscal year ending August 31,
2009, for the same purpose.
(7) In Article III of the bill, strike Riders 2 and 3
following the appropriations to the Texas Transportation Institute
(page III-189, house committee printing) and substitute the
following:
2. Transportation Safety Center. Out of State Highway Fund
No. 006, $500,000 in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, and
$500,000 in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, shall be used to
fund the Transportation Safety Center to conduct research,
education, and technology transfer to improve the safety of Texas'
roads and highways.
3. Center for International Intelligent Transportation.
Out of State Highway Fund No. 006, $850,000 in the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2008, and $850,000 in the fiscal year ending
August 31, 2009, shall be used to fund the Center for International
Intelligent Transportation in El Paso to conduct research,
education, and technology transfer to improve the safety of Texas'
roads and highways for secure international transportation and
other issues specific to the El Paso region, international and
border settings.
(8) In Article III of the bill, strike Section 23 following
the Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher
Education (pages III-207 and III-208, house committee printing) and
substitute the following:
Sec. 23. County Indigent Care Contracts.
1. Contracts Required. It is the intent of the
Legislature that each institution of higher education
providing indigent health care contract with relevant
counties in the institution's service area to recover the
costs associated with treating those counties' indigent
patients.
2. County Indigent Care Contracts Reporting. The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and The
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler shall submit to
the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor at the end of
each fiscal year a list of counties whose indigent residents
have been served by each institution; the total amount of
reimbursement received by each institution from each county
pursuant to the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act; and
the total cost, by county, of services provided by each
institution for which counties are liable pursuant to the
Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. In addition, each
institution shall report annually to the Legislative Budget
Board and Governor on the status of contract agreements or
negotiations with each county whose indigent residents have
been served by the institution.
(9) In Article IX, in Section 10.09(a) (page IX-49, house
committee printing):
(A) strike "$37,145,795" and substitute
"$62,145,795";
(B) strike "$57,013,381" and substitute
"$95,384,737";
(C) strike "$35,762,540" and substitute
"$60,762,540"; and
(D) strike "$53,733,306" and substitute
"$91,295,868".
(10) In Article IX, strike Section 13.12 (page IX-60, house
committee printing) and renumber the subsequent sections in Part 13
of Article IX accordingly.
(11) In Article XI, insert the following on page XI-84
(house committee printing) following "VIII Regulatory":
EXEMPT POSITION SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
Exempt Positions Annual Salary Biennial Increase
Based On
Group Group 2006-07 2006-07 2008-09 Contingent
Position Title Gov* Current Request Actual Auth. Req. From 2006-07 Salary Change** MOF RevenueAdministrative Hearings, State Office of (360)
Chief
Administrative GR/
Law Judge X 3 3 $98,625 $98,625 $118,625 $33,320 $33,320 Both Fund 6
Banking, Texas Department of (451)
Commissioner 5 5 $136,191 $136,191 $136,191 $0 $0 N/C GR X
Chiropractic Examiners, Texas Board of (508)
Executive
Director 1 1 $56,000 $56,000 $65,000 $14,994 $14,994 Both GR X
Consumer Credit Commissioner, Office of (466)
Commissioner 3 3 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $0 $0 N/C GR
Credit Union Department (469)
Commissioner 4 4 $105,000 $105,000 $125,880 $34,786 $0 Auth. GR X
Dental Examiners, Texas State Board of (504)
Executive
Director 2 2 $67,500 $70,000 $75,000 $8,330 $8,330 Both GR X
Funeral Service Commission (513)
Executive
Director 1 1 $55,816 $55,816 $55,816 $0 $0 N/C GR
(12) In Article XI, under the language for the State Office
of Administrative Hearings (page XI-86, house committee printing),
strike "IAC" and substitute "GR".