Amend CSHB 4586 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the heading to SECTION 10 of the bill (page 2, line
62), strike "DEBT SERVICE" and substitute "ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES".
(2) In SECTION 10 of the bill (page 2, line 67), strike "debt
service payments" and substitute "administrative operation
expenses".
(3) In SECTION 16 of the bill (page 5, line 12), between the
period and "In addition", insert "(a)".
(4) Immediately following SECTION 16 of the bill (page 5,
between lines 20 and 21), insert the following:
(b) Out of the funds appropriated in Subsection (a) of this
section, the Department of Criminal Justice and the Correctional
Managed Health Care Committee shall identify and evaluate
mechanisms to lower the cost of, or increase the quality of care in,
health or pharmacy services and submit a report to the Legislative
Budget Board and the Governor no later than May 1, 2010.
(5) In SECTION 17 of the bill (page 5, line 21), strike "In"
and substitute "Contingent on an interlocal agreement among
interested parties, including the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, the Edwards Aquifer
Authority, the Bexar Metropolitan Water District and the San
Antonio River Authority, regarding repairs to the Lake Medina Dam,
in".
(6) In SECTION 20 of the bill (page 5, line 53), strike
"$178,525" and substitute "$348,525".
(7) In SECTION 36 of the bill (page 9, line 60), strike
"26,087" and substitute "26,400".
(8) In SECTION 36 of the bill (page 9, line 62), strike
"15,516" and substitute "15,629".
(9) In SECTION 36 of the bill (page 10, line 9), strike
"4,590" and substitute "5,442".
(10) In SECTION 42 of the bill (page 11, lines 10 and 11),
strike "providing a temporary exemption for the use of federal
incentives to increase federal funds".
(11) In SECTION 45 of the bill (page 12, lines 7 and 8),
strike "providing a temporary exemption for the use of federal
incentives to increase federal funds".
(12) In SECTION 46 of the bill (page 12, lines 21 and 22),
strike "providing a temporary exemption for the use of federal
incentives to increase federal funds".
(13) In SECTION 48 of the bill (page 12, line 52), strike
"$30,100,979" and substitute "$24,041,141".
(14) In SECTION 48 of the bill (page 12, line 54), strike
"$28,959,773" and substitute "$25,534,391".
(15) In SECTION 49 of the bill (page 12, line 59), strike
"$62,351,306" and substitute "$74,351,306".
(16) In SECTION 50 of the bill (page 12, line 69), strike
"$5,917,242" and substitute "$7,211,846".
(17) In SECTION 50 of the bill (page 13, line 6), strike
"$13,126,361" and substitute "$14,248,456".
(18) In SECTION 50 of the bill (page 13, line 9), strike
"$12,460,353" and substitute "$18,620,948".
(19) In SECTION 50 of the bill (page 13, line 12), strike
"$5,280,315" and substitute "$6,693,100".
(20) In SECTION 52 of the bill (page 13, line 46), strike
"$790,589,278" and substitute "$759,113,979".
(21) In SECTION 55(6) of the bill (page 14, line 32), strike
"$5,700,000" and substitute "$6,200,000".
(22) Strike Subsection (a) of SECTION 58 of the bill (page
15, lines 48-58) and substitute the following:
(a) The amount of $62 million is appropriated out of the
general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of
the Governor for the two-year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act for the purpose of providing disaster relief in
accordance with this section. The prior approval of the Legislative
Budget Board given or considered to be given as provided by this
subsection is required to expend funds for the purpose of providing
reimbursements for post disaster recovery expenditures. The
Governor's Division of Emergency Management shall provide
information regarding proposed expenditures of funds for this
purpose to the Legislative Budget Board in a format provided by the
board. If the Legislative Budget Board does not disapprove a
proposed reimbursement for post disaster recovery expenditures
within 10 days of receiving the required information, the proposed
expenditure is considered automatically approved.
(23) Immediately following Subsection (c) of SECTION 58 of
the bill (page 15, between lines 67 and 68), insert the following:
(d) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
section, it is the intent of the legislature that the governor
coordinate with the Texas Education Agency to reimburse eligible
school districts in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10 million
for qualifying disaster remediation costs.
(e) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
section, it is the intent of the legislature that the Governor's
Division of Emergency Management shall reimburse the Texas
Engineering Extension Service for costs incurred in connection with
the response of the Texas Task Force 1 to certain flooding.
(f) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
section, it is the intent of the legislature that the Governor's
Division of Emergency Management may reimburse the General Land
Office for repairs made to the protective dune system for County
Road 257.
(24) Strike SECTION 62 (page 16, lines 28 through 37), and
substitute the following:
SECTION 62. REIMBURSEMENT TO GENERAL REVENUE FUND. (a) If
any state agency or institution of higher education receives
reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or another
source for an expenditure paid for or reimbursed under Sections 9,
15, 52, 55, 56, or 57 of this Act, the agency or institution shall
reimburse the state in an amount equal to the general revenue funds
expended for damages that is proportional to the total expenditures
for damages described under Sections 9, 15, 52, 55, 56, or 57 of
this Act, and that amount shall be deposited to the credit of the
general revenue fund.
(b) If any state agency or institution of higher education
receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or
another source for an expenditure paid for or reimbursed under
Section 58 or 60 of this Act, the agency or institution shall
reimburse the state by depositing the amount of the reimbursement
to the credit of the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor. Amounts deposited under this subsection are
reappropriated to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor for disaster preparedness and recovery costs for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
(25) In SECTION 67 of the bill (page 17, line 28), between
the "." and "In" insert "(a)".
(26) In SECTION 67 of the bill, on page 17, between lines 33
and 34, insert the following:
(b) Out of the funds appropriated in this section, the
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall make
every effort to attain the following performance measure targets:
(1) provide autism services to an average of 127
children per month for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and
provide autism services to an average of 127 children per month for
the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011;
(2) provide autism services at an average monthly cost
per child of $2,185 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and
provide autism services at an average monthly cost per child of
$2,185 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011;
(3) provide autism services to 224 children by the end
of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and provide autism
services to 224 children by the end of the fiscal year ending August
31, 2011.
(27) In Subsection (a), SECTION 68 of the bill (page 17,
line 38), strike "$22,648,532" and substitute "$45,069,658".
(28) In Subsection (a), SECTION 68 of the bill (page 17,
lines 38 and 39), strike "fiscal year ending August 31, 2010" and
substitute "two-year period beginning on the effective date of this
Act".
(29) In SECTION 68 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) (page
17, lines 42 through 52), and substitute the following:
(b) Also contingent upon the State of Texas and the United
States Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, in
addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized by other
law to employ during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010,
the department may employ an additional 1,160.0 FTEs during that
state fiscal year. In addition to the number of full-time
equivalent employees (FTEs) the Department of Aging and Disability
Services is authorized by other law to employ during the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an
additional 1,160.0 FTEs during that state fiscal year.
(30) At the end of SECTION 68 of the bill (page 17, between
lines 61 and line 62), insert the following:
(d) Also contingent upon the State of Texas and the United
States Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, in
addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
Department of Family and Protective Services is authorized by other
law to employ during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010,
the department may employ an additional 37.0 FTEs during that state
fiscal year. In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
employees (FTEs) the Department of Family and Protective Services
is authorized by other law to employ during the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an additional
43.0 FTEs during that state fiscal year.
(31) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $2,000,000 is
appropriated out of the general revenue dedicated account number
550 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
conducting hazardous substance removal and disposal activities at
Ballard Pits, a state superfund site in Nueces County.
SECTION ____. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
CONTINGENCY FOR SENATE BILL 643. (a) Contingent on the enactment by
the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and becoming law of
Senate Bill 643 or similar legislation relating to the protection
and care of persons with mental retardation, the Department of
Aging and Disability Services is appropriated, in addition to
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $19,000,000 from the general
revenue fund and $19,000,000 from federal funds for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act to fully
implement the provisions of the legislation; to install video
surveillance equipment in areas defined as nonprivate space for
residents of state developmental centers and the ICF/MR component
of the Rio Grande State Center; and to monitor video across shifts
to detect and prevent abuse and exploitation of residents and
clients.
(b) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
employees (FTEs) the Department of Aging and Disability Services is
authorized by other law to employ during the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an additional
186.0 FTEs during that state fiscal biennium.
(c) Also contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009 and becoming law of Senate Bill 643 or similar
legislation relating to the protection and care of persons with
mental retardation, the Department of Aging and Disability Services
shall use amounts appropriated by Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), to implement name changes, mortality reviews, on-site annual
surveys of group homes, the Forensic State Supported Living Center,
an independent ombudsman, a new assistance commissioner,
behavioral support specialists for alleged offenders, and employee
background checks, finger printing, and drug testing.
SECTION ____. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN ACCOUNT. The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality is appropriated the amount of $37,000,000
out of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Account No. 5071 for the
two year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
implementation of activities under Subsection (a) of 386.252 of the
Health and Safety Code.
SECTION ____. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS. The Department of Public Safety is appropriated the
amount of $4,500,000 from the general revenue fund under Goal D,
Emergency Management, for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act to be transferred to the Division of
Emergency Management for staffing and emergency systems to apply
lessons learned in multiple major disasters in 2007 and 2008 to
enhance the capability of the state to plan and coordinate
emergency preparedness, emergency response, and disaster recovery
operations with local governments and state and federal agencies
and to fully incorporate the support of industry and volunteer
groups into emergency operations. Of the funds appropriated in this
section, the amount of $1,550,000 shall be used to enhance the
capabilities of the State Operations Center and the remainder shall
be used to fund 29 full-time equivalent positions to improve
preparedness and response capabilities, the delivery of disaster
assistance, and staffing for disaster-related financial
management.
SECTION ____. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: FEDERALLY FUNDED
BENEFITS. To minimize the impact on state funds appropriated in
this Act or in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, (the General Appropriations Act) for the fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2011, for unemployment benefits, the
Texas Workforce Commission may adjust unemployment eligibility
periods as necessary to maximize receipt of any 100 percent
federally funded benefit. This provision does not appropriate state
funds, nor may additional state funds be appropriated as a result of
this authorization. Additional federal funds received by the State
of Texas resulting from the authorized adjustment are appropriated
as necessary to comply with Section 2005 of Public Law No. 111-5.
SECTION ____. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: PILOT PROGRAM TO
TEST ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS. Out of funds appropriated to the
Employees Retirement System in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, the Employees
Retirement System is authorized to establish a pilot program under
which physicians and health care providers who provide health care
services to employees and retirees participating in the group
benefits program are compensated under a payment system designed to
test alternatives to traditional fee-for-service payments. To the
extent practicable, the program must be based on nationally
recognized quality of care standards and evidence-based best
practices, and must include policies designed to promote provider
collaboration and other policies and practices as necessary to
ensure high-quality and effective health care services.
SECTION ____. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: LOCAL
PARK RESTORATION. Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009, and becoming law of H.B. 3391, S.B 1010, or
similar legislation relating to the continuation and functions of
the Parks and Wildlife Department, out of funds appropriated to the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Strategy B.2.1, Local Parks
Grants in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, (the General Appropriations Act) for the fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2011, it is the intent of the legislature
that an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 be provided as matching
grants to the City of Waco as follows:
(1) $373,000 shall be allocated for a one-to-one
matching grant for the purpose of replacing the existing Oscar Du
Conge Pool with safe and appropriate public recreational water
activities in East Waco, such as a splash pad/spray park; and
(2) $1,127,000 shall be allocated for a two-to-one
matching grant for the purpose of restoring, upgrading, or
replacing the existing public skate park to provide a safe, family
recreational skating facility.
SECTION ____. APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADVANCED CLEAN ENERGY
PROJECT. Amounts appropriated by Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for
transfer to the Texas Emerging Technology Fund may be used for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
expenditures related to clean energy programs or projects, as
authorized by general law.
SECTION ____. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT
HOUSTON: TRAUMA CARE. The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston is appropriated $6,000,000 from the general revenue
dedicated account 5111 for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act to provide reimbursements for
uncompensated care.
SECTION ____. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER
CENTER: UNCOMPENSATED CARE FOR HURRICANE IKE PATIENTS. The
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is appropriated
$2,000,000 from the general revenue fund for the two year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide
reimbursements for uncompensated care for Hurricane Ike patients.
SECTION ____. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER AT FORT WORTH: TRAUMA CARE. The University of North Texas
Health Science Center at Fort Worth is appropriated $2,000,000 from
the general revenue fund for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act to provide reimbursements for
uncompensated care.
SECTION ____. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: VARIOUS
FUNCTIONS. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is appropriated
from the general revenue fund for the two year period beginning on
the effective date of this Act the following amounts:
(1) $2,000,000 to repair hurricane-related damages to
the Sea Rim State Park; and
(2) $1,000,000 for information technology services.
SECTION ____. NAVARRO COLLEGE: REIMBURSEMENTS. Navarro
College is appropriated $1,500,000 from the general revenue fund
for the two year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
to reimburse the Higher Education Coordinating Board for new campus
funding.
SECTION ____. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION:
OPERATIONS. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is
appropriated $956,000 from the general revenue fund for the two
year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
operations.
SECTION ____. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE:
CERTAIN SALARIES. (a) Notwithstanding any limitation on salary
rates prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations
Act), the Executive Director of the Cancer Prevention and Research
Institute shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $214,000 per
fiscal year for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, and the
Chief Scientific Officer of the institute may be compensated at a
rate not to exceed $212,000 per year for the fiscal year ending
August 31, 2009.
(b) In addition to the rates provided in Subsection (a) of
this section, the Executive Director may receive a salary
supplement not to exceed $86,000 for a total combined salary of
$300,000 out of state and foundation funds for the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2009. In addition to the rates provided in
Subsection (a) of this section, the Chief Scientific Officer may
receive a salary supplement not to exceed $488,000 for a total
combined salary of $700,000 out of state and foundation funds for
the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009. The respective salaries
paid out of appropriated state funds and foundation funds for each
fiscal year of the biennium to the Executive Director and the Chief
Scientific Officer of the Institute may not exceed the highest
salary paid to a chancellor of a public university system.
SECTION ____. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: DISASTER MITIGATION
BUYOUTS. The General Land Office is appropriated $10,000,000 from
the general revenue fund for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for structure buyouts as authorized by
Chapter 33, Natural Resources Code.
SECTION ____. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES:
NORTHSTAR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAIVER. (a) Notwithstanding any
limitations prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations
Act), for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, to the extent that
the NorthSTAR managed care organization is able to obtain cost
savings associated with state-approved purchasing arrangements for
the purchase of new generation medications under Department of
State Health Services Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR Behavioral Health
Waiver, NorthSTAR managed care organization may expend an
equivalent amount from Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR Behavioral Health
Waiver on direct services to clients.
(b) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
$5,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
Department of State Health Services under Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR
Behavioral Health Waiver to provide direct client services.
SECTION ____. APPROPRIATION FOR A SINGLE RETENTION PAYMENT
FOR WORK PERFORMED BY STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) As used in this section,
retention payment means a single employee compensation payment in
the amount of eight hundred dollars ($800) authorized to be paid to
employees in August, 2009, by each agency of the State of Texas
through the payroll system, to each employee who was continuously
employed by the agency from March 31, 2009 through August 1, 2009
for work performed by the state employees, but subject to the
exclusions and limitations under this section.
(b) The Comptroller of Public Accounts is appropriated an
amount estimated to be $42,183,779 out of the General Revenue Fund,
an amount estimated to be $3,915,109 out of General
Revenue-Dedicated, an amount estimated to be $21,904,727 out of
federal funds, and an amount estimated to be $20,260,422 out of
other funds and accounts, to fund a retention payment for work
performed by the state employees as described in Subsection (a) of
this section for employees of state agencies including employees of
the Higher Education Coordinating Board and employees of a Texas
A&M University System service agency.
(c) This section shall not apply to employees of
institutions of higher education (except for employees of a service
agency of The Texas A&M University System), statewide elected
officials, justices and judges of the appellate and district
courts, district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, county
attorneys performing the duties of a district attorney, or line
item exempt (non-classified) employees. Additionally, this section
shall not apply to the following employees:
(1) At the Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
(A) Correctional Officer series; and Ranking
Staff (including Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains, Majors,
Assistant Wardens, and Wardens) otherwise provided a pay increase
under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium;
(B) Laundry Managers otherwise provided a pay
increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
Biennium;
(C) Food Service Managers otherwise provided a
pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
Biennium;
(D) Parole Officer series otherwise provided a
pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
Biennium; and
(E) Other unit staff otherwise provided a pay
increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
Biennium;
(2) At the Texas Youth Commission:
(A) Juvenile Correctional Officers series
otherwise provided a pay increase under the General Appropriations
Act for the 2010-11 Biennium; and
(B) Other unit staff otherwise provided a pay
increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
Biennium;
(3) Law Enforcement Employees classified under
Schedule C under Part 2, Article IX of the General Appropriations
Act for the 2010-11 Biennium otherwise provided a pay increase
under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium;
(4) At the Parks and Wildlife Department, in the event
the Comptroller certifies the additional revenue of $11,328,892
from the Game, Fish and Water Safety Account No. 9, the employees
provided pay raises from these amounts during the 2010-11
Biennium may not participate in the $800 retention payment for
classified employees provided by this Act.
(5) In the Judicial branch of state government:
(A) At the Supreme Court and the Court of
Criminal Appeals:
(1) the staff attorneys;
(2) law clerks; and
(3) court administrative staff;
(B) At the 14 Appellate Courts:
(1) staff attorneys;
(2) law clerks; and
(3) employees whom a Court of Appeals
designates as receiving salary increases from the block grant
appropriated for the 14 Courts of Appeals in the 2010-11 Biennium;
(C) At the State Law Library, all positions; and
(D) At the State Commission on Judicial Conduct,
the General Counsel and attorney staff;
(6) At all agencies, financial examiners otherwise
provided a pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for
the 2010-11 Biennium; and
(7) At all agencies, employees who earned amounts
greater than $100,000.00 per year calculated as may be prescribed
by rules adopted by the Comptroller in order to achieve the
legislative objective of excluding employees who earn salaries
greater than either $8,334.00 per month or $100,000.00 per year
from receiving the retention payment.
(d) For employees paid the retention payment authorized
under this section, any increase in employee benefits costs
associated with the retention payment as described above shall be
paid exclusively from appropriations made above in Subsection (b)
of this section except for county extension agents who may receive a
retention payment solely from appropriations made from the general
revenue fund.
(e) Provisions requiring salaries and benefits to be
proportional to the source of funds shall apply to all sums
allocated under this section for the payment of a retention payment
as if the retention payment was a part of the employee's regular
compensation, except as may otherwise be provided. Each agency
shall pay the retention payment from funds held in the state
treasury and from local funds in the same proportion as the
employee's regular compensation.
(f) The Comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to
administer this section. Funds appropriated in this section shall
be allocated to each agency, and to the appropriate employee
benefit appropriation items, in accordance with such rules and may
be used only for the purpose of providing a retention payment and
paying associated employee benefit costs.
(g) This section does not authorize an increase of
classified salary rates above the rates listed in the classified
salary schedules A, B, and C (as applicable) under Part 2, Article
IX of the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium. This
section authorizes each agency to pay a retention payment to each
eligible employee of that agency from funds appropriated by this
Act.
(h) Agencies subject to a special provisions rider
"Appropriations Limited to Revenue Collections" of the General
Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium shall increase revenues
as necessary to cover the increased retention payment amounts
appropriated above. Revenues to general revenue and general revenue
dedicated funds due to the retention payment increase described
above are estimated to be at least $3,400,000.
SECTION ____. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: APPROPRIATIONS
FOR CERTAIN SALARIES. (a) Notwithstanding the Position
Classification Plan, under Section 2.01, Article IX, Senate Bill 1,
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), the Department of Public Safety is
appropriated for the two year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act the following amounts for the following purposes:
(1) $3,369,476 out of general revenue dedicated fund
99 to fund the reclassification of positions for the police
communications operators and supervisors at the Bureau of Law
Enforcement Communications and Technology within the Department of
Public Safety; and
(2) $350,000 out of the general revenue dedicated fund
99 to fund the reclassification of positions for the forensic
scientists in the Forensic Breath Laboratory Services within the
Department of Public Safety.
(b) The State Classification Officer shall review and
properly classify the positions affected by Subsection (a) of this
section pursuant to authority provided under Chapter 654,
Government Code.
SECTION ____. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CERTAIN BORDER
SECURITY FUNDS. (a) Notwithstanding amounts appropriated under
Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
(the General Appropriations Act), in the appropriation to the
Department of Public Safety for the fiscal year ending August 31,
2010, the amount of general revenue dedicated account 99
appropriated to the Department of Public Safety under Strategy
D.1.1., Emergency Preparedness, is reduced by $5,500,000.
(b) Subsection (a), Rider 54, of the bill pattern of the
Department of Public Safety, under Article V in Senate Bill 1, Acts
of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), has no effect.
SECTION ____. TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. OUTREACH
AND ENROLLMENT. Texas A&M International University is appropriated
$1,000,000 out of the general revenue fund for the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2010, and $1,000,000 out of the general revenue
fund for the period beginning on September 1, 2010, and ending on
the second anniversary of the effective date of this Act for
outreach, access, enrollment, advising, tutoring, and retention
support.
SECTION. ___. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 2534.
Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 2534 or similar legislation
relating to the creation of an interagency task force on economic
growth and endangered species by the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, $250,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
fund for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, to the Texas A&M
University System for the purpose of operating the Task Force on
Economic Growth and Endangered Species.
SECTION ____. TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY: DEBT SERVICE.
The Texas Public Finance Authority is appropriated $3,200,000 from
the general revenue fund for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act to pay debt service on general obligation
bonds.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR H.B. 1511. (a)
Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009 and becoming law of House Bill 1511, House Bill 2860, or Senate
Bill 1411, or similar legislation relating to financial assistance
programs in connection with certain children in the conservatorship
of the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Department
of Family and Protective Services is appropriated $2,250,638 out of
the general revenue fund for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010,
and $1,980,067 out of the general revenue fund for the period
beginning on September 1, 2010, and ending on the second
anniversary of the effective date of this Act, to implement the
legislation.
(b) Also contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009 and becoming law of House Bill 1511, House
Bill 2860, or Senate Bill 1411, or similar legislation relating to
financial assistance programs in connection with certain children
in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services, in
addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
Department of Family and Protective Services is authorized by other
law to employ during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2011, is authorized to employ an additional 17.0 FTEs during that
state fiscal biennium.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 2323.
Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009 and becoming law of Senate Bill 2323 or similar legislation
relating to the functions of the Texas School Safety Center, Texas
State University-San Marcos is appropriated out of the general
revenue fund for Strategy C.1.3, School Safety Center, the amounts
of $308,612 in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and $308,612
for the period beginning on September 1, 2010 and ending on the
second anniversary of the effective date of this Act and is
authorized to employ an additional four FTEs in each year of the
biennium to implement provisions of the legislation.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR H.B. 1684.
Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, and becoming law of H.B. 1684 or similar legislation
relating to the creation and administration of the rural
veterinarian loan repayment program, the Office of Rural Community
Affairs is appropriated $500,000 out of the general revenue fund
for the two year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
to implement provisions of the legislation.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 174.
Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, and becoming law of S.B. 174 or similar legislation
relating to educator preparation programs, the Texas Education
Agency is appropriated $275,000 in State Board for Educator
Certification fees for the two year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act to implement provisions of the
legislation. The Texas Education Agency may employ an additional
two Full-Time Equivalents in each fiscal year during the fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2011.
SECTION ____. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER: PALESTINE
CAMPUS. The University of Texas at Tyler is appropriated $1,300,000
out of the general revenue fund for the two year period beginning on
the effective date of this Act for faculty salaries and facility
operations at the Palestine campus.
SECTION ____. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: RIDER 4. Rider 4 of
the bill pattern of the Office of the Governor in Senate Bill 1,
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), has no effect.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 1362.
Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009 and becoming law of Senate Bill 1362 or similar
legislation relating to a Texas Youth Commission comprehensive plan
to improve student reading skills and behavior, the Texas Education
Agency is appropriated $375,000 out of the general revenue fund for
each fiscal year of the biennium beginning September 1, 2009. On a
determination by the commissioner of education that the Texas Youth
Commission has developed a comprehensive plan based on research
that will improve the reading skills and behavior of students
served by the commission, the commissioner of education shall
transfer the funds to the Texas Youth Commission for use in
implementing the comprehensive plan.
SECTION ____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 1313.
Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009, and becoming law of Senate Bill 1313 or similar legislation
relating to the quality and accessibility of public school career
and technical training programs and to assistance to students
concerning postsecondary education and training, the Texas
Education Agency is appropriated $1,350,000 for the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2011, out of the general revenue fund for
industry certification examinations to non-economically
disadvantaged students, $540,000 in fiscal year 2011 out of the
general revenue fund for the State Board Education to conduct a
course review, and $100,000 in fiscal year 2011 out of the general
revenue fund to expand the Best Practices Clearinghouse to include
career and technology education. The Texas Workforce Commission is
appropriated $100,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2011, out of the general revenue fund to develop a list of
high-demand, high-wage, high-skill occupations that require
licensure, certification, an associate degree, or a bachelor's
degree. The Higher Education Coordinating Board is appropriated out
of the general revenue fund the amount of $2,290,000 for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, for training and materials
dealing with the "College for Texans" program and the amount of
$100,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, to
conduct an economic impact study to determine the economic impact
to the state of secondary and post-secondary training and
education. The "Number of Full-Time Equivalents" in the Higher
Education Coordinating Board bill pattern is increased by two FTEs
in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.