S.B. No. 500
______________________________ Comptroller of Public Accounts
 
 
 
 
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.  COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS TOMORROW
  FUND. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state
  fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, the amount necessary to
  fund the prepaid higher education tuition program described by
  Section 19, Article VII, Texas Constitution, for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act (estimated to be
  $210,981,159) is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
  to the comptroller of public accounts for that period for the
  purpose of immediately depositing that amount in the Texas tomorrow
  fund created under that section.
         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
  $22,589,128.  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: 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 4.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
  GENERAL. (a)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Texas
  Child Support Enforcement System 2.0 project be canceled as of the
  effective date of this Act.
         (b)  The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund to the Office of the Attorney General 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 B.1.1., Child Support
  Enforcement, as listed in that Act, are reduced by $21,799,752,
  including $11,370,987 from the Child Support Retained Collection
  Account.
         SECTION 5.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: DISASTER GRANTS.  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $100,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization 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
  disaster grants under Strategy A.1.1., Disaster Funds, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 6.  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 7.  TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
  THE PACIFIC WAR. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,149,600 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
  Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for capital projects at the National
  Museum of the Pacific War under Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites, as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), including:
               (1)  updates to the electrical, security, and heating,
  ventilation, and air conditioning systems;
               (2)  projects to address accessibility issues;
               (3)  exterior, roofing, and structural repairs to the
  Nimitz Barn maintenance area;
               (4)  refurbishment of the Bush Gallery to address wear
  and tear from visitor volume; and
               (5)  technology upgrades to exhibits in the Bush
  Gallery.
         SECTION 8.  TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE
  PRESERVATION GRANTS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $25,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the Texas Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act for courthouse preservation
  grants under Strategy A.1.3., Courthouse Preservation, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 9.  TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED
  MAINTENANCE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition to
  other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following amounts are
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
  Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act 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 deferred
  maintenance projects:
               (1)  $300,000 for Strategy A.1.1., Architectural
  Assistance; and
               (2)  $2,586,250 for Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites.
         SECTION 10.  TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN
  PLANTATION. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition to
  other amounts appropriated by this Act, $2,000,000 is appropriated
  from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical
  Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
  of this Act for historic site planning at the Levi Jordan
  Plantation, including architectural, engineering, interpretive,
  and site survey services and collections conservation and
  acquisition to develop museum exhibits, under Strategy A.1.4.,
  Historic Sites, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act).
         SECTION 11.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  FOSTER CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $88,585,541 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 12.  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 13.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  DAY CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $5,000,000 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 14.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  PURCHASED CLIENT SERVICES. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  the following amounts are appropriated from the general revenue
  fund to the Department of Family and Protective Services 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 purchased client services:
               (1)  $4,908,619 for Strategy B.1.4., Adoption
  Purchased Services;
               (2)  $10,550,475 for Strategy B.1.7., Substance Abuse
  Purchased Services; and
               (3)  $5,792,750 for Strategy B.1.8., Other CPS
  Purchased Services.
         SECTION 15.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: X-ALD
  NEWBORN SCREENING. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $7,927,458 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of
  State Health Services for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for screening newborns for X-linked
  adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) under Strategy A.4.1., Laboratory
  Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act).
         SECTION 16.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: EMERGENCY
  GENERATOR. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $12,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Department
  of State Health Services for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for an emergency generator for the Austin
  laboratory to continue laboratory functions during a power outage
  under Strategy A.4.1., Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter
  605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017
  (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 17.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: TRAUMA
  CAPACITY AND RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE. (a)  In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $17,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Department of State Health Services for
  the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  increasing trauma capacity and improving related trauma response
  infrastructure under Strategy B.2.1., EMS and Trauma Care Systems,
  as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         (b)  Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
  section, $2,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in
  accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to trauma
  service area regional advisory councils for improving emergency
  management services.
         (c)  Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
  section, $15,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in
  accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to
  hospitals that demonstrate regional need and the ability to
  efficiently and effectively increase trauma capacity and improve
  related trauma response infrastructure.  The Department of State
  Health Services shall allocate:
               (1)  at least 40 percent of that amount to provide
  funding to hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley, prioritizing, to the
  extent consistent with general law, primary teaching hospitals in
  that region with a general surgery residency program pursuing
  designation as a level I trauma facility; and
               (2)  not more than 40 percent of that amount to provide
  funding to hospitals located in a region directly affected by
  Hurricane Harvey.
         (d)  Any funding provided to an entity under Subsection (b)
  or (c) of this section that is not spent for the purpose for which
  the funding was provided must be returned to the state.
         (e)  The unexpended balance of money allocated as provided by
  Subsection (b) or (c) of this section as of August 31, 2020, is
  appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose for which
  it was allocated.
         SECTION 18.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID
  SHORTFALL. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000,000 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund, and $2,150,000,000 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).
         (b)  Of the amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
  section, the Health and Human Services Commission shall transfer
  the following amounts from Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, to the
  following strategies as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act):
               (1)  $5,500,000 to Strategy D.2.3., Community Mental
  Health Crisis Services; and
               (2)  $2,000,000 to Strategy D.2.2., Community Mental
  Health Services - Children.
         SECTION 19.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RATE
  INCREASE FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.  In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $50,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund
  to the Health and Human Services Commission for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for a rate increase for
  children's hospitals 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).
         SECTION 20.  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 21.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE
  HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $445,354,363 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)  $90,054,363 for construction of a 100-bed
  non-maximum security unit at Rusk State Hospital;
               (2)  $165,000,000 to begin construction of a 240-bed
  replacement campus of Austin State Hospital; and
               (3)  $190,300,000 to begin construction of a 300-bed
  replacement campus of San Antonio State Hospital.
         SECTION 22.  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 commission, are reduced by
  $2,000,000.
         SECTION 23.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: CERTAIN
  TRANSFERS. From amounts previously appropriated for the state
  fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall transfer $6,154,893 from Goal A, Medicaid
  Client Services, to Strategy B.1.1., Medicaid Contracts and
  Administration, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for use for contingency contracts.
         SECTION 24.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: HEALTHY
  TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $10,300,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for the Healthy Texas Women program under
  Strategy D.1.1., Women's Health Program, as listed in Chapter 605
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 25.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MENTAL
  HEALTH STATE HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $31,700,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for mental health state hospital services
  under Strategy G.2.1., Mental Health State Hospitals, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 26.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: EARLY
  CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $1,500,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for early childhood intervention under
  Strategy D.1.3., Early Childhood Intervention Services, as listed
  in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 27.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE
  SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $10,100,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for state supported living centers under
  Strategy G.1.1., State Supported Living Centers, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 28.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: REPURPOSE
  OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. Notwithstanding Section 20 of the Special
  Provisions Relating to All Health and Human Services Agencies, page
  II-124, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), the Health and
  Human Services Commission may use $63,832,747 of the amount
  appropriated under that Act to the commission for Goal A, Medicaid
  Client Services, as listed in that Act and designated under that
  rider for use only for the health insurance providers fee, for
  Medicaid client services.
         SECTION 29.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION
  AGENCY; SUM-CERTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.  
  (a)  The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School
  Fund, general revenue account number 0193, 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 $903,300,000.
         (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 $21,495,735,602.
         SECTION 30.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SPECIAL EDUCATION
  SUPPORTS AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL
  EDUCATION. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, the following
  amounts are appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas
  Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for the following purposes:
               (1)  $33,302,428 to offset federal funds withheld or
  expected to be withheld as a result of a failure to maintain state
  financial support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section
  1412(a)(18) during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012;
               (2)  $74,626,551 to negotiate a settlement agreement
  with the federal government to prevent the withholding of federal
  funds as a result of a failure to maintain state financial support
  for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18) during
  the state fiscal years ending August 31, 2017 (estimated to be
  $41,594,326), and August 31, 2018 (estimated to be $33,032,225);
  and
               (3)  $111,625,833 for the following strategies as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), to prevent
  a failure to maintain state financial support for special education
  under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18) during the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019:
                     (A)  $50,000,000 for Strategy A.2.3., Students
  with Disabilities, for grants to reimburse school districts for:
                           (i)  providing extended school year services
  to students enrolled in a special education program under
  Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code;
                           (ii)  costs related to identification of
  students eligible to participate in a school district's special
  education program under Section 29.003, Education Code, including
  full individual and initial evaluations and independent education
  evaluations; and
                           (iii)  compensatory services costs related
  to the provision of services to students under the Individuals with
  Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.);
                     (B)  $478,500 for information technology needs
  related to special education supports under Strategy B.3.5.,
  Information Systems - Technology; and
                     (C)  $61,147,333 for special education funding
  under Strategy A.1.1., FSP - Equalized Operations.
         (b)  The amount appropriated under Subsection (a)(1) of this
  section must be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as
  the withheld federal funds would have been provided.
         (c)  The amounts appropriated under Subsections (a)(2) and
  (3)(C) of this section must be used to provide funding for public
  schools under 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), to be
  distributed for each full-time equivalent student in average daily
  attendance in a special education program under Subchapter A,
  Chapter 29, Education Code, in proportion to the applicable weight
  for the student under the public school finance system.
         (d)  Not later than December 31, 2020, the Texas Education
  Agency shall report to the Legislative Budget Board and the office
  of the governor regarding the use of funds appropriated under
  Subsection (a)(3)(A) of this section.
         SECTION 31.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: POST-DISASTER SCHOOL
  SAFETY. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $10,930,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
  Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act to provide a grant to a school district that
  experienced a school shooting resulting in one or more fatalities
  that occurred during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
  2019.
         (b)  The Texas Education Agency may provide a grant to a
  school district with funding appropriated under Subsection (a) of
  this section only for uses relating to necessary and appropriate
  post-disaster recovery approved by the agency in accordance with
  procedures adopted under general law.
         SECTION 32.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADDITIONAL
  APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $100,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide
  funding to public schools, including the School for the Blind and
  Visually Impaired and the School for the Deaf, under Strategy
  B.2.2., Health and Safety, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts
  of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for:
               (1)  exterior doors with push bars;
               (2)  metal detectors at school entrances;
               (3)  erected vehicle barriers;
               (4)  security systems that monitor and record school
  entrances, exits, and hallways;
               (5)  campus-wide active shooter alarm systems that are
  separate from fire alarms;
               (6)  two-way radio systems;
               (7)  perimeter security fencing;
               (8)  bullet-resistant glass or film for school
  entrances; and
               (9)  door-locking systems.
         SECTION 33.  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
  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)  $535,200,000 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, 2019, $636,000,000 is appropriated
  from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency
  for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
  for the increased state costs under the Foundation School Program
  resulting from the reduction in school district property values
  associated with Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 34.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADULT HIGH SCHOOL
  DIPLOMA AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION CHARTER SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.  
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $37,657 is appropriated from the
  general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the adult high school
  diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program
  under Section 29.259, Education Code, under Strategy A.2.1.,
  Statewide Educational Programs, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 35.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: MARINE SCIENCE
  INSTITUTE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $10,200,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to The University
  of Texas at Austin for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for storm damage prevention and
  compliance and the mitigation of damages related to Hurricane
  Harvey under Strategy C.2.1., Marine Science Institute, as listed
  in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 36.  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 two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for expenses related to Hurricane
  Harvey.
         SECTION 37.  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 two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 38.  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 two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 39.  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 two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 40.  TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: THERMAL PLANT AND
  STEAM TUNNEL MAINTENANCE. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $16,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  Texas Southern University for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the maintenance of the university's
  central thermal plant and site/steam tunnels.
         SECTION 41.  LAMAR UNIVERSITY: PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $1,418,585 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to Lamar
  University for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
  of this Act for property damage related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 42.  LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: PROPERTY DAMAGE
  RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $1,312,657 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  Lamar Institute of Technology for the two-year period beginning on
  the effective date of this Act for property damage related to
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 43.  LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - ORANGE: PROPERTY DAMAGE
  RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $406,112 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  Lamar State College - Orange for the two-year period beginning on
  the effective date of this Act for property damage related to
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 44.  LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - PORT ARTHUR: PROPERTY
  DAMAGE RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $6,319,458 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to Lamar State College - Port Arthur for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  property damage related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 45.  TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
  ADMINISTRATION: FACILITY ABATEMENT AND DEMOLITION.  In addition to
  amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2019, $29,644,640 is appropriated from the
  general revenue fund to the Texas State Technical College System
  Administration for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for the abatement and demolition of certain
  facilities on the system's Waco campus.  The legislature finds
  there is a demonstrated need to undertake this abatement and
  demolition.
         SECTION 46.  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, $2,458,240 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 47.  TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES.  In
  addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $54,909,580 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 wildfires.
         SECTION 48.  KILGORE COLLEGE: HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP
  INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $1,238,238 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to Kilgore
  College for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, to provide
  for state contributions for health benefits.
         SECTION 49.  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 two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for expenses related to Hurricane
  Harvey.
         SECTION 50.  JUDICIARY SECTION, COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT:
  VISITING JUDGES PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, for the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2019, for visiting judge assignments to fill
  district court vacancies under Strategy A.1.2., Visiting Judges -
  Regions, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act).
         SECTION 51.  JUDICIARY SECTION, COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT:
  LONGEVITY PAY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $523,295 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Judiciary
  Section, Comptroller's Department, for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for reimbursing counties for longevity pay made to
  eligible assistant district attorneys under Strategy D.1.1.,
  Assistant Prosecutor Longevity Pay, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B.
  1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 52.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: SURVEILLANCE
  CAMERAS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $26,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Department
  of Criminal Justice for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for surveillance cameras under Strategy
  C.1.2., Correctional Support Operations, as listed in Chapter 605
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 53.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONS
  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROJECT. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $24,164,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal Justice for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  corrections information technology system projects under Strategy
  G.1.4., Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 54.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPAIR AND
  REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $54,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal Justice for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
  repair and rehabilitation of buildings and facilities under
  Strategy D.1.1., Major Repair of Facilities, as listed in Chapter
  605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017
  (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 55.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
  MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $190,000,000 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 56.  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 57.  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 58.  JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: SURVEILLANCE
  CAMERAS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $7,547,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Juvenile
  Justice Department for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for surveillance cameras under Strategy
  F.1.2., Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 59.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: HELICOPTER
  REPLACEMENT. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $6,229,489 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Department
  of Public Safety for the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for the replacement of one helicopter under
  Strategy A.1.2., Criminal Interdiction, as listed in Chapter 605
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 60.  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 61.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EXPENSES RELATED
  TO HURRICANE HARVEY AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS.  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
  and other natural disasters:
               (1)  $34,954,409 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 62.  COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EXPEDITED
  PROCESSING OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS. Notwithstanding Rider 29, page
  VI-24, 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 Commission on Environmental Quality,
  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, the commission is appropriated for
  the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, all fee revenues
  collected from expedited permit review surcharges assessed under
  Section 382.05155, Health and Safety Code, and deposited to the
  Clean Air Account No. 151 in excess of the estimated amount of those
  revenues in the comptroller's biennial revenue estimate for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, for costs incurred to
  support the expedited processing of permit applications.
         SECTION 63.  COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
  LITIGATION EXPENSES. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $1,400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Commission on Environmental Quality for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for litigation expenses under Strategy
  E.1.4., Rio Grande River Compact, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 64.  COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: CAPITAL
  EXPENDITURES. (a)  Notwithstanding Rider 2, page VI-18, 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 Commission on Environmental Quality, the
  total amount that the commission may spend for capital budget items
  for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, is increased by
  $1,700,000 for security upgrades and replacing carpet.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 14.03, Limitation on
  Expenditures - Capital Budget, Article IX, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
  Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), the Commission on Environmental Quality may
  transfer capital budget item appropriations as necessary to make
  the security upgrades and replace carpet as authorized under
  Subsection (a) of this section.
         SECTION 65.  GENERAL LAND OFFICE: 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 General Land Office for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the following
  strategies as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act), to remove vessels and repair or replace structures or
  equipment damaged by Hurricane Harvey:
               (1)  $696,921 for Strategy A.2.1., Asset Management;
               (2)  $20,459,797 for Strategy B.1.1., Coastal
  Management;
               (3)  $430,000 for Strategy B.1.2., Coastal Erosion
  Control Grants; and
               (4)  $2,047,454 for Strategy B.2.1., Oil Spill
  Response.
         (b)  Contingent on the nonrenewal by the effective date of
  this Act of federal grant funding awarded by the Federal Emergency
  Management Agency for the building of emergency short-term housing,
  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,108,755 is appropriated from
  the economic stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) assigned to build emergency
  short-term housing under Strategy D.1.1., Rebuild Housing, as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 66.  GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ABANDONED VESSEL REMOVAL.  
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is appropriated from
  the Coastal Protection Account, general revenue dedicated account
  number 27, to the General Land Office for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the removal of
  vessels abandoned as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 67.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: GENERAL LAND OFFICE.  
  The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to
  the General Land Office 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 D.1.1., Rebuild Housing, as
  listed in that Act, are reduced by $48,600,000.
         SECTION 68.  GENERAL LAND OFFICE: MATCHING FUNDS FOR U.S.
  ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROGRAMS. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $200,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide state
  matching funds to meet federal requirements for studies and
  projects planned to be conducted in the state by the United States
  Army Corps of Engineers.
         SECTION 69.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: BATTLESHIP
  "TEXAS."  (a)  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 1511 or similar
  legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
  relating to the operation of the Battleship "Texas" becoming law,
  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 Parks and
  Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act 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 the Battleship
  "Texas":
               (1)  $35,000,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Improvements and
  Major Repairs; and
               (2)  $500,000 for Strategy B.1.1., State Park
  Operations.
         (b)  The amount appropriated under Subsection (a)(2) may be
  used only to conduct a curatorial study of artifacts associated
  with the Battleship "Texas."
         SECTION 70.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSES RELATED
  TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $8,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the Parks and Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act 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), to repair structures or equipment damaged by
  Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 71.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: PURCHASE OF
  INTEROPERABLE RADIOS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $5,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for the purchase of interoperable radios under
  Strategy C.1.1., Enforcement Programs, as listed in Chapter 605
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 72.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: WYLER AERIAL
  TRAMWAY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $5,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Parks and
  Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for overhaul and necessary construction
  related to the Wyler Aerial Tramway and the related tramway system
  under 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).
         SECTION 73.  SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD: DAM
  INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $150,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
  to the Soil and Water Conservation Board for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for dam infrastructure
  projects.
         SECTION 74.  WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: MATCHING FUNDS FOR
  FEMA HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a)  In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $273,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
  of providing matching funds for projects sponsored by
  municipalities and counties in this state and approved for the
  Hazard Mitigation Grant program administered by the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency.
         (b)  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar legislation
  of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to flood
  control planning and the funding of flood planning, mitigation, and
  infrastructure projects becoming law:
               (1)  the appropriation of money made in Subsection (a)
  of this section has no effect; and
               (2)  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $273,000,000 is
  appropriated from the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund to the
  Water Development Board for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing matching
  funds for projects sponsored by municipalities and counties in this
  state and approved for the Hazard Mitigation Grant program
  administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
         SECTION 75.  WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: MATCHING FUNDS FOR
  FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. (a)  In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $365,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
  of providing matching funds for projects sponsored by
  municipalities and counties in this state and approved for the
  Public Assistance grant program administered by the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency.
         (b)  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar legislation
  of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to flood
  control planning and the funding of flood planning, mitigation, and
  infrastructure projects becoming law:
               (1)  the appropriation of money made in Subsection (a)
  of this section has no effect; and
               (2)  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $365,000,000 is
  appropriated from the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund to the
  Water Development Board for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing matching
  funds for projects sponsored by municipalities and counties in this
  state and approved for the Public Assistance grant program
  administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
         (c)  Out of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) or
  (b) of this section, as applicable, $30,000,000 may be used only to
  provide a grant to Harris County to remove accumulated siltation
  and sediment deposits located at the confluence of the San Jacinto
  River and Lake Houston.
         SECTION 76.  WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: STATE FLOOD RISK MAPS
  AND STATE FLOOD PLAN. (a)  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  and in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the
  following amounts are appropriated from the economic stabilization
  fund to the Water Development Board for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act 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 developing or updating flood risk maps in the state, using
  current data and technology standards, to support development of a
  state flood plan:
               (1)  $43,970,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform
  Community Assistance Related to NFIP;
               (2)  $1,330,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central
  Administration; and
               (3)  $1,700,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information
  Resources.
         (b)  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar legislation
  of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to flood
  control planning and the funding of flood planning, mitigation, and
  infrastructure projects becoming law:
               (1)  the appropriation of money made in Subsection (a)
  of this section has no effect; and
               (2)  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition to
  other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following amounts are
  appropriated from the floodplain management account 0330 in the
  Texas infrastructure resiliency fund to the Water Development Board
  for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
  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 developing or updating flood risk maps in
  the state, using current data and technology standards, to support
  development of a state flood plan:
                     (A)  $43,970,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform
  Community Assistance Related to NFIP;
                     (B)  $1,330,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central
  Administration; and
                     (C)  $1,700,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information
  Resources.
         (c)  Using money appropriated by Subsection (a) or (b) of
  this section, as applicable, the Water Development Board may employ
  22.0 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) during the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2020, and 36.0 FTEs during the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2021, in addition to the number of FTEs the
  board is authorized by other law to employ during those state fiscal
  years.
         SECTION 77.  WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
  PROJECTS. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition to
  other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following amounts are
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Water
  Development Board for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act 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 infrastructure
  projects related to drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control
  and for necessary and reasonable expenses of the board in
  administering those projects:
               (1)  $790,750,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform
  Community Assistance Related to NFIP;
               (2)  $995,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central
  Administration; and
               (3)  $1,255,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information
  Resources.
         (b)  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar legislation
  of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to flood
  control planning and the funding of flood planning, mitigation, and
  infrastructure projects becoming law and the constitutional
  amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
  providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to
  assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood
  control projects being approved by the voters:
               (1)  the appropriation of money made in Subsection (a)
  of this section has no effect; and
               (2)  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition to
  other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following amounts are
  appropriated from the flood infrastructure fund to the Water
  Development Board for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act 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 infrastructure
  projects related to drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control
  and for necessary and reasonable expenses of the board in
  administering those projects:
                     (A)  $790,750,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform
  Community Assistance Related to NFIP;
                     (B)  $995,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central
  Administration; and
                     (C)  $1,255,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information
  Resources.
         (c)  Using money appropriated by Subsection (a) or (b) of
  this section, as applicable, the Water Development Board may employ
  9.0 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) during the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2020, and 15.0 FTEs during the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2021, in addition to the number of FTEs the
  board is authorized by other law to employ during those state fiscal
  years to administer the project funding.
         SECTION 78.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: TRANSPORTATION
  INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $125,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
  to the Department of Transportation for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for Strategy A.1.8.,
  Construction Grants and Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B.
  1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act), to provide grants for transportation
  infrastructure projects under Subchapter C, Chapter 256,
  Transportation Code.
         SECTION 79.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: EMERGENCY AND
  FIRST RESPONDER AIRPORT FACILITIES. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $5,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Department of Transportation for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to
  expand an airport hangar at the South Texas International Airport
  used by the Department of Public Safety for emergency and first
  responders, including facilities used for Department of Public
  Safety aircraft staging and storage purposes, under Strategy
  C.5.1., Aviation Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts
  of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 80.  DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS:
  AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING IN CERTAIN AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL
  DISASTERS. 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 Department
  of Housing and Community Affairs for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act for the provision of affordable
  rental housing in areas of the state most affected by natural
  disasters.
         SECTION 81.  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 82.  BOARD OF PHARMACY: PRESCRIPTION MONITORING
  PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $6,099,312 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Board of Pharmacy
  for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
  for statewide integration of and upgrades to the prescription
  monitoring program database under Strategy B.1.1., Enforcement, as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 83.  TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: ADDITIONAL PAYMENT.  
  Contingent on compliance with the requirements regarding the
  amortization period of the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the
  Teacher Retirement System under Section 821.006, Government Code,
  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $589,000,000 is appropriated from
  the economic stabilization fund to the Teacher Retirement System
  for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
  for the purpose of providing a one-time additional payment to
  certain annuitants.
         SECTION 84.  TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: STATE CONTRIBUTION.  
  Contingent on Senate Bill No. 12 or similar legislation of the 86th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to the contributions
  and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System becoming law, 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 Teacher
  Retirement System for the following periods for the purpose of
  immediately depositing that amount as a state contribution in the
  Teacher Retirement System Trust Account number 0960:
               (1)  $263,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2020; and
               (2)  $261,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2021.
         SECTION 85.  COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS
  INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. (a)  Contingent on Senate Bill
  No. 7 or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2019, relating to flood control planning and the funding
  of flood planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects
  becoming law, in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $857,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
  comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for the purpose of immediately depositing that
  amount to the credit of the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.
         (b)  Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
  section, the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit at least
  $47,000,000 to the credit of the floodplain management account 0330
  in the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.
         SECTION 86.  COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: FLOOD
  INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar
  legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
  relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood
  planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law and
  the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2019, providing for the creation of the flood
  infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood
  mitigation, and flood control projects being approved by the
  voters, in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $793,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
  comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for the purpose of immediately depositing that
  amount to the credit of the flood infrastructure fund.
         SECTION 87.  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 88.  EFFECTIVE DATE. (a)  Subject to Subsections
  (b) and (c) of this section, this Act takes effect immediately.
         (b)  Sections 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 20, 21, 31, 32, 33,
  35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 56,
  58, 59, 61, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80,
  81, 83, 84, 85, and 86 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.
         (c)  Section 45 of this Act takes effect only if this Act
  receives a vote of two-thirds of each house of the legislature, as
  provided by Section 17(j), Article VII, Texas Constitution.
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 500 passed the Senate on March 13,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; April 17, 2019, Senate
  refused to concur in House amendments and requested appointment of
  Conference Committee; April 18, 2019, House granted request of the
  Senate; May 26, 2019, Senate adopted Conference Committee Report by the
  following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1; passed subject to the provisions of
  Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of Texas.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 500 passed the House, with
  amendments, on March 27, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 149,
  Nays 0; April 18, 2019, House granted request of the Senate for
  appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2019, House adopted
  Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 1,
  one present not voting; passed subject to the provisions of
  Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of Texas.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved: 
                                   I, Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of
  ______________________________    Public Accounts, do hereby 
             Date                  certify that the amounts
                                   appropriated in the herein  
                                   S.B. No. 500, Regular Session,
  ______________________________    86th Legislature, are within the 
           Governor                amount estimated to be available 
                                   in the affected fund. 
                                   Certified _____________, 2019.
   
                                   ______________________________ 
                                   Comptroller of Public Accounts