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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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appropriating money for the support of state government for the |
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period beginning September 1, 2011 and ending August 31, 2013; and |
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authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and |
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procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds; and |
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declaring an emergency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The several sums of money herein specified, or so |
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much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds |
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in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of special |
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funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or improvement of |
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the designated agencies. |
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SECTION 2. Contingency for Senate Bill ____. Contingent on |
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enactment of Senate Bill ____, or similar legislation relating to |
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state contributions to the Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer |
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Supplemental Retirement, in addition to amounts appropriated in |
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House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 in |
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Strategy A.1.2, Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental |
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Retirement Fund, the Employees Retirement System is hereby |
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appropriated the following amounts in fiscal year 2013 for a state |
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contribution of 0.5 percent to the Law Enforcement and Custodial |
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Officer Supplemental Retirement Program in fiscal year |
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2013: |
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General Revenue |
$6,698,395 |
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General Revenue-Dedicated |
96,261 |
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SECTION 3. Tobacco User Monthly Premium Fee. Contingent |
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upon enactment of Senate Bill ___or similar legislation relating to |
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the creation of a tobacco user monthly premium fee, by the |
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Eighty-Second Legislature, 2011 the Employees Retirement System |
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shall apply a $30 monthly tobacco user fee to any tobacco user |
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covered under the state health plan. Also contingent upon the |
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enactment of this legislation, the Comptroller of Public Accounts |
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shall deposit revenue from the fee (estimated to be $16,720,343 in |
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fiscal year 2012 and $25,080,514 in fiscal year 2013) into the |
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Employees Life, Accident, Health Insurance and Benefits Trust |
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Account |
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SECTION 4. Contingency for Senate Bill___: Debt Service on |
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Cancer Prevention and Research Bonds. The appropriations made in |
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House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 to |
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the Texas Public Finance Authority for General Obligation Bond Debt |
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Service are subject to the following provision. Appropriations out |
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of the Permanent Fund for Health & Tobacco Education & Enforcement |
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Account No. 5044; Permanent Fund for Children & Public Health |
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Account No. 5045; and Permanent Fund for EMS & Trauma Care Account |
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No. 5046, are contingent on the enactment of Senate Bill___, or |
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similar legislation related to the use of certain Tobacco |
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Settlement Funds for debt service on Cancer Prevention and Research |
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Institute debt, by the Eighty-second Legislature, 2011. The |
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Legislative Budget Board shall adjust the informational listing of |
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bond debt service pursuant to this provision. |
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SECTION 5. Appropriations to the Foundation School Program. |
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(a) Texas Education Agency, Article III, House Bill 1, Acts |
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of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General |
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Appropriations Act), is amended by adding the following |
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appropriations and riders, and to the extent necessary, by giving |
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all riders under the bill pattern of the agency full force and |
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effect: |
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A.1.1., Equalized Operations |
2012 |
2013 |
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Available School Fund |
1,099,948,815 |
1,726,989,252 |
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Foundation School Fund |
13,412,514,119 |
12,656,939,681 |
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Property Tax Relief Fund |
2,198,994,000 |
2,338,574,000 |
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Appropriated Receipts |
906,500,000 |
835,600,000 |
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Lottery Proceeds |
1,002,457,000 |
1,006,111,000 |
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A.1.2, Equalized Facilities |
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Foundation School Fund |
650,000,000 |
716,100,000 |
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(b) Foundation School Program Funding. Out of the funds |
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appropriated above, a total of $19,287,500,000 in fiscal year 2012 |
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and $19,297,400,000 in fiscal year 2013 shall represent the |
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sum-certain appropriation to the Foundation School Program. The |
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total appropriation may not exceed the sum-certain amount. This |
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appropriation includes allocations under Chapters 41, 42 and 46 of |
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the Texas Education Code. |
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Formula Funding: The Commissioner shall make allocations to local |
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school districts under Chapters 41, 42 and 46 based on the March |
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2011 estimates of average daily attendance and local district tax |
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rates as determined by the Legislative Budget Board and the final |
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tax year 2010 property values. |
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For purposes of distributing the Foundation School Program basic |
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tier state aid appropriated above and in accordance with §42.101 of |
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the Texas Education Code, the Basic Allotment is projected to be |
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$4,765 in fiscal year 2012 and $4,765 in fiscal year 2013. |
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For purposes of distributing the Foundation School Program |
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enrichment tier state aid appropriated above and in accordance with § |
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41.002(a)(2) and §42.302(a-1)(1) of the Texas Education Code, the |
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Guaranteed Yield is $59.97 in fiscal year 2012 and $59.97 in fiscal |
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year 2013. |
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Out of amounts appropriated above and allocated by this rider to the |
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Foundation School Program, no funds are appropriated for the New |
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Instructional Facilities Allotment under §42.158 of the Texas |
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Education Code. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Texas |
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Education Agency may make transfers as appropriate between Strategy |
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A.1.1, FSP-Equalized Operations, and Strategy A.1.2, FSP Equalized |
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Facilities. The TEA shall notify the Legislative Budget Board and |
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the Governor of any such transfers at least 45 days prior to the |
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transfer. |
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The Texas Education Agency shall submit reports on the prior |
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month's expenditures on programs described by this rider no later |
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than the 20th day of each month to the Legislative Budget Board and |
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the Governor's Office in a format determined by the Legislative |
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Budget Board in cooperation with the agency. |
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(c) Foundation School Program Adjustments. Appropriations |
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from the Foundation School Fund No. 193 identified in subsection |
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(a) above are hereby reduced by $438,900,000 in fiscal year 2012 and |
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$361,100,000 in fiscal year 2013. These adjustments reflect a |
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lower estimate of the state cost of the Foundation School Program in |
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the 2012-13 biennium due to updated pupil projections and |
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projections of district property values. |
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Property values, and the estimates of local tax collections on |
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which they are based, shall be decreased by 0.97 percent for tax |
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year 2011, then increased by 0.52 percent for tax year 2012. |
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The sum-certain appropriation for the Foundation School Program as |
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identified in subsection (b) above shall be decreased |
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commensurately to reflect these adjustments. |
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(d) Contingency for Senate Bill__: Foundation School |
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Program Deferral. Contingent on enactment of SB __ or similar |
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legislation providing the legal basis for deferring the August 2013 |
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Foundation School Program payment to school districts, |
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appropriations made in subsection (a) above from the Foundation |
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School Fund 193 to the Texas Education Agency for the Foundation |
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School Program are hereby reduced by $2,300,000,000 in fiscal year |
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2013. It is the intent of the legislature that this payment be made |
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in September 2013 pursuant to the provisions of the bill. The |
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sum-certain appropriation for the Foundation School Program as |
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identified subsection (b) above shall be decreased commensurately. |
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(e) Contingency for HJR 109. Appropriations from the |
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Foundation School Fund (Fund 193) made in subsection (a) above, |
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Texas Education Agency Strategy A.1.1, FSP - Operations, for the |
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Foundation School Program, are hereby reduced by 150,000,000 in |
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each fiscal year of the 2012-13 biennium. The Texas Education |
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Agency is hereby appropriated from the Available School Fund |
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(General Revenue) to the Foundation School Program in Strategy |
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A.1.1, FSP - Operations an amount estimated to be $150,000,000 in |
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each fiscal year of the 2012-13 biennium, pursuant to all of the |
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following: |
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a. passage and enactment of HJR 109, SJR 5 or similar |
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legislation relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to |
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clarify references to the Permanent School Fund and to allow the |
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General Land Office or other entity to distribute revenue derived |
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from Permanent School Fund land or other properties to the |
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Available School Fund; |
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b. voter approval of the associated constitutional |
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amendment; and |
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c. the distribution of funds from the General Land |
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Office to the Available School Fund pursuant to the provisions of |
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the legislation. |
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(f) Contingency for Senate Bill ___: Funding Contingency. |
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The All Funds appropriations made for the Foundation School Program |
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(FSP), Texas Education Agency Strategies A.1.1 and A.1.2, in |
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subsection (a) above, and as adjusted by other subsections in this |
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section, are contingent on enactment of SB ___ or similar |
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legislation by the Eighty-second Legislature, 2011, relating to |
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certain state fiscal matters and that amends Chapter 42 of the Texas |
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Education Code to adjust state aid payments to the level of FSP |
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appropriations made in subsection (a) above as adjusted for other |
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subsections in this section. Should this legislation fail to pass |
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and be enacted, the All Funds appropriations for the FSP made herein |
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are hereby reduced to zero for each year of the 2012-13 biennium, |
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including the sum-certain appropriation identified in subsection |
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(b) above. |
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(f) The Legislative Budget Board is directed to make all |
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necessary adjustments to the Texas Education Agency pursuant to the |
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provisions above, including adjustments to strategies, methods of |
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finance, measures and riders contained in House Bill 1, 82nd |
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Legislature, 2011. |
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SECTION 6. Contingency for Senate Bill__: Legislation |
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Relating to Certain Office of Court Administration License Fees. |
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Contingent upon the enactment of SB__ relating to license fees and |
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the allowable use of such fees for process servers, guardians, and |
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court reporters by the Eighty-second Legislature, the Office of |
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Court Administration is appropriated $119,603 in fiscal year 2012 |
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and $119,714 in fiscal year 2013 to implement the provisions of the |
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legislation. The number of "Full-Time-Equivalent Positions" |
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indicated in the agency's bill pattern is increased by 2.0 each |
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fiscal year. Fees, fines and other miscellaneous revenues as |
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authorized by the Process Servers Review Board, the Guardianship |
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Certification Board, and the Court Reporters Certification Board |
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shall cover, at a minimum, the cost of appropriations made in this |
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provision, as well as an amount sufficient to cover "Other Direct |
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and Indirect Costs Appropriated Elsewhere in this Act" (estimated |
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to be $27,783 in fiscal year 2012 and $29,175 in fiscal year 2013). |
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In the event that actual and/or projected revenues are insufficient |
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to offset the costs identified by this provision, the Legislative |
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Budget Board may direct that the Comptroller of Public Accounts to |
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reduce the appropriation authority provided above to be within the |
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amount of revenue expected to be available. |
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SECTION 7. Contingency for Senate Bill___: Office of Court |
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Administration Collection and Improvement Audits. Contingent on |
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enactment of Senate Bill___or similar legislation relating to state |
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fiscal matters and collection improvement audits, by the |
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Eighty-second Legislature, the Office of Court Administration is |
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appropriated $550,448 in fiscal year 2012 and $529,824 in fiscal |
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year 2013 from General Revenue Funds to implement the provisions of |
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the legislation. In addition, the "Number of Full-Time Equivalents |
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(FTE)" indicated in the Office of Court Administration's bill |
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pattern is increased by 8.0 FTEs in fiscal year 2012 and 8.0 FTEs in |
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fiscal year 2013. |
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SECTION 8. Contingency for Senate Bill___: Railroad |
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Commission. Contingent on enactment of SB __, or similar |
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legislation relating to the Railroad Commission by the |
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Eighty-second Legislature: |
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a. Oil and Gas Related Fees. In addition to amounts |
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appropriated in House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2011 to the Railroad Commission, and contingent on SB ___ |
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or similar legislation creating an account to cover costs of the |
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agency's oil- and gas-related activities, by the Eighty-second |
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Legislature, appropriations out of the General Revenue Fund are |
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hereby reduced by $16,766,209 in fiscal year 2012 and by |
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$16,716,472 in fiscal year 2013, and, to replace these |
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appropriations, there is hereby appropriated $16,766,209 in fiscal |
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year 2012 and $16,716,472 in fiscal year 2013 out of the Oil and Gas |
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Regulation and Cleanup (OGRC) Fund created by the bill. |
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The following amounts of General Revenue funding would be |
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replaced with funding out of the OGRC Fund in the following |
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strategies: |
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Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development |
$ 4,099,221 |
$ 4,070,349 |
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Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development |
$ 4,099,221 |
$ 4,070,349 |
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Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections |
$10,314,041 |
$10,350,753 |
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Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections |
$10,314,041 |
$10,350,753 |
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Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation |
$ 496,396 |
$ 461,550 |
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Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation |
$ 496,396 |
$ 461,550 |
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Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging |
$ 935,444 |
$ 919,808 |
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Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging |
$ 935,444 |
$ 919,808 |
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Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services |
$ 921,107 |
$ 914,012 |
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Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services |
$ 921,107 |
$ 914,012 |
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TOTAL |
$16,766,209 |
$16,716,472 |
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In addition, appropriations out of the Oil Field Cleanup |
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Account No. 145 are hereby reduced by $20,581,780 in fiscal year |
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2012 and by $20,581,779 in fiscal year 2013, and, to replace these |
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appropriations, there is hereby appropriated $20,581,780 in fiscal |
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year 2012 and $20,581,779 in fiscal year 2013 out of the OGRC Fund |
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created by the bill. The following amounts out of the General |
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Revenue-Dedicated Oil Field Cleanup Account No. 145 would be |
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replaced with funding out of the OGRC Fund in the following |
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strategies: |
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Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development |
$ 1,114,744 |
$ 1,114,744 |
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Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development |
$ 1,114,744 |
$ 1,114,744 |
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Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections |
$ 851,800 |
$ 851,800 |
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Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections |
$ 851,800 |
$ 851,800 |
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Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation |
$ 3,786,565 |
$ 3,786,565 |
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Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation |
$ 3,786,565 |
$ 3,786,565 |
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Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging |
$14,690,620 |
$14,690,620 |
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Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging |
$14,690,620 |
$14,690,620 |
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Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services |
$ 138,051 |
$ 138,050 |
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Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services |
$ 138,051 |
$ 138,050 |
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TOTAL |
$20,581,780 |
$20,581,779 |
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(b) Expansion of Pipeline Safety Fee Use to Include Gas |
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Utility Regulation. Contingent upon enactment of SB ___, or |
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similar legislation allowing for the use of pipeline safety fees |
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for gas utility regulatory functions, by the Eighty-second |
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Legislature, the Railroad Commission is hereby appropriated in each |
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fiscal year of the 2012-13 biennium an amount not to exceed $233,000 |
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in Strategy C.2.1, Gas Utility Compliance. This appropriation is |
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contingent upon the Railroad Commission increasing Pipeline Safety |
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Fees and shall be limited to revenues deposited to the credit of |
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Revenue Object Code 3553 in excess of the Comptroller's Biennial |
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Revenue Estimate for 2012-13. |
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The Railroad Commission, upon completion of necessary |
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actions to assess or increase the Pipeline Safety Fee, shall |
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furnish copies of the minutes and other information supporting the |
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estimated revenues to be generated for the 2012-13 biennium under |
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the revised fee structure to the Comptroller of Public Accounts. If |
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the Comptroller finds the information sufficient to support the |
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projection of increased revenues in excess of those estimated in |
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the Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2012-13, a finding of fact to that |
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effect shall be issued and the contingent appropriation shall be |
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made available for the intended purpose. |
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SECTION 9. Contingency for Senate Bill__: Department of |
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State Health Services. Contingent upon the enactment of SB ___ or |
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similar legislation allowing for the increase of certain licensing |
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and public health service fees assessed by the Department of State |
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Health Services (DSHS), by the Eighty-second Legislature, any |
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additional revenues generated as a result of the fee increases |
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certified by the Comptroller to be in excess of Comptroller of |
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Public Accounts' January 2011 Biennial Revenue Estimate are |
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appropriated to DSHS for the 2012-13 biennium for use in Strategy |
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A.4.1, Laboratory Services, and Goal D, Consumer Protection |
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Services. |
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SECTION 10. Contingency for Senate Bill__: Voter |
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Registration. Contingent on enactment of SB ___, or similar |
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legislation relating to transferring voter registration payments |
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from the Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts to the |
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Secretary of State, by the Eighty-second Legislature, 2011, amounts |
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appropriated elsewhere in this Act to the Fiscal Programs |
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Comptroller of Public Accounts in Strategy A.1.1, Voter |
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Registration, shall be transferred to the Secretary of State. |
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SECTION 11. Contingency for Senate Bill __: Back to Work. |
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Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill ___or similar legislation by |
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the Eighty-second Legislature, relating to the transfer of General |
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Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 |
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appropriations to other state agencies, the Trusteed Programs |
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within the Office of the Governor shall transfer $20,000,000 from |
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the General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. |
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5107 to the Texas Workforce Commission for the Texas Back to Work |
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Program. |
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If SB ___, or similar legislation by the Eighty-second Legislature, |
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2011, relating to the transfer of General Revenue-Dedicated Texas |
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Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 appropriations to other state |
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agencies is not enacted, it is the intent of the Legislature that |
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the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor award a |
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grant in the amount of $20,000,000 in the 2012-13 biennium out of |
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the General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. |
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5107 to the Texas Workforce Commission for the Texas Back to Work |
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Program. |
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SECTION 12. SAVINGS CLAUSE. If any section, sentence, |
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clause or part of this Act shall for any reason be held to be |
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invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of |
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this Act; and it is hereby declared to be the intention of the |
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Legislature to have passed each sentence, section, clause, or part |
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thereof irrespective of the fact that any other sentence, section, |
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clause or part thereof may be declared invalid. |
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SECTION 13. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. The importance of the |
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legislation to the people of the State of Texas and the crowded |
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condition of the calendars in both Houses of the Legislature create |
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an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the |
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Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three separate |
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days in each House be suspended, and said Rule is hereby suspended; |
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and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its |
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passage, and it is so enacted. |