81R13855 JRD-D

By: Eiland H.B. No. 6

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to supplemental appropriations to pay for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. APPROPRIATIONS FOR GENERAL COSTS CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. The following amounts are appropriated out of the economic stabilization fund to the following agencies and institutions of higher education for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by the agencies or institutions associated with damages or disruptions caused by natural disasters that occurred before the effective date of this Act during the state fiscal biennium that began September 1, 2007:

(1) UT Medical Branch at Galveston: $295,055,391;

(2) Department of Public Safety: $153,347,257;

(3) Texas Department of Transportation: $69,705,649;

(4) Parks and Wildlife Department: $62,868,002;

(5) Health and Human Service Commission: $47,416,821;

(6) UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $5,964,669;

(7) Alvin College: $12,043,688;

(8) Texas A&M Galveston: $6,542,637;

(9) Texas Forest Service: $8,370,688;

(10) Department of Aging and Disability Services: $6,134,512;

(11) Houston Community College: $6,030,680;

(12) Department of Criminal Justice: $5,124,728;

(13) Commission on Environmental Quality: $4,275,949;

(14) Department of State Health Services: $3,839,005;

(15) San Jacinto College: $3,700,000;

(16) Texas Education Agency: $3,051,071;

(17) Galveston College: $491,844;

(18) Texas A&M University: $271,930;

(19) Texas Engineering Extension Service: $2,206,776;

(20) Adjutant General's Department: $1,939,196;

(21) The University of Texas at Brownsville: $1,546,178;

(22) Department of Insurance: $1,460,099;

(23) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $1,204,771;

(24) Lamar University: $546,112;

(25) Lamar Institute of Technology: $207,292;

(26) Texas State Technical College--Harlingen: $904,558;

(27) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services: $539,231;

(28) Lamar State College: Port Arthur: $488,851;

(29) Office of the Attorney General: $473,875;

(30) Juvenile Probation Commission: $398,298;

(31) The University of Texas at Austin: $292,230;

(32) Office of the Governor: $321,193;

(33) Office of Rural Community Affairs: $305,734;

(34) Texas Southern University: $11,919,788;

(35) Comptroller of Public Accounts: $278,063;

(36) College of the Mainland: $275,533;

(37) The University of Texas Pan American: $91,695;

(38) UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: $129,077;

(39) State Office of Risk Management: $124,411;

(40) Texas AgriLife Research: $117,875;

(41) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board: $116,420;

(42) Animal Health Commission: $91,018;

(43) Water Development Board: $70,891;

(44) Angelina College: $58,465;

(45) Texas State University: San Marcos: $39,303;

(46) Historical Commission: $36,926;

(47) Department of Information Resources: $25,601;

(48) Texas A&M Corpus Christi: $14,678;

(49) Texas AgriLife Extension Service: $14,263;

(50) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler: $2,900,000;

(51) Texas Department of Transportation (FM 170): $1,000,000; and

(52) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: $8,394,000.

SECTION 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOST REVENUE AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION COSTS CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. The following amounts are appropriated out of the economic stabilization fund to the following agencies and institutions of higher education for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying for lost revenue and business interruption costs suffered by the agencies or institutions associated with damages or disruptions caused by natural disasters that occurred before the effective date of this Act during the state fiscal biennium that began September 1, 2007:

(1) UT Medical Branch at Galveston: $169,000,000;

(2) UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $17,298,814;

(3) Texas A&M Galveston: $2,725,000;

(4) Galveston College: $2,000,000;

(5) Texas A&M University: $2,092,711;

(6) University of Houston System Administration: $1,153,860;

(7) Lamar University: $82,318;

(8) Lamar Institute of Technology: $417,500;

(9) The University of Texas at Austin: $84,694;

(10) Texas Southern University: $295,000;

(11) The University of Texas Pan American: $45,552;

(12) Angelina College: $11,300;

(13) Lamar State College: Orange: $46,000;

(14) Sam Houston State University: $11,953; and

(15) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: $5,000,000.

SECTION 3. APPROPRIATIONS ALLOCATED TO APPROPRIATE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT STRATEGIES. The agencies and institutions receiving appropriations made by this Act shall allocate the appropriations to the appropriate General Appropriations Act strategies.

SECTION 4. REQUIRED VOTE FOR ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND APPROPRIATIONS. This Act takes effect only if this Act receives a two-thirds vote of the members present in each house as required by Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, then except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.