88R13164 KBB-F
 
  By: Bonnen H.B. No. 4041
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
  miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
  designated by this Act; making appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
  of the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of itemized claims
  and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
         To pay claim number 55M26159 to a confidential payee for
  overtime.
  $23,058.11
         To pay claim number 55M26161 to a confidential payee for
  overtime.
  $23,267.52
         To pay claim number 55M26177 to a confidential payee for
  overtime.
  $18,157.51
         To pay claim number 95M10063 to Concepcion Flores for
  replacement of a void Aid to Families with Dependent Children
  warrant.
  $158.00
         To pay claim number 95M10201 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
  $70.08
         To pay claim number 95M10202 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
  $52.56
         To pay claim number 95M10203 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
  $122.64
         To pay claim number 95M10218 to Patricia Young for
  replacement of void foster care aid warrants.
  $2,000.00
         To pay claim number 95M10285 to Harold Sager, Independent
  Executor for the Estate of Lenard O. Sager for replacement of a void
  unclaimed property warrant.
  $52,391.22
         To pay claim number 95M10286 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
  $21,346.79
         To pay claim number 95M10314 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void payroll warrant.
  $5,255.83
         To pay claim number 95M10377 to Dallas County Southwestern
  Institute of Forensic Sciences for expert consult/biological
  analysis.
  $3,802.00
         To pay claim number 95M10388 to Centre for Neuro Skills for
  physical therapy services.
  $8,880.00
         To pay claim number 95M20031 to Yolanda Patricia Aguilar for
  replacement of a void unclaimed property warrant.
  $56,549.11
         To pay claim number 95M20066 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void sales and use tax refund warrant.
  $11,208.22
         To pay claim number 95M20076 to Management & Training
  Corporation for replacement of a canceled off-site medical
  healthcare warrant.
  $152,214.45
         To pay claim number 95M20109 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
  $26,901.71
         To pay claim number 95M20118 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
  $131,524.46
         To pay claim number 95M20140 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of void franchise tax refund warrants.
  $4,160.85
         To pay claim number 95M20159 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
  $84,209.37
         To pay claim number 95M20173 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
  $32,182.80
         To pay claim number 95M20209 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void insurance premium refund warrant.
  $181,834.12
         To pay claim number 95M20212 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
  $157.75
         To pay claim number 95M20267 to the University of Houston
  Treasurer's Office for Title IV-E training - direct and indirect
  costs.
  $112,013.08
         To pay claim number 95M20395 to Trulight127 for foster care
  services.
  $60,499.34
         To pay claim number 95M20470 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
  $155.35
         To pay claim number 95M23005 to Zoom Counseling and Rehab,
  Inc. for replacement of canceled psychological services warrants.
  $294,965.15
         To pay claim number 95M23027 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
  $90,496.21
         To pay claim number 95M23038 to Hidalgo County for foster
  care Title IV-E contract.
  $7,026.22
         To pay claim number 95M23039 to Hidalgo County for foster
  care Title IV-E legal services.
  $23,370.30
         To pay claim number 95M23151 to Veterans Land Board DBA Frank
  M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
  $134,358.75
         To pay claim number 95M23152 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
  services.
  $80,941.14
         To pay claim number 95M23157 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
  services.
  $321,707.76
         To pay claim number 95M23158 to Veterans Land Board DBA Clyde
  W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
  $118,449.47
         To pay claim number 95M23159 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
  services.
  $202,449.31
         To pay claim number 95M23160 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
  $111,563.04
         To pay claim number 95M23167 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
  services.
  $331,574.04
         To pay claim number 95M23168 to Veterans Land Board DBA
  Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
  $374,248.56
         To pay claim number 95M23207 to a confidential payee for
  replacement of a void franchise tax warrant.
  $49,059.50
         To pay claim number 95M23237 to Coastal Bend Regional
  Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
  invoices.
  $67,472.38
         To pay claim number 95M23239 to North Central Texas Trauma
  Regional Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical
  Task Force invoices.
  $136,078.89
         To pay claim number 95M23240 to Capital Area Trauma Regional
  Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
  invoices.
  $392,640.00
         To pay claim number 95M23243 to Stability Staffing and
  Consulting, LLC for reimbursement of medical staffing invoices and
  supplements.
  $86,880.51
         To pay claim number 95M23250 to Angel Staffing, Inc. for
  reimbursement for supplemental medical staffing invoices.
  $3,666,785.98
         To pay claim number 95M23289 to Angels of God Home Health, LLC
  for community care.
  $473.53
         To pay claim number 95MT2301 to NAACP Legal Defense &
  Educational Fund, Inc. for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
  $445,927.90
         To pay claim number 95MT2302 to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
  and Dorr, LLP for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
  $368,975.63
         To pay claim number 95MT2303 to Rolando L. Rios & Associates
  for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
  $166,444.37
         To pay claim number 95MT2304 to Texas RioGrande Legal Aid,
  Inc. for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in
  judgment.
  $658,084.35
         To pay claim number 95MT2305 to Brennan Center for Justice at
  NYU Law School for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
  expenses in judgment.
  $310,549.21
         To pay claim number 95MT2306 to Dechert LLP for attorney
  fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
  $1,517,193.59
         To pay claim number 95MT2307 to Lawyer's Committee for Civil
  Rights under Law for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
  expenses in judgment.
  $665,994.59
         To pay claim number 95MT2308 to Mexican American Legislative
  Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives for attorney fees and
  expenses in judgment.
  $41,366.04
         To pay claim number 95MT2309 to Texas State Conference of
  NAACP Branches for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
  $68,336.97
         To pay claim number 95MT2310 to Neil G. Baron for attorney
  fees and expenses in judgment.
  $130,658.33
         To pay claim number 95MT2311 to Brazil & Dunn for attorney
  fees and expenses in judgment.
  $1,096,842.19
         To pay claim number 95MT2312 to Campaign Legal Center for
  attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
  $805,172.36
         To pay claim number 95MT2313 to Derfner & Altman for attorney
  fees in judgment.
  $649,759.50
         SECTION 2.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
  of the State Technology and Instructional Materials Fund No. 0003
  for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
  against the State of Texas:
         To pay claim number 95M20221 to Scholastic Inc. for
  replacement of void state technology & instruction material
  warrants.
  $86,270.75
         SECTION 3.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
  of the State Highway Fund No. 0006 for payment of itemized claims
  and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
         To pay claim number 95M10139 to University of Texas Rio
  Grande Valley for the ocelot and jaguarundi monitoring project.
  $94,446.53
         To pay claim number 95M10340 to City of Lewisville for signal
  equipment and installation in City of Lewisville.
  $71,250.00
         To pay claim number 95M20199 to Montgomery County, Texas for
  land acquisition reimbursement parcel 64 FM 1097.
  $723,783.40
         To pay claim number 95M20200 to Montgomery County, Texas for
  land acquisition reimbursement parcel 65 FM 1097.
  $180,257.40
         To pay claim number 95M20286 to WSP USA, Inc. for labor
  charges incurred for contract 12-51DP5108.
  $82,880.70
         To pay claim number 95M20352 to City of Frisco for land
  acquisition sponsor reimbursement.
  $21,146.40
         To pay claim number 95M20454 to AECOM Technical Services,
  Inc. for construction phase services/managing contracted advance
  services.
  $117,976.83
         To pay claim number 95M23007 to AT&T for engineering and
  construction charges.
  $24,104.32
         SECTION 4.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
  of the Veterans Financial Assistance Program Fund No. 0374 for
  payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
  against the State of Texas:
         To pay claim number 95M10254 to Luis Gonzales for replacement
  of a void refund of fees.
  $835.88
         SECTION 5.  (a)  Before any claim or judgment may be paid
  from money appropriated by this Act, the claim or judgment must be
  verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special fund
  or account against which the claim or judgment is to be charged and
  be approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
  accounts. Any claim or judgment itemized in this Act that has not
  been verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special
  fund or account and approved by the attorney general and the
  comptroller by August 31, 2025, may not be paid from money
  appropriated by this Act.
         (b)  Each claim or judgment paid from money appropriated by
  this Act must contain such information as the comptroller of public
  accounts requires but at a minimum must contain the specific reason
  for the claim or judgment. If the claim is for a void warrant, the
  claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
  services, refunds, or other items for which the warrant was
  originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
  the original payee or the original payee's successors, heirs, or
  assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim or
  judgment is for unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by
  an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account
  and any other information that may be required by the comptroller.
         SECTION 6.  Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
  this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller of
  public accounts is authorized and directed to issue one or more
  warrants on the state treasury, as soon as possible following the
  effective date of this Act, in favor of each of the individuals,
  firms, or corporations named or claim numbers identified in this
  Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set opposite their
  respective names or claim numbers and shall mail or deliver to each
  of the individuals, firms, or corporations associated with each
  claim one or more warrants in payment of all claims included in this
  Act.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.