87R9365 SRA-F

By: Bonnen H.B. No. 2

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2021. (a) The appropriations from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $490,298,906. Each of the following agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the general revenue fund are made except to the extent a strategy or objective is specified by this subsection:

(1) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor: $20,783,291 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(2) Office of the Governor: $1,243,087 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(3) Office of the Attorney General: $26,549,199 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(4) Comptroller of Public Accounts: $11,091,563 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(5) Library & Archives Commission: $1,677,337 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(6) Secretary of State: $493,248 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(7) Department of Information Resources: $558,158 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(8) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System: $33,954 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(9) Pension Review Board: $85,601 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(10) Public Finance Authority: $81,157 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(11) Bond Review Board: $36,471 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(12) Veterans Commission: $722,667 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(13) Texas Historical Commission: $2,724,637 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(14) Preservation Board: $1,033,141 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(15) Texas Commission on the Arts: $1,268,954 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(16) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service: $3,134,081 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(17) Texas A&M AgriLife Research: $2,957,033 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(18) Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory: $507,329 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(19) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,669,415 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(20) Texas A&M University System: $77,003 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(21) Texas A&M University: $16,683,164 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(22) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station: $915,889 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(23) Tarleton State University: $2,479,492 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(24) The University of Texas at Arlington: $10,021,698 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(25) Prairie View A&M University: $2,509,295 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(26) Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service: $446,177 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(27) Texas Southern University: $1,987,645 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(28) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $690,289 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(29) The University of Texas System: $391,525 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(30) The University of Texas at Austin: $28,001,099 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(31) The University of Texas at El Paso: $7,502,902 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(32) Texas A&M Transportation Institute: $380,664 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(33) University of Houston: $9,959,213 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(34) Texas Woman's University: $1,691,133 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(35) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $2,818,364 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(36) Texas Tech University: $15,506,315 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(37) Lamar University: $4,317,816 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(38) Midwestern State University: $1,554,567 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(39) Angelo State University: $2,661,743 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(40) The University of Texas at Dallas: $9,065,514 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(41) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College: $503,589 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(42) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin: $1,880,659 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(43) The University of Texas at San Antonio: $8,875,448 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(44) The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley: $7,907,998 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(45) Texas A&M University - San Antonio: $1,935,421 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(46) The University of Texas at Tyler: $2,619,365 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(47) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $1,859,974 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(48) University of North Texas: $7,259,510 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(49) Sam Houston State University: $4,703,729 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(50) Texas State University: $9,594,609 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(51) Stephen F. Austin State University: $1,632,927 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(52) Sul Ross State University: $946,931 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(53) West Texas A&M University: $2,893,526 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(54) Texas State University System: $136,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(55) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $1,457,531 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(56) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: $2,100,307 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(57) Texas A&M International University: $1,228,363 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(58) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $750,294 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(59) University of Houston - Victoria: $732,426 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(60) Texas Tech University System: $136,800 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(61) University of North Texas System: $179,200 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(62) Texas A&M University - Central Texas: $1,116,091 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(63) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $1,650,973 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(64) School for the Deaf: $723,046 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(65) University of North Texas - Dallas: $1,459,912 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(66) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $57,416,916 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(67) University of Houston System: $73,541 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(68) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,102,764 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(69) Support for Military and Veterans Exemptions: $1,500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(70) Office of Court Administration: $2,694,587 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(71) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $125,469 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(72) State Law Library: $111,049 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(73) Texas Commission on Fire Protection: $175,328 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(74) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $5,462,877 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(75) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $21,900,778 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(76) Commission on Jail Standards: $82,439 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(77) Department of Criminal Justice: $91,740,828 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(78) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board: $2,204,896 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(79) Railroad Commission: $89,070 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(80) Department of Agriculture: $5,193,898 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(81) Animal Health Commission: $687,186 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(82) Water Development Board: $3,200,621 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(83) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $1,604,164 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(84) Parks and Wildlife Department: $22,447,654 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(85) Department of Housing and Community Affairs: $1,191,997 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(86) Department of Transportation: $978,828 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(87) Department of Motor Vehicles: $1,005,554 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(88) Securities Board: $306,174 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(89) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $991 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(90) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $1,589,825 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(91) Texas Department of Insurance: $4,400,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(92) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $155,054 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(93) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $532,121 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(94) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $9,417 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(95) Texas Medical Board: $335,209 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(96) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $211,552 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(97) Funeral Service Commission: $23,877 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(98) Optometry Board: $26,035 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(99) Executive Council of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Examiners: $53,897 from General Revenue Fund 0001; and

(100) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $67,053 from General Revenue Fund 0001.

(b) The appropriations from dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection from the dedicated accounts, for a total aggregate reduction of $77,452,163. Each of the following agencies shall identify to the comptroller of public accounts and the Legislative Budget Board the dedicated accounts, strategies, and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency are made:

(1) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor: $2,209,059;

(2) Office of the Attorney General: $153,478;

(3) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System: $132,922;

(4) Commission on State Emergency Communications: $7,688,161;

(5) Texas Historical Commission: $248,625;

(6) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs: $600,000;

(7) Texas AgriLife Research: $45,571;

(8) Texas A&M Forest Service: $1,396,946;

(9) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station: $44,356;

(10) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $5,000;

(11) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $3,027,000;

(12) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council: $4,485,436;

(13) Office of Capital and Forensic Writs: $185,535;

(14) Commission on Law Enforcement: $213,900;

(15) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $11,859;

(16) Railroad Commission: $13,056,935;

(17) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission: $57,717;

(18) Department of Agriculture: $1,203,600;

(19) Commission on Environmental Quality: $33,499,698;

(20) Parks and Wildlife Department: $7,975,768;

(21) Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: $60,258;

(22) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $311,540;

(23) Texas Racing Commission: $351,760; and

(24) Texas Medical Board: $487,038.

(c) The appropriations from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $864,097,641. Each of the following agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the general revenue fund are made except to the extent a strategy or objective is specified by this subsection:

(1) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $8,373,694 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(2) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $389,885,713 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(3) Texas Department of Family and Protective Services: $74,692,670 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(4) Texas Department of Public Safety: $154,907,839 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(5) Texas Department of State Health Services: $25,113,598 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: $67,318,735 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(7) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $15,900,884 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(8) Texas Military Department: $1,609,751 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(9) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,842,242 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(10) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler: $9,651,458 from General Revenue Fund 0001;

(11) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $69,170,945 from General Revenue Fund 0001; and

(12) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: $41,630,113 from General Revenue Fund 0001.

SECTION 2. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: DISASTER-RELATED APPROPRIATIONS. Any and all amounts that have not been expended or encumbered as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 5, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), for Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the purpose of response to a disaster similar to purposes addressed by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), (with those amounts estimated to be $0) are appropriated for the same purposes from the same funds for use during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. FACILITIES COMMISSION: CAPITOL COMPLEX PHASE 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $19,606,108 is appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas Facilities Commission, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing interior finish out of new facilities included in Phase I of the Capitol Complex construction projects, costs associated with moving agencies into the new facilities, and security services for the new facilities for the following strategies as listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act):

(1) $19,409,500 for Strategy A.2.1, Facilities Design and Construction; and

(2) $196,608 and three full-time-equivalent positions for Strategy B.2.1, Facilities Operation.

SECTION 4. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PACIFIC WAR. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 7, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), 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 same purposes, which are 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 5. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE PRESERVATION GRANTS. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 8, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), 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 same purposes, which are 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 6. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 9, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), 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 same purposes as provided by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), which are deferred maintenance projects under Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites.

SECTION 7. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN PLANTATION. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 10, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), 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 same purposes, which are continuing development of the Levi Jordan Plantation, including architectural, engineering, interpretive, and site survey services and collections conservation and acquisition to develop museum exhibits, as provided by Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).

SECTION 8. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SETTLEMENT FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), and by Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), the amount of $107,928,979 is 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 purpose of using the funds as required by the negotiated legal settlement agreement between the State of Texas and the United States Department of Education to prevent the withholding of federal funds as a result of an alleged failure to maintain adequate state financial support for special education under federal law (20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18)(A) and 34 C.F.R. Section 300.163(a)), during the state fiscal years ending August 31, 2012, August 31, 2017, and August 31, 2018.

(b) The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency made by Sections 30(a)(1) and (2), Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are reduced by $107,900,000.

(c) The amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section must be used to provide funding for public schools and must 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.

SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School Fund No. 193 made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the Texas Education Agency for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, are reduced by $5,473,203,345 from Strategy A.1.1., Foundation School Program-Equalized Operations, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act).

(b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (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, 2021, is $24,418,500,000.

SECTION 10. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: NATURAL DISASTERS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $56,388,408 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest Service, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of responding to previously occurring and future natural disasters, including responding through the mobilization of ground and aviation resources for fire suppression.

SECTION 11. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER: FACULTY RECRUITMENT. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $500,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of recruiting faculty for the UTHealth Behavioral Sciences Center, a campus program within the University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center.

SECTION 12. SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE: HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, $5,660,318 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to South Texas College for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, to provide for state contributions for health benefits.

SECTION 13. LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - ORANGE: HURRICANE RECOVERY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $1,472,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Lamar State College - Orange, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of recovery from Hurricane Laura, including for repairs and the purchase of a natural gas power generator.

SECTION 14. LAMAR UNIVERSITY: TROPICAL STORM IMELDA RECOVERY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $5,700,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Lamar University, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of building repair and flooding recovery necessitated by damage from Tropical Storm Imelda.

SECTION 15. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, $123,700,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice beginning on the effective date of this Act and for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, for correctional managed health care under Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act).

SECTION 16. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $86,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, for the period beginning on the effective date of this Act and ending August 31, 2021, for the following purposes:

(1) Strategy C.1.1., Correctional Security Operations, $47,000,000;

(2) Strategy C.1.5., Institutional Goods, $6,000,000;

(3) Strategy C.1.7., Institutional Operations and Maintenance, $22,000,000; and

(4) Strategy E.2.1., Parole Supervision, $11,000,000.

SECTION 17. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROJECT. The amounts (estimated to be $24,164,000) that have not been expended or encumbered by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as of the effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 53, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to be used for corrections information technology system projects as provided 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 18. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: DATA CENTER SERVICES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, $400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Juvenile Justice Department for the period beginning on the effective date of this Act and ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of making a payment in the amount of $400,000 to the Department of Information Resources for data center services.

SECTION 19. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the following amounts necessary to replace funds transferred as provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Rider 11 and Rider 25, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for the purpose of continuing water rights litigation with the State of New Mexico for equitable distribution of water pursuant to the Rio Grande Compact are appropriated to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for use by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act from the funds and accounts and in the amounts as follows:

(1) $650,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Clean Air Account No. 151;

(2) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Operating Permit Fees Account No. 5094;

(3) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Water Resource Management Account No. 153;

(4) $1,000,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account No. 655;

(5) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fees Account No. 550; and

(6) $1,850,000 from the general revenue fund.

SECTION 20. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, $100,400,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of immediately depositing that amount to the credit of the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.

SECTION 21. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. The amount of $600,000 appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the Texas Workforce Commission through appropriated receipts by way of an intra-agency contract between the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission to provide subsidies to individuals 21 years of age or older for the high school equivalency exam, for use during fiscal year 2020, is appropriated for use during fiscal year 2021 for the same purposes.

SECTION 22. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect immediately.

(b) Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 20 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.