Bill Text: TX HB2 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2 |
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relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving | ||
direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS: PUBLIC FINANCE | ||
AUTHORITY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, for bond debt service payments, | ||
including appropriations subject to Rider 2, page I-47, Chapter | ||
1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the | ||
appropriations to the authority, are reduced by a total aggregate | ||
of $51,566,581. | ||
(b) In addition to the reductions made by Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, the unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, are reduced by $217,487. | ||
(c) The Public Finance Authority shall identify the | ||
strategies and objectives to which the reductions made by | ||
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section are to be allocated and the | ||
amount of the reduction for each of those strategies and | ||
objectives. | ||
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS: FACILITIES | ||
COMMISSION. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Facilities Commission made by Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, for lease payments are reduced by | ||
$13,780,014. | ||
(b) In addition to the reductions made by Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, the unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Facilities Commission made by Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, are reduced by $220,000. | ||
(c) The Facilities Commission shall identify the strategies | ||
and objectives to which the reductions made by Subsections (a) and | ||
(b) of this section are to be allocated and the amount of the | ||
reduction for each of those strategies and objectives. | ||
SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: DEPARTMENT OF | ||
TRANSPORTATION. The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund made by Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), to the Department of Transportation for Strategy G.1.1., | ||
General Obligation Bonds, as listed in that Act, for general | ||
obligation bond debt service payments for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017, are reduced by $14,191,000. | ||
SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: COMMISSION ON | ||
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the | ||
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Account No. 5071 made by Chapter | ||
1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), to the Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality for use during the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017, are reduced by $31,000,000. 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 5. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC UTILITY | ||
COMMISSION OF TEXAS. The unencumbered appropriations from the | ||
System Benefit Account No. 5100 made by Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts | ||
of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), to the Public Utility Commission of Texas for | ||
use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, are | ||
reduced by $1,209,355. 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 6. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION | ||
AGENCY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue | ||
fund made by Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations Act), to the | ||
Texas Education Agency for use during the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017, are reduced by $492,589. The agency 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 7. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID | ||
SHORTFALL. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, $793,586,397 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund, and $1,599,849,506 is | ||
appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for | ||
Medicaid services under Goal B, Medicaid, as listed in Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act). | ||
(b) The expenditure or emergency transfer of money | ||
appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section is subject to the | ||
prior written approval of the Legislative Budget Board in | ||
accordance with Section 69, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. A | ||
request by the Health and Human Services Commission to expend or | ||
transfer an amount of that money is considered approved unless the | ||
Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval not later | ||
than the 10th business day after the date on which the staff of the | ||
Legislative Budget Board concludes its review of the request and | ||
forwards its review to the chair of the House Appropriations | ||
Committee, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, the speaker | ||
of the house of representatives, and the lieutenant governor. | ||
SECTION 8. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, | ||
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, 2017, for the following | ||
purposes as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act): | ||
(1) $16,279,099 for Strategy B.1.3., TWC Contracted | ||
Day Care; | ||
(2) $39,665,526 for Strategy B.1.9., Foster Care | ||
Payments; and | ||
(3) $694,681 for Strategy B.1.10., Adoption/PCA | ||
Payments. | ||
SECTION 9. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
CERTAIN TRANSFERS. The Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services shall transfer $4,355,118 from Strategy G.1.1., | ||
Agency-Wide Automated Systems, to Strategy B.1.9., Foster Care | ||
Payments, as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act). | ||
SECTION 10. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGENCY CRITICAL NEEDS. In addition | ||
to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017, the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services is appropriated for the state fiscal year ending August | ||
31, 2017, the following amounts from the general revenue fund for | ||
the following strategies as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of | ||
the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), to address critical needs of the agency with | ||
respect to those strategies: | ||
(1) $75,521,204 for Strategy B.1.1., CPS Direct | ||
Delivery Staff; | ||
(2) $613,174 for Strategy B.1.2., CPS Program Support; | ||
(3) $21,000,000 for Strategy B.1.9., Foster Care | ||
Payments; | ||
(4) $138,854 for Strategy D.1.1., APS Direct Delivery | ||
Staff; | ||
(5) $6,703 for Strategy D.1.2., APS Program Support; | ||
(6) $376,259 for Strategy F.1.1., Central | ||
Administration; | ||
(7) $33,546 for Strategy F.1.2., Other Support | ||
Services; | ||
(8) $3,067,626 for Strategy F.1.4., IT Program | ||
Support; and | ||
(9) $940,108 for Strategy G.1.1., Agency-Wide | ||
Automated Systems. | ||
SECTION 11. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
CERTAIN TRANSFERS. (a) Notwithstanding any transfer limitation | ||
specified in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations Act), the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services shall transfer to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission the following amounts: | ||
(1) $29,247,213 of general revenue funds; and | ||
(2) $72,450,261 of Temporary Assistance for Needy | ||
Families (TANF) program federal funds. | ||
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission may spend | ||
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program federal | ||
funds transferred under Subsection (a)(2) of this section during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, only with the prior | ||
written approval of the Legislative Budget Board in accordance with | ||
Section 69, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 12. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: APPROPRIATION FOR | ||
GENERAL COSTS CAUSED BY VARIOUS EMERGENCY WEATHER-RELATED | ||
RESPONSES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, $7,450,427 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest | ||
Service for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for the | ||
purpose of paying for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs | ||
incurred by the forest service associated with responding to | ||
various weather-related emergencies. | ||
SECTION 13. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL | ||
MANAGED HEALTH CARE SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, | ||
$80,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Department of Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2017, for correctional managed health care under | ||
Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter | ||
1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 14. JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: OPERATIONAL | ||
SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, $4,469,257 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Juvenile Justice | ||
Department for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for an | ||
operational shortfall. | ||
SECTION 15. ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION: CATTLE FEVER TICKS. | ||
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, $649,987 is appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Animal Health Commission for the state | ||
fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for preparedness for, response | ||
to, and mitigation of cattle fever ticks under Strategy A.1.1., | ||
Field Operations, as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 16. TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION. (a) The | ||
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission may not spend money | ||
appropriated to the agency by Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017: | ||
(1) for travel outside the state, other than for bona | ||
fide and documented law enforcement or investigative activities; or | ||
(2) to attend or participate in an event, training, | ||
conference, class, or similar activity outside the state. | ||
(b) The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and employees | ||
of the commission may not accept payments from or spending | ||
authority on behalf of any trade, professional, or industry | ||
organization for any purpose or in any form, including a travel | ||
subsidy, payment of travel or other expenses for conference | ||
presenters, prepaid meals, or lodging. | ||
SECTION 17. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: STATE | ||
HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, $15,100,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of | ||
State Health Services for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
2017, for staffing costs, maintenance, and repair at state | ||
hospitals. | ||
SECTION 18. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: EARLY | ||
CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, | ||
$4,500,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year | ||
ending August 31, 2017, to provide funding for early childhood | ||
intervention program providers. | ||
SECTION 19. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES. In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August | ||
31, 2017, $2,400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund | ||
to the Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2017, to provide comprehensive | ||
rehabilitation services. | ||
SECTION 20. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES: | ||
STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, | ||
$11,300,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Department of Aging and Disability Services for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2017, to provide additional funding for | ||
state supported living centers. | ||
SECTION 21. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES: | ||
MEXIA STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER TORNADO REPAIR. In addition to | ||
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2017, $2,400,000 is appropriated from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, to repair tornado | ||
damage at the Mexia State Supported Living Center. | ||
SECTION 22. KILGORE COLLEGE: HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP | ||
INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, | ||
$1,073,998 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to Kilgore | ||
College for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, to provide | ||
for state contributions for health benefits. | ||
SECTION 23. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: ADJUSTMENT TO | ||
CAPITAL BUDGET ITEM EXPENDITURES. Notwithstanding Item d, Rider 2, | ||
page VII-19, Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill | ||
pattern appropriations to the Department of Transportation, the | ||
department's maximum capital expenditure for fiscal year 2017 for | ||
transportation items is increased by $3,500,000, for a total amount | ||
of $8,500,000 for that fiscal year. Notwithstanding Item e of that | ||
rider, the department's maximum capital expenditure for fiscal year | ||
2017 for acquisition of capital equipment and items is | ||
correspondingly decreased by $3,500,000, for a total amount of | ||
$44,400,000 for that fiscal year. | ||
SECTION 24. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
IMPACT PROJECT. Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is amended by adding the following rider at the end of the | ||
riders to the appropriations made to the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services in that Act (page II-46): | ||
43. IMPACT Project. (a) The Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services shall report to the Legislative Budget Board | ||
any anticipated cost overruns and project delays for the IMPACT | ||
project that, before June 1, 2017, have not been identified and | ||
reported. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all | ||
cost overruns must be paid from amounts appropriated above out of | ||
Appropriated Receipts. The Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services may not expend on IMPACT project cost overruns any other | ||
appropriations made from another method of financing without prior | ||
written approval from the Legislative Budget Board. The department | ||
shall request the approval and shall provide any additional | ||
information the Legislative Budget Board requests related to the | ||
request for approval in a timely manner and in a format specified by | ||
the Legislative Budget Board. The request for approval is | ||
considered approved unless the Legislative Budget Board issues a | ||
written disapproval not later than the 30th business day after the | ||
date on which the staff of the Legislative Budget Board concludes | ||
its review of the request and forwards its review to the chair of | ||
the House Appropriations Committee, the chair of the Senate Finance | ||
Committee, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | ||
lieutenant governor. | ||
SECTION 25. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: DRIVER LICENSE | ||
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. In making expenditures of amounts appropriated to | ||
the Department of Public Safety for Strategy E.2.1., Driver License | ||
Services, and for Strategy E.2.2., Driving and Motor Vehicle | ||
Safety, as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2017, the department shall endeavor to use those amounts in a manner | ||
that ensures completion of all outstanding driver license | ||
improvement plan projects, including the installation of driver | ||
license kiosks, not later than August 31, 2017. | ||
SECTION 26. GOVERNOR'S HIRING FREEZE. (a) This section | ||
applies only to a state agency, institution of higher education, or | ||
other state entity in the executive branch of state government that | ||
is under the direction of the governor. This section does not apply | ||
to an agency that is under the direction of a statewide elected | ||
official other than the governor. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the appropriations made by Chapter 1281 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2017, each agency, institution, or other | ||
entity to which this section applies is directed to adhere to the | ||
memorandum issued to heads of state agencies by Steven Albright, | ||
Budget Director for Governor Greg Abbott, on January 31, 2017, | ||
regarding the governor's directive that the agencies, | ||
institutions, and entities impose an immediate hiring freeze and | ||
maintain that hiring freeze through the end of the state fiscal year | ||
ending August 31, 2017. At the end of the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending on that date, all amounts appropriated to those agencies, | ||
institutions, and entities that are unexpended, because of the | ||
hiring freeze, lapse, and the comptroller of public accounts shall | ||
credit those amounts to the funds and accounts from which the | ||
appropriations were made. | ||
SECTION 27. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2 was passed by the House on April 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, 0 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 21, 1 | ||
present, not voting; passed subject to the provisions of Article | ||
III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0; passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of | ||
the Constitution of the State of Texas. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B. | ||
No. 2, Regular Session of the 85th Legislature, are within amounts | ||
estimated to be available in the affected fund. | ||
Certified_____________________ | ||
______________________________ | ||
Comptroller of Public Accounts | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
__________________ | ||
Governor |