Bill Text: TX HB2 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2-Engrossed.html
By: Bonnen | H.B. No. 2 |
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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 | ||
$505,483,200. 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) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs: | ||
$1,407,917 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(6) Library and Archives Commission: $1,677,337 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(7) Secretary of State: $493,248 from General Revenue | ||
Fund 0001; | ||
(8) Department of Information Resources: $558,158 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(9) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System: | ||
$33,954 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(10) Pension Review Board: $85,601 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(11) Public Finance Authority: $81,157 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(12) Bond Review Board: $36,471 from General Revenue | ||
Fund 0001; | ||
(13) Veterans Commission: $722,667 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(14) Texas Historical Commission: $2,724,637 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(15) Preservation Board: $1,033,141 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(16) Texas Commission on the Arts: $1,268,954 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(17) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service: $3,134,081 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(18) Texas A&M AgriLife Research: $2,957,033 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(19) Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic | ||
Laboratory: $507,329 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(20) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,669,415 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(21) Texas Education Agency: $15,680,975 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(22) Texas A&M University System: $77,003 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(23) Texas A&M University: $16,683,164 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(24) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station: | ||
$916,244 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(25) Tarleton State University: $2,479,494 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(26) The University of Texas at Arlington: $10,021,698 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(27) Prairie View A&M University: $2,509,295 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(28) Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service: | ||
$446,177 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(29) Texas Southern University: $1,987,645 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(30) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $694,130 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(31) The University of Texas System: $391,525 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(32) The University of Texas at Austin: $28,001,098 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(33) The University of Texas at El Paso: $7,502,902 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(34) Texas A&M Transportation Institute: $380,664 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(35) University of Houston: $9,959,213 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(36) Texas Woman's University: $1,691,543 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(37) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $2,818,366 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(38) Texas Tech University: $15,506,315 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(39) Lamar University: $4,317,816 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(40) Midwestern State University: $1,554,567 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(41) Angelo State University: $2,661,743 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(42) The University of Texas at Dallas: $9,065,514 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(43) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College: | ||
$503,589 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(44) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin: | ||
$1,880,659 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(45) The University of Texas at San Antonio: | ||
$8,887,496 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(46) The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley: | ||
$7,907,998 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(47) Texas A&M University - San Antonio: $1,935,421 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(48) The University of Texas at Tyler: $2,619,365 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(49) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $1,859,974 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(50) University of North Texas: $7,259,510 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(51) Sam Houston State University: $4,703,729 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(52) Texas State University: $9,594,609 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(53) Stephen F. Austin State University: $1,632,927 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(54) Sul Ross State University: $946,931 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(55) West Texas A&M University: $2,893,526 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(56) Texas State University System: $136,800 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(57) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $1,457,531 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(58) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: $2,100,310 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(59) Texas A&M International University: $1,228,366 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(60) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $750,295 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(61) University of Houston - Victoria: $732,426 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(62) Texas Tech University System: $136,800 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(63) University of North Texas System: $179,200 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(64) Texas A&M University - Central Texas: $1,116,092 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(65) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: | ||
$1,650,973 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(66) School for the Deaf: $723,046 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(67) University of North Texas - Dallas: $1,459,912 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(68) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $57,423,241 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(69) University of Houston System: $76,712 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(70) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,102,764 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(71) Support for Military and Veterans Exemptions: | ||
$1,500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(72) Office of Court Administration: $2,694,587 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(73) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $125,469 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(74) State Law Library: $111,049 from General Revenue | ||
Fund 0001; | ||
(75) Texas Commission on Fire Protection: $175,328 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(76) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $5,462,877 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(77) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $21,900,778 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(78) Commission on Jail Standards: $82,439 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(79) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: | ||
$91,740,828 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(80) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board: | ||
$2,204,896 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(81) Railroad Commission: $89,070 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(82) Department of Agriculture: $5,193,498 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(83) Animal Health Commission: $687,186 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(84) Water Development Board: $3,439,699 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(85) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $1,604,164 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(86) Parks and Wildlife Department: $22,447,654 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(87) Department of Housing and Community Affairs: | ||
$1,191,997 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(88) Department of Transportation: $978,828 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(89) Department of Motor Vehicles: $1,005,554 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(90) Securities Board: $306,174 from General Revenue | ||
Fund 0001; | ||
(91) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $991 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(92) Department of Licensing and Regulation: | ||
$1,606,045 from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(93) Texas Department of Insurance: $2,200,000 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(94) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $155,054 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(95) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $532,121 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(96) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $9,417 from | ||
General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(97) Texas Medical Board: $335,209 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(98) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $211,552 | ||
from General Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(99) Funeral Service Commission: $23,877 from General | ||
Revenue Fund 0001; | ||
(100) Optometry Board: $26,035 from General Revenue | ||
Fund 0001; | ||
(101) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and | ||
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $53,897 from General Revenue Fund | ||
0001; and | ||
(102) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $81,396 | ||
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 $71,507,410. 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) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System: | ||
$132,922; | ||
(3) Commission on State Emergency Communications: | ||
$7,688,161; | ||
(4) Texas Historical Commission: $248,625; | ||
(5) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs: | ||
$600,000; | ||
(6) Texas AgriLife Research: $22,785; | ||
(7) Texas A&M Forest Service: $223,437; | ||
(8) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station: | ||
$44,356; | ||
(9) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $5,000; | ||
(10) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $3,027,000; | ||
(11) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
Council: $4,485,436; | ||
(12) Office of Capital and Forensic Writs: $185,535; | ||
(13) Commission on Law Enforcement: $179,756; | ||
(14) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $11,859; | ||
(15) Railroad Commission: $8,854,935; | ||
(16) Department of Agriculture: $1,203,307; | ||
(17) Commission on Environmental Quality: | ||
$33,050,205; | ||
(18) Parks and Wildlife Department: $7,975,768; | ||
(19) Texas Department of Insurance: $584,707; | ||
(20) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $311,540; and | ||
(21) Texas Medical Board: $463,016. | ||
(c) The appropriations from the general revenue fund and | ||
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, for a total aggregate reduction of | ||
$1,680,004,018. The agencies listed in this subsection shall, in | ||
consultation with the comptroller of public accounts and the | ||
Legislative Budget Board, determine the allocation of benefits | ||
included in the reductions listed under this subsection. 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 and | ||
dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund are made except to | ||
the extent a strategy or objective is specified by this subsection: | ||
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $16,624,900; | ||
(2) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: | ||
$853,817,454; | ||
(3) Texas Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services: $194,959,202; | ||
(4) Texas Department of Public Safety: $307,418,551; | ||
(5) Department of State Health Services: $55,073,028; | ||
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: | ||
$62,275,646; | ||
(7) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $15,900,884; | ||
(8) Texas Military Department: $1,609,751; | ||
(9) Parks and Wildlife Department: $11,811,093; | ||
(10) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler: | ||
$13,834,955; | ||
(11) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer | ||
Center: $90,961,382; and | ||
(12) The University of Texas Medical Branch at | ||
Galveston: $55,717,172. | ||
(d) This subsection applies only to a state agency or | ||
institution of higher education the appropriations to which are | ||
reduced under Subsection (c) of this section. Notwithstanding any | ||
other provision of Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), a grant of federal money received from the Office of the | ||
Governor by a state agency or institution of higher education to | ||
which this section applies shall be: | ||
(1) treated as general revenue for the purpose of | ||
calculating benefits in accordance with Section 6.08, Article IX, | ||
of that Act; and | ||
(2) eligible for proportional general revenue | ||
benefits as if the appropriations from general revenue were not | ||
reduced for the state agency or institution of higher education | ||
under Subsection (c) of this section. | ||
(e) It is the intent of the legislature that federal funds | ||
appropriated in accordance with Section 13.01, Article IX, of | ||
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to a state agency | ||
or institution of higher education be used by the agency or | ||
institution for the purpose of avoiding reductions to the provision | ||
of important government services as a result of the reduction in the | ||
amount appropriated to the agency or institution from the general | ||
revenue fund or a dedicated account in the general revenue fund | ||
under Subsection (c) of this section. | ||
(f) It is the intent of the legislature that lapsed | ||
appropriations associated with appropriations made by Chapter 1353 | ||
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund or from | ||
dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund to a state agency or | ||
institution of higher education for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2020, be used to offset the total amount of reductions | ||
required by Subsections (a) and (b) of this section for the | ||
applicable agency or institution. The offset is contingent upon | ||
approval by the comptroller of public accounts and the Legislative | ||
Budget Board. | ||
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 $34,920,754 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund 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) $34,724,146 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 from the economic stabilization 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 from the economic stabilization 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 from the economic stabilization 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. (a) 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. | ||
(b) The unencumbered appropriations made 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 as provided by Section 85, Chapter | ||
465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 | ||
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are reduced by | ||
$172,000,000. | ||
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. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: NUTRITION | ||
ASSISTANCE. 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 | ||
$3,380,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Department of Agriculture beginning on the effective date of this | ||
Act and for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for | ||
programs under Strategy C.1.2., Nutrition Assistance (State), as | ||
listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), and | ||
allocated as follows: | ||
(1) $1,400,000 for the Texans Feeding Texans - Home | ||
Delivered Meals Program; and | ||
(2) $1,980,000 for the Texans Feeding Texans - Surplus | ||
Agricultural Products Grant Program. | ||
SECTION 23. CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF | ||
STATE HEALTH SERVICES. The bill pattern of the appropriations to | ||
the Department of State Health Services in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), | ||
Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is amended by adding the following | ||
appropriately numbered rider to read as follows: | ||
__. Additional Capital Budget Authority. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any limitations in this Act, the Department of | ||
State Health Services may increase capital budget authority for | ||
repairs and renovations at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease | ||
(TCID) using $1,104,759 in other funds, generated from delivery | ||
system reform incentive payments. The funds may be transferred to a | ||
new capital budget item for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
2020, and then moved forward to the state fiscal year ending August | ||
31, 2021, to be expended for repair of the TCID fire alarm system | ||
and other related repairs and renovations. | ||
(b) If the Department of State Health Services is not able | ||
to create a new capital budget item as authorized under Subsection | ||
(a) of this rider, the Department of State Health Services may | ||
transfer other funds as necessary in the amount provided by | ||
Subsection (a) to create a new capital budget item for the purposes | ||
described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 24. PRESERVATION BOARD. (a) 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 $33,605,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Preservation Board for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose | ||
of performing renovations to the Texas Capitol and the Capitol | ||
Extension, including the replacement of the Capitol's historic | ||
roof, phase 1 of an exterior waterproofing project for the Capitol | ||
and Capitol Extension, and other repairs and renovations to the | ||
Capitol, Capitol Extension, Capitol Visitors Center, Capitol | ||
grounds, and Governor's Mansion. | ||
(b) 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 | ||
$2,465,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to | ||
the Preservation Board for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of performing repairs and | ||
renovations to the Texas State History Museum. | ||
SECTION 25. CAPITOL MOVES. 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 following amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of | ||
$5,210,512, are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund | ||
to the following agencies for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying expenses | ||
related to moving agencies to new Capitol Complex offices: | ||
(1) Commission on State Emergency Communications: | ||
$85,500; | ||
(2) Veterans Commission: $98,432; | ||
(3) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $749,098; | ||
(4) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council: | ||
$85,000; | ||
(5) Board of Chiropractic Examiners: $70,000; | ||
(6) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $83,055; | ||
(7) Funeral Service Commission: $50,000; | ||
(8) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $34,214; | ||
(9) Texas Medical Board: $3,004,500; | ||
(10) Texas Board of Nursing: $597,512; | ||
(11) Optometry Board: $38,390; | ||
(12) Board of Pharmacy: $7,050; | ||
(13) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and | ||
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $39,754; | ||
(14) Texas Racing Commission: $204,307; and | ||
(15) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $63,700. | ||
SECTION 26. BUILDING RELATED APPROPRIATIONS FOR VARIOUS | ||
AGENCIES. (a) 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 following | ||
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $584,967,877 are | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act as follows: | ||
(1) Facilities Commission: $76,546,870 for health and | ||
safety improvements and remediation of deferred maintenance of | ||
state buildings; | ||
(2) Texas Historical Commission: $19,125,000 for | ||
remediation of deferred maintenance of state buildings; | ||
(3) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: | ||
$322,005,896, to be allocated as follows: | ||
(A) $321,250,000 for new construction; and | ||
(B) $755,896 for fire protection, power, cooling | ||
and heating ventilation and air conditioning, and preventative | ||
maintenance of state buildings; | ||
(4) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: | ||
$1,935,000 for health and safety improvements to state buildings; | ||
(5) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: | ||
$153,820,000 for health and safety improvements to state buildings; | ||
(6) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $3,538,850, to | ||
be allocated as follows: | ||
(A) $2,500,000 for health and safety | ||
improvements to state buildings; and | ||
(B) $1,038,850 for remediation of deferred | ||
maintenance of state buildings; | ||
(7) Texas Military Department: $4,246,261, to be | ||
allocated as follows: | ||
(A) $2,279,956 for health and safety | ||
improvements to state buildings; and | ||
(B) $1,966,305 for remediation of deferred | ||
maintenance of state buildings; and | ||
(8) Texas Department of Public Safety: $3,750,000 for | ||
remediation of deferred maintenance of state buildings. | ||
(b) 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 following | ||
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $1,856,992, are | ||
appropriated from Adjutant General Federal Fund No. 449 to the | ||
Adjutant General for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act as follows: | ||
(1) $977,124 for the State of Texas Armory | ||
Revitalization Project for health and safety improvements to | ||
armories and readiness facilities; | ||
(2) $800,774 for facility sustainment by remediation | ||
of deferred maintenance of state buildings; and | ||
(3) $79,094 for remediation of deferred maintenance to | ||
prevent armory deterioration. | ||
(c) 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 following | ||
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $24,433,264, are | ||
appropriated to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) $744,104 from federal funds, for fire protection, | ||
power, cooling and heating ventilation and air conditioning, and | ||
preventative maintenance of state buildings; and | ||
(2) $23,689,160 from revenue bonds to address deferred | ||
maintenance needs at state supported living centers and state | ||
hospitals, including: | ||
(A) repairs and renovations for fire, electrical | ||
and plumbing systems; | ||
(B) anti-ligature remediation; and | ||
(C) roofing of state buildings. | ||
(d) 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 | ||
$6,187,500 is appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor | ||
Vehicles fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose | ||
of new construction of a building at department headquarters. | ||
SECTION 27. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BRAZORIA | ||
COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. 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 following amounts, in an aggregate total of $8,700,000, | ||
are appropriated to the Texas Department of Public Safety for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of building a consolidated law enforcement center with the | ||
Brazoria County's Sheriff's Office, to be named in honor of E. J. | ||
"Joe" King, from the sources and in the amounts as follows: | ||
(1) $3,000,000 from the economic stabilization fund; | ||
(2) $1,700,000 (estimated) from unexpended balances | ||
previously appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety for a consolidated law enforcement | ||
center with the Brazoria County's Sheriff's Office, under Strategy | ||
G.1.6., Facilities Management, as described in Rider 55 following | ||
the agency's bill pattern of appropriations, by Chapter 1353 (H.B. | ||
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act); | ||
(3) $1,000,000 from unexpended balances previously | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Public Safety for the driver license office in the City of | ||
Angleton, under Strategy F.1.1., Driver License Services, as | ||
described in Rider 43 following the agency's bill pattern of | ||
appropriations, by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act); and | ||
(4) $3,000,000 from unexpended balances previously | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Public Safety, under Strategy E.1.2., Crime Records Services, by | ||
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: FACILITIES | ||
COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Facilities Commission made 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, for lease payments are reduced by | ||
$35,336,472. 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 29. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE | ||
AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made 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, for bond debt service payments, | ||
including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-50, 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 authority, are reduced by a total aggregate | ||
of $25,000,000. 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 30. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN | ||
SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Texas Health and Human Services | ||
Commission made 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, for lease payments to the master lease purchase program are | ||
reduced by an aggregate of $13,626,309. 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 31. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. (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), the amount of $777,320 is appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the Alcoholic Beverage | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of upgrading the commission's | ||
cybersecurity infrastructure. | ||
(b) 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), the following amounts are | ||
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of modernization of various agency legacy computer | ||
systems as follows: | ||
(1) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate | ||
amount of $4,841,500 appropriated for the legal case legacy | ||
modernization project, with $4,698,192 appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund and $143,308 appropriated from | ||
interagency contract proceeds; | ||
(2) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate | ||
amount of $24,080,298 appropriated for the system modernization | ||
project phase 1, with $8,187,301 appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund and $15,892,997 appropriated from federal | ||
funds; | ||
(3) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate | ||
amount of $44,255,140 appropriated for the system modernization | ||
project phase 2, with $15,046,748 appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund and $29,208,392 appropriated from federal | ||
funds; | ||
(4) Secretary of State: $18,171,924 appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund for the legacy system modernization | ||
project; | ||
(5) Texas Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services: an aggregate amount of $3,557,213 appropriated for | ||
information technology projects to meet case orders, with | ||
$3,122,001 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and | ||
$435,212 appropriated from federal funds; | ||
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: | ||
$7,280,267 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for | ||
the migration of CLASS, CLASSMate, and Public and Provide systems | ||
from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to the | ||
Texas Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(7) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $266,406,192 appropriated for phase 1 of the | ||
management information systems modernization and procurement and | ||
transition, with $31,644,412 appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund and $234,761,780 appropriated from federal | ||
funds; | ||
(8) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $25,213,488 appropriated for the vendor drug | ||
program pharmacy benefits services modernization, with $2,928,372 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $22,285,116 | ||
appropriated from federal funds; | ||
(9) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $7,150,000 appropriated for the development of | ||
a system to identify, preserve, collect, analyze, and produce all | ||
documents and information including electronically stored | ||
information in a hybrid cloud solution, with $4,853,581 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $2,296,419 | ||
appropriated from federal funds; | ||
(10) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $1,029,946 appropriated for an automation of | ||
the survey scheduling function within a workload management system, | ||
with $933,750 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and | ||
$96,196 appropriated from federal funds; | ||
(11) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: | ||
$900,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for | ||
redesigning and updating of the school's website; | ||
(12) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $4,000,000 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the board's | ||
application portfolio modernization project; | ||
(13) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $3,675,382 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the | ||
commission's public safety technology project; | ||
(14) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $4,347,730 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for | ||
modernization of the commission's licensing and tax collection | ||
system; | ||
(15) Commission on Law Enforcement: $2,143,262 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for information | ||
technology security and network operations; | ||
(16) Commission on Environmental Quality: $4,089,282 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for updating the | ||
occupational licensing and commissioner integrated database; and | ||
(17) Department of Transportation: $16,480,410 | ||
appropriated from the state highway fund to update and secure | ||
inefficient hardware and software systems. | ||
(c) 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), the following amounts are | ||
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources | ||
for use for the listed information technology projects for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) Texas Historical Commission: $240,000 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for commission | ||
technology upgrades; | ||
(2) Pension Review Board: $300,000 appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund for migration of the board's data | ||
from multiple servers to the cloud and the creation of a new | ||
web-based interface for the current internal databases; | ||
(3) Pension Review Board: $300,000 appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund for the creation of a self-service | ||
portal to allow retirement systems to access a secure reporting | ||
portal to upload reports and view compliance status in real time; | ||
(4) Department of State Health Services: $1,181,028 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for a customer | ||
service efficiency project; | ||
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $13,418,742 appropriated for the system-wide | ||
business enablement platform project, with $8,444,183 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund and $4,974,559 appropriated | ||
from federal funds; | ||
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $36,737,765 appropriated to provide for | ||
replacement of the end-of-life/end-of-support network | ||
infrastructure, including routers, switches, perimeter security | ||
protection equipment, firewalls, wireless local area networks, and | ||
uninterruptible power supplies, with $26,447,516 appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund and $10,290,249 appropriated from | ||
federal funds; | ||
(7) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $7,753,135 appropriated to restore reductions | ||
for certain information technology projects, with $6,000,000 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $1,753,135 | ||
appropriated from federal funds; | ||
(8) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: | ||
$3,106,672 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for | ||
infrastructure upgrades to fiber and cabling projects at state | ||
hospitals and state supported living centers; | ||
(9) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $21,475,950 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for a technology | ||
component for inmate health care; | ||
(10) Department of Motor Vehicles: $3,133,578 | ||
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for | ||
the Department of Motor Vehicles Automation System - webSALVAGE | ||
Project; | ||
(11) Department of Motor Vehicles: $3,472,958 | ||
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for | ||
the Accounts Receivable System Project; | ||
(12) Department of Motor Vehicles: $5,225,712 | ||
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for | ||
the Complaint Management System Project; | ||
(13) Department of Transportation: $22,471,772 | ||
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Enterprise | ||
Information Management Project; | ||
(14) Department of Transportation: $49,606,226 | ||
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Information and | ||
Systems Modernization Project; | ||
(15) Health Professions Council: $42,630 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for the Upgrade of Regulatory | ||
Database Project; | ||
(16) Texas Department of Insurance: $4,973,254 | ||
appropriated from the Texas Department of Insurance operating | ||
account for website modernization, automation, and the replacement | ||
of the Division of Workers' Compensation COMPASS System; | ||
(17) Department of Licensing and Regulation: | ||
$2,000,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for | ||
the Licensing System - Phase II Project; | ||
(18) Optometry Board: $8,000 appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund for the replacement of personal | ||
computers; | ||
(19) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $23,700 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for information | ||
technology enhancements to the VERSA Regulatory Licensing and | ||
Enforcement Database Project; and | ||
(20) Texas Racing Commission: $48,386 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for the Docking Desktops and | ||
Monitors Project. | ||
(d) 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), the following amounts are | ||
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources | ||
for use for the listed information technology projects for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) Public Finance Authority: an aggregate amount of | ||
$60,000 appropriated to provide for the Data Center Consolidation | ||
Project, with $30,000 appropriated from the Texas Public Finance | ||
Authority master lease project fund and $30,000 appropriated from | ||
bond revenue proceeds; | ||
(2) Department of Information Resources: an aggregate | ||
amount of $808,541 appropriated for the Data Center Consolidation - | ||
Data Warehouse Project, with $177,374 appropriated from the | ||
Department of Information Resources clearing fund account, | ||
$408,818 appropriated from the telecommunications revolving | ||
account - appropriated receipts, $26,782 appropriated from the | ||
telecommunications revolving account - interagency contracts, | ||
$176,869 appropriated from the statewide technology account - | ||
interagency contracts, and $18,689 appropriated from the statewide | ||
network applications account - appropriated receipts; | ||
(3) Department of Information Resources: an aggregate | ||
amount of $926,012 appropriated for the Data Center Consolidation - | ||
Data Optimization Project, with $403,677 appropriated from the | ||
Department of Information Resources clearing fund account, | ||
$418,307 appropriated from the telecommunications revolving | ||
account - appropriated receipts, $29,946 appropriated from the | ||
telecommunications revolving account - interagency contracts, | ||
$53,113 appropriated from the statewide technology account - | ||
interagency contracts, and $20,906 appropriated from the statewide | ||
network applications account - appropriated receipts; | ||
(4) Texas Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services: an aggregate amount of $3,433,847 appropriated to provide | ||
for data center consolidation, with $3,146,126 appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund and $287,721 appropriated from | ||
federal funds; | ||
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an | ||
aggregate amount of $5,406,153 appropriated to provide for data | ||
center consolidation, with $3,146,126 appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund and $2,301,671 appropriated from | ||
federal funds; and | ||
(6) Texas Education Agency: $1,833,750 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for data center consolidation. | ||
(e) 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), the following amounts are | ||
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources | ||
for use for the listed information technology projects for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate | ||
amount of $4,224,001 appropriated to provide for the CAPPS | ||
Financial Transition Phase II Project, with $4,120,889 | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $103,112 | ||
appropriated from interagency contract proceeds; | ||
(2) Facilities Commission: $2,173,394 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for the deployment of CAPPS | ||
Financials; | ||
(3) Public Finance Authority: $82,924 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for the support of | ||
programming, development, and deployment costs for transitioning | ||
the agency's human resources payroll from the Uniform Statewide | ||
Payroll/Personnel System to CAPPS; | ||
(4) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal | ||
Compact Commission: $26,676 appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund for the CAPPS Financials Deployment Project; | ||
(5) Water Development Board: $588,063 appropriated | ||
from the economic stabilization fund for the CAPPS Financials | ||
Deployment Project; | ||
(6) Department of Transportation: $21,284,494 | ||
appropriated from the state highway fund for the CAPPS Upgrades and | ||
Improvements Project; and | ||
(7) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council: | ||
$12,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the | ||
Deployment - Financials Project for CAPPS. | ||
(f) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
employees an agency is authorized by other law to employ during the | ||
applicable state fiscal year, the following agencies may use the | ||
money appropriated to the agencies under the following specified | ||
subsections of this section to employ the specified number of | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the following specified | ||
state fiscal years: | ||
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: the amount | ||
appropriated under Subsection (b)(13) of this section may be used | ||
to employ three additional full-time equivalent employees during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and three additional | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023; | ||
(2) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: the amount | ||
appropriated under Subsection (b)(14) of this section may be used | ||
to employ five additional full-time equivalent employees during the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and three additional | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023; | ||
(3) Department of State Health Services: the amount | ||
appropriated under Subsection (c)(4) of this section may be used to | ||
employ one additional full-time equivalent employee (FTE) during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022; | ||
(4) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the | ||
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(5) of this section may be | ||
used to employ 15.2 additional full-time equivalent employees | ||
during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and 15.2 | ||
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2023; | ||
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the | ||
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(6) of this section may be | ||
used to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023; | ||
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the | ||
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(7) of this section may be | ||
used to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023; | ||
(7) Department of Motor Vehicles: the amount | ||
appropriated under Subsection (c)(11) of this section may be used | ||
to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional | ||
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023; | ||
(8) Facilities Commission: the amount appropriated | ||
under Subsection (e)(2) of this section may be used to employ nine | ||
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2022, and 10 additional full-time equivalent | ||
employees during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023; | ||
(9) Public Finance Authority: the amount appropriated | ||
under Subsection (e)(3) of this section may be used to employ one | ||
additional full-time equivalent employee during the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2022; and | ||
(10) Water Development Board: the amount appropriated | ||
under Subsection (e)(5) of this section may be used to employ five | ||
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2022. | ||
SECTION 32. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES. 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), the following amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of | ||
$12,156,918, are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund | ||
to the following agencies for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of purchasing motor | ||
vehicles: | ||
(1) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: | ||
$7,850,000; | ||
(2) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: | ||
$175,000; | ||
(3) School for the Deaf: $240,000; | ||
(4) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,056,918; | ||
(5) Animal Health Commission: $1,400,000; | ||
(6) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $375,000; | ||
and | ||
(7) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $60,000. | ||
SECTION 33. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. (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), $6,544,802 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 the purpose of | ||
purchasing a law enforcement helicopter, to be used in a manner | ||
consistent with the appropriations made to the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department in Strategy C.1.1., Enforcement Programs. | ||
(b) Rider 35, page VI-44, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is amended to read as follows: | ||
35. Maximum Appropriation of Sporting Goods Sales Tax | ||
(SGST) Revenue. Amounts appropriated above include $126,220,236 in | ||
fiscal year 2020 and $128,651,198 in fiscal year 2021 from limited | ||
sales, excise, and use tax revenue identified as Sporting Goods | ||
Sales Tax (SGST) as reflected above in Rider 15, Informational | ||
Listing - Allocation of Sporting Goods Sales Tax (SGST). This | ||
appropriation represents the statutory maximum allocation of SGST | ||
revenue to TPWD, pursuant to Tax Code, §151.801 (94.0 percent of the | ||
total SGST revenue), as calculated in the Comptroller of Public | ||
Accounts' Biennial Revenue Estimate, net of appropriations made | ||
elsewhere in this Act for benefits and debt service. | ||
If the Comptroller determines that the maximum allocation of | ||
SGST revenue to TPWD for the 2020-21 biennium exceeds the amounts | ||
appropriated in this Act to TPWD and elsewhere for benefits and debt | ||
service, the difference is appropriated to TPWD. This appropriation | ||
of additional SGST revenue shall be allocated to the accounts that | ||
receive SGST revenue transfers proportionally to the allocation | ||
contained in this Act, except that for fiscal year 2021 the first | ||
$10,000,000 that exceeds the amounts appropriated in this Act to | ||
TPWD is allocated to Capital Construction and Repairs and the | ||
remainder is allocated proportionally. | ||
SECTION 34. ANTICIPATED FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING NOT | ||
APPROPRIATED. Notwithstanding any other law, including riders to | ||
the General Appropriations Act or the making of supplemental | ||
appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving | ||
direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations, no | ||
federal funds or monies received by the State of Texas from the | ||
federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act, the CARES | ||
Act, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) | ||
I, II or III Act(s) or the Coronavirus Response and Relief | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act, or any COVID-19 relief act can be | ||
appropriated, allocated, transferred or expended without an | ||
appropriate official action of the Texas Legislature in a regular | ||
session or special session called by the Governor in order for the | ||
Texas Legislature to consider and take appropriate action regarding | ||
the expenditure of such federal funds. | ||
SECTION 35. USE OF FEDERAL COVID-19 FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY | ||
FOR MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. (a) In this | ||
section, "commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(b) This section applies only to federal money provided to | ||
this state for the provision of Medicaid home and community-based | ||
services and administered by the commission under: | ||
(1) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub. | ||
L. No. 116-127); | ||
(2) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security | ||
(CARES) Act (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et seq.); | ||
(3) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. | ||
No. 117-2); or | ||
(4) any other federal COVID-19 relief bill under which | ||
federal money is provided to the commission for the provision of | ||
Medicaid home and community-based services. | ||
(c) Section 1(e) of this Act does not apply to federal money | ||
to which this section applies. | ||
(d) During the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023, | ||
the commission may use federal money to which this section applies | ||
only on Medicaid initiatives that: | ||
(1) directly increase: | ||
(A) access to care, including the provision of | ||
direct services; and | ||
(B) rates paid to direct service providers and | ||
for direct service supplies and equipment; | ||
(2) increase Medicaid waiver program and emergency | ||
diversion slots and decrease the number of individuals on Medicaid | ||
waiver program interest lists; | ||
(3) fund the implementation of provisions of state law | ||
governing Medicaid; | ||
(4) explore opportunities for this state to obtain | ||
additional federal money under the Advancing Care for Exceptional | ||
(ACE) Kids Act of 2019 enacted as part of the Medicaid Services | ||
Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 (Pub. L. No. 116-16); and | ||
(5) enable this state to achieve full compliance with | ||
federal law governing Medicaid home and community-based services, | ||
including rules on home and community-based services settings. | ||
(e) The commission shall ensure that: | ||
(1) money identified under Subsection (d) of this | ||
section for provider rate increases is used to directly reimburse | ||
direct service providers or to provide direct reimbursement for | ||
direct service supplies and equipment; and | ||
(2) Medicaid managed care organizations reimburse | ||
direct service providers or provide reimbursement for direct | ||
service supplies and equipment in an amount equal to the difference | ||
between this state's Medicaid fee-for-service rate and the federal | ||
medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rate increase for direct | ||
service providers and direct service supplies and equipment. | ||
(f) The commission may not use federal money to which this | ||
section applies: | ||
(1) for a purpose that is directly or indirectly | ||
related to payroll, contract administration, or administrative | ||
services provided by a Medicaid managed care organization; or | ||
(2) to replace other money available to this state for | ||
Medicaid. | ||
(g) The commission may not use money described by Subsection | ||
(e)(1) of this section for a purpose that is directly or indirectly | ||
related to payroll, bonuses, administrative services, or costs | ||
unallowable under state or federal law or under the uniform managed | ||
care contract. | ||
(h) The commission may use money to which this section | ||
applies only to supplement, rather than supplant, money available | ||
to this state for Medicaid in a manner that complies with the | ||
provisions of this section. | ||
SECTION 36. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, | ||
this Act takes effect immediately. | ||
(b) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, | ||
27, 31, 32, and 33 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. |