| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in |
|
|
appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding |
|
|
reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE |
|
|
AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general |
|
|
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 605 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal |
|
|
biennium ending August 31, 2019, for bond debt service payments, |
|
|
including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-48, Chapter 605 |
|
|
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the |
|
|
appropriations to the authority, are reduced by a total aggregate |
|
|
of $35,078,954. The authority shall identify the strategies and |
|
|
objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated and the amount |
|
|
of the reduction for each of those strategies and objectives. |
|
|
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: FACILITIES COMMISSION. |
|
|
The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to |
|
|
the Facilities Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
ending August 31, 2019, for lease payments are reduced by |
|
|
$17,589,128. The commission shall identify the strategies and |
|
|
objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated and the amount |
|
|
of the reduction for each of those strategies and objectives. |
|
|
SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION |
|
|
AGENCY; SUM-CERTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. |
|
|
(a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School |
|
|
Fund No. 193 to the Texas Education Agency made by Chapter 605 (S.B. |
|
|
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal |
|
|
biennium ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP - |
|
|
Equalized Operations, as listed in that Act, are reduced by |
|
|
$643,000,000. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 605 (S.B. |
|
|
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the |
|
|
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency, the sum-certain |
|
|
appropriation to the Foundation School Program for the state fiscal |
|
|
year ending August 31, 2019, is $21,919,735,602. |
|
|
SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: HEALTH AND HUMAN |
|
|
SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the |
|
|
economic stabilization fund to the Health and Human Services |
|
|
Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, |
|
|
2019, for Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital Repairs and |
|
|
Renovations, as listed in that Act, and subject to Rider 221(b), |
|
|
page II-111, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill |
|
|
pattern of the appropriations to the authority, are reduced by |
|
|
$2,000,000. |
|
|
SECTION 5. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION: ADDITIONAL |
|
|
APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for |
|
|
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $4,400,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Library and |
|
|
Archives Commission for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for renovating the Promontory Point |
|
|
Drive facility in the City of Austin, Texas, for the storage of |
|
|
public records. |
|
|
SECTION 6. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: |
|
|
REPLACEMENT OF MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $110,000,000 |
|
|
is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health |
|
|
and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2019, for Medicaid client services under Strategy |
|
|
A.1.5., Children, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), to replace money transferred from that |
|
|
strategy to disaster assistance programs to address needs resulting |
|
|
from Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 7. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID |
|
|
SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,100,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund, and $2,300,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services |
|
|
Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for |
|
|
Medicaid client services under Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, as |
|
|
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 8. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE |
|
|
HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is |
|
|
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health and |
|
|
Human Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act for continuing improvements to state |
|
|
hospital facilities under Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital |
|
|
Repairs and Renovations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of |
|
|
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), as follows: |
|
|
(1) $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to |
|
|
construction of a new state hospital in the Panhandle region; and |
|
|
(2) $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to |
|
|
construction of a new state hospital in the Dallas area. |
|
|
SECTION 9. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: |
|
|
FOSTER CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for |
|
|
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $83,542,916 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of |
|
|
Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2019, for foster care payments under Strategy B.1.9., |
|
|
Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 10. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: |
|
|
RELATIVE CAREGIVER PAYMENTS. (a) In addition to amounts |
|
|
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August |
|
|
31, 2019, $6,833,593 is appropriated from the general revenue fund |
|
|
to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the state |
|
|
fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments |
|
|
under Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in |
|
|
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
(b) The unencumbered appropriations from federal Temporary |
|
|
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to the Department of |
|
|
Family and Protective Services made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of |
|
|
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium |
|
|
ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments under |
|
|
Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in that |
|
|
Act, are reduced by $8,481,040. |
|
|
SECTION 11. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: |
|
|
DAY CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the |
|
|
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $23,060,052 is |
|
|
appropriated from federal Child Care and Development Block Grant |
|
|
funds to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the |
|
|
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for day care payments |
|
|
under Strategy B.1.3., TWC Contracted Day Care, as listed in |
|
|
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 12. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: EXPENSES RELATED TO |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. (a) In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
the following amounts are appropriated from the economic |
|
|
stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state |
|
|
fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP - |
|
|
Equalized Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act), for the following purposes related to the |
|
|
increased state costs under the Foundation School Program resulting |
|
|
from Hurricane Harvey: |
|
|
(1) $271,300,000 for: |
|
|
(A) increased student costs; |
|
|
(B) the reduction in school district property |
|
|
values; and |
|
|
(C) the reduction of the amount owed by school |
|
|
districts under Chapter 41, Education Code, due to disaster |
|
|
remediation costs as provided by Section 41.0931, Education Code; |
|
|
and |
|
|
(2) $634,200,000 for the adjustment of school district |
|
|
property values under Section 42.2523, Education Code, and |
|
|
reimbursement to school districts for disaster remediation costs |
|
|
under Section 42.2524, Education Code. |
|
|
(b) In addition to other amounts appropriated for the state |
|
|
fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, $636,000,000 is appropriated |
|
|
from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency |
|
|
for that state fiscal year for the increased state costs under the |
|
|
Foundation School Program resulting from the reduction in school |
|
|
district property values associated with Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 13. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: EXPENSES RELATED TO |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $20,288,883 |
|
|
is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
University of Houston for the state fiscal year ending August 31, |
|
|
2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 14. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DOWNTOWN: EXPENSES |
|
|
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
$4,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to |
|
|
the University of Houston - Downtown for the state fiscal year |
|
|
ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 15. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - VICTORIA: EXPENSES |
|
|
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
$1,703,828 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to |
|
|
the University of Houston - Victoria for the state fiscal year |
|
|
ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 16. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE: EXPENSES |
|
|
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
$83,668 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the |
|
|
University of Houston - Clear Lake for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 17. LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM: EXPENSES RELATED TO |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $13,100,000 |
|
|
is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Lone |
|
|
Star College System for the state fiscal year ending August 31, |
|
|
2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 18. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: EXPENSES RELATED TO |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,582,439 is |
|
|
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas A&M |
|
|
Forest Service for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for |
|
|
expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 19. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES. In |
|
|
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal |
|
|
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $54,923,481 is appropriated from |
|
|
the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest Service for the |
|
|
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to |
|
|
wildfires. |
|
|
SECTION 20. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPLACEMENT OF |
|
|
MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. |
|
|
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal |
|
|
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $38,600,000 is appropriated from |
|
|
the economic stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal |
|
|
Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for agency |
|
|
operations expenses under Strategy C.1.1., Correctional Security |
|
|
Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), to replace money transferred from that strategy to disaster |
|
|
assistance programs to address needs resulting from Hurricane |
|
|
Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 21. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL |
|
|
MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
$160,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the |
|
|
Department of Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2019, for correctional managed health care under |
|
|
Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter |
|
|
605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 |
|
|
(the General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 22. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL |
|
|
OFFICER OVERTIME. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $30,000,000 |
|
|
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of |
|
|
Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
for correctional officer overtime under Strategy C.1.1., |
|
|
Correctional Security Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. |
|
|
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
|
|
General Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 23. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EXPENSES RELATED |
|
|
TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
the following amounts are appropriated from the economic |
|
|
stabilization fund to the Department of Public Safety for the state |
|
|
fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the following strategies as |
|
|
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
|
|
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for agency |
|
|
operations expenses related to Hurricane Harvey: |
|
|
(1) $35,000,000 for Strategy A.1.1., Organized Crime; |
|
|
(2) $60,000,000 for Strategy C.1.1., Traffic |
|
|
Enforcement; and |
|
|
(3) $2,000,000 for Strategy G.1.3., Information |
|
|
Technology. |
|
|
SECTION 24. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CRIME |
|
|
LABORATORIES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for |
|
|
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $5,770,426 is |
|
|
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of |
|
|
Public Safety for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for |
|
|
crime laboratory operations under Strategy E.1.1., Crime |
|
|
Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
|
|
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General |
|
|
Appropriations Act). |
|
|
SECTION 25. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSES RELATED |
|
|
TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously |
|
|
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, |
|
|
$9,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to |
|
|
the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal year ending |
|
|
August 31, 2019, for Strategy D.1.1., Improvements and Major |
|
|
Repairs, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations |
|
|
Act), for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 26. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: EXPENSES RELATED TO |
|
|
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated |
|
|
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $8,931,385 is |
|
|
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas |
|
|
Workforce Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, |
|
|
2019, for Strategy A.2.1., Vocational Rehabilitation, as listed in |
|
|
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
|
|
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for vocational |
|
|
rehabilitation services expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. |
|
|
SECTION 27. REIMBURSEMENT TO ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND. |
|
|
If any state agency or public institution of higher education |
|
|
receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or |
|
|
another source for an expenditure paid from money appropriated by |
|
|
this Act: |
|
|
(1) the agency or institution shall reimburse the |
|
|
state in an amount equal to the lesser of the amount appropriated |
|
|
under this Act and spent for that expenditure or the amount |
|
|
reimbursed by the other source for that expenditure; and |
|
|
(2) the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit |
|
|
the amount of the reimbursement to the credit of the economic |
|
|
stabilization fund. |
|
|
SECTION 28. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) |
|
|
of this section, this Act takes effect immediately. |
|
|
(b) Sections 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, |
|
|
and 26 of this Act take effect only if this Act receives a vote of |
|
|
two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, |
|
|
as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution. |