Bill Text: TX HB4 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB4 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB4-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4

AN ACT
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. CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2011. (a) The appropriations
from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (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
$1,065,962,443. 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) Office of the Attorney General: $17,484,078 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(2) Bond Review Board: $52,066 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(3) Comptroller of Public Accounts: $13,732,608 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(4) Texas Ethics Commission: $163,972 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(5) Facilities Commission: $2,791,970 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(6) Public Finance Authority: $56,892,135 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(7) Fire Fighters' Pension Commissioner: $16,889 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(8) Office of the Governor: $271,118 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(9) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor: $2,541,907 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(10) Historical Commission: $919,769 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(11) Department of Information Resources: $59,451
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(12) Library & Archives Commission: $2,393,317 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(13) Pension Review Board: $42,189 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(14) Preservation Board: $295,823 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(15) Secretary of State: $789,485 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(16) Veterans Commission: $359,819 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(17) Department of Aging and Disability Services:
$57,486,512 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(18) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services: $7,271,451 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(19) Department of Family and Protective Services:
$16,465,070 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(20) Department of State Health Services: $30,888,622
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(21) Health and Human Services Commission:
$114,214,139 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(22) Texas Education Agency: $90,277,640 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(23) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$1,397,421 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(24) School for the Deaf: $781,956 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(25) Teacher Retirement System: $3,700,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(26) Higher Education Employees Group Insurance
Contributions: $56,153,317 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(27) Higher Education Coordinating Board:
$17,683,061 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(28) The University of Texas System Administration:
$250,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(29) The University of Texas at Arlington:
$12,979,094 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(30) The University of Texas at Austin: $34,802,552
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(31) The University of Texas at Dallas: $9,601,643
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(32) The University of Texas at El Paso: $11,976,764
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(33) The University of Texas - Pan American:
$7,344,515 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(34) The University of Texas at Brownsville:
$3,581,390 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(35) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin:
$5,918,190 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(36) The University of Texas at San Antonio:
$12,397,011 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(37) The University of Texas at Tyler: $4,365,466
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(38) Texas A&M University System Administrative and
General Offices: $250,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(39) Texas A&M University: $18,065,118 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(40) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $1,240,706
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(41) Prairie View A&M University: $3,632,323 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(42) Tarleton State University: $2,377,562 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(43) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi:
$4,151,741 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(44) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $3,383,777
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(45) Texas A&M International University: $2,096,339
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(46) West Texas A&M University: $2,798,970 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(47) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $2,861,747 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(48) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $671,472 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(49) University of Houston System Administration:
$257,077 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(50) University of Houston: $15,995,397 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(51) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $2,780,479
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(52) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,849,987
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(53) University of Houston - Victoria: $1,099,229
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(54) Midwestern State University: $1,702,745 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(55) University of North Texas System Administration:
$713,628 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(56) University of North Texas: $7,759,219 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(57) Stephen F. Austin State University: $5,043,398
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(58) Texas Southern University: $3,876,116 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(59) Texas Tech University System Administration:
$200,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(60) Texas Tech University: $11,692,679 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(61) Angelo State University: $2,328,579 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(62) Texas Woman's University: $1,924,726 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(63) Texas State University System: $85,294 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(64) Lamar University: $5,140,684 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(65) Lamar Institute of Technology: $732,715 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(66) Lamar State College - Orange: $540,586 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(67) Lamar State College - Port Arthur: $863,307 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(68) Sam Houston State University: $3,448,892 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(69) Texas State University - San Marcos: $6,857,731
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(70) Sul Ross State University: $1,149,935 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(71) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College:
$451,287 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(72) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas: $17,126,319 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(73) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $33,083,291 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(74) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston: $20,408,079 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(75) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio: $20,364,412 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(76) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center: $20,446,441 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(77) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
$5,349,891 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(78) Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center: $10,672,046 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(79) University of North Texas Health Science Center
at Fort Worth: $4,957,588 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(80) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center:
$14,283,190 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(81) Texas State Technical College System
Administration: $314,674 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(82) Texas State Technical College - Harlingen:
$1,707,490 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(83) Texas State Technical College - West Texas:
$1,111,674 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(84) Texas State Technical College - Marshall:
$433,962 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(85) Texas State Technical College - Waco: $2,416,071
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(86) Texas AgriLife Research: $4,506,706 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(87) Texas AgriLife Extension Service: $4,932,005
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(88) Texas Engineering Experiment Station:
$1,145,627 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(89) Texas Transportation Institute: $56,250 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(90) Texas Engineering Extension Service: $596,416
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(91) Texas Forest Service: $1,032,378 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(92) Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory:
$617,294 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(93) Supreme Court of Texas: $559,922 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(94) Court of Criminal Appeals: $269,433 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(95) First Court of Appeals District, Houston:
$233,239 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(96) Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth:
$175,606 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(97) Third Court of Appeals District, Austin:
$154,183 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(98) Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio:
$177,249 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(99) Fifth Court of Appeals District, Dallas:
$319,965 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(100) Sixth Court of Appeals District, Texarkana:
$85,715 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(101) Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo:
$105,089 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(102) Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso:
$85,864 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(103) Ninth Court of Appeals District, Beaumont:
$104,734 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(104) Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco: $84,894
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(105) Eleventh Court of Appeals District, Eastland:
$85,548 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(106) Twelfth Court of Appeals District, Tyler:
$86,576 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(107) Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus
Christi-Edinburg: $154,821 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(108) Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston:
$234,047 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(109) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $521,168 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(110) Office of Capital Writs: $37,089 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(111) Office of State Prosecuting Attorney: $53,188
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(112) State Law Library: $27,077 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(113) Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department:
$862,018 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(114) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $62,772
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(115) Adjutant General's Department: $1,362,009 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(116) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $2,793,890 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(117) Department of Criminal Justice: $67,874,494
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(118) Commission on Jail Standards: $78,513 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(119) Juvenile Probation Commission: $7,015,504 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(120) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education: $74,940 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(121) Department of Public Safety: $2,245,065 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(122) Youth Commission: $13,245,121 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(123) Department of Agriculture: $4,342,526 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(124) Animal Health Commission: $973,114 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(125) Commission on Environmental Quality: $298,050
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(126) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$903,431 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(127) Parks and Wildlife Department: $227,845 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(128) Railroad Commission: $2,322,377 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(129) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $2,790,749
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(130) Debt Service Payments - Non-Self Supporting G.O.
Water Bonds: $27,398,762 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(131) Water Development Board: $823,997 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(132) Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
$1,203,967 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(133) Texas Lottery Commission: $388,007 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(134) Department of Motor Vehicles: $1,138,428 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(135) Department of Rural Affairs: $732,117 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(136) Department of Transportation: $20,092,117 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(137) Texas Workforce Commission: $3,754,693 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(138) State Office of Administrative Hearings:
$252,505 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(139) Board of Chiropractic Examiners: $14,816 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(140) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $114,118
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(141) Funeral Service Commission: $18,444 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(142) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $40,349
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(143) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $80,533
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(144) Board of Professional Land Surveying: $32,463
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(145) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$1,779,282 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(146) Texas Medical Board: $227,469 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(147) Texas Board of Nursing: $269,638 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(148) Optometry Board: $11,010 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(149) Board of Pharmacy: $212,929 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(150) Executive Council of Physical Therapy &
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $76,090 from General Revenue Fund
0001;
(151) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $169,609 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(152) Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners: $5,959
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(153) Board of Examiners of Psychologists: $49,005
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(154) Real Estate Commission: $503,762 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(155) Securities Board: $982,946 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(156) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $808,890
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(157) Office of Public Utility Counsel: $131,904 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(158) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $4,419
from General Revenue Fund 0001; and
(159) agencies and entities appropriated general
revenue funds by Article X, Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act): $11,688,731 from General Revenue Fund 0001, subject to
Section 2 of this Act.
(b)(i) The unencumbered appropriation from the sporting
good sales tax transfers to the general revenue fund (State Parks
Account No. 64), pursuant to Section 11.035, Parks and Wildlife
Code, and Section 151.801, Tax Code, for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Parks and Wildlife Department is
reduced by $1,259,680.
(ii) The unencumbered appropriation from the sporting
good sales tax transfers to the general revenue fund (Texas
Recreation and Parks Account No. 467), pursuant to Section 24.003,
Parks and Wildlife Code, and Section 151.801, Tax Code, for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), to the Parks and Wildlife Department
is reduced by $3,150,000.
(iii) The unencumbered appropriation from the
sporting good sales tax transfers to the general revenue fund
(Large County and Municipality Recreation and Parks Account No.
5150), pursuant to Section 24.053, Parks and Wildlife Code, and
Section 151.801, Tax Code, for the state fiscal year ending August
31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), to the Parks and Wildlife Department is reduced by
$2,100,000.
(iv) The unencumbered appropriation from the sporting
good sales tax transfers to the general revenue fund (State Parks
Account No. 64), pursuant to Section 11.035, Parks and Wildlife
Code, and Section 151.801, Tax Code, for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Public Finance Authority is reduced by
$5,847,851.
(c) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations listed
below that were appropriated from the general revenue fund by
Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), for Public
Junior/Community Colleges, are reduced for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, in the aggregate amount of $76,111,610 as
indicated by this subsection. Pursuant to Section 130.0031,
Education Code, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and
the comptroller of public accounts shall apply the reductions in
general revenue appropriations to each community or junior college
in the amounts indicated:
(1) Alamo Community College: $6,811,203;
(2) Alvin Community College: $630,970;
(3) Amarillo College: $1,286,495;
(4) Angelina College: $630,541;
(5) Austin Community College: $3,507,989;
(6) Blinn College: $2,047,679;
(7) Brazosport College: $438,799;
(8) Central Texas College: $1,588,719;
(9) Cisco Junior College: $522,994;
(10) Clarendon College: $199,528;
(11) Coastal Bend College: $487,469;
(12) College of the Mainland: $476,780;
(13) Collin County Community College: $2,387,580;
(14) Dallas County Community College: $8,912,016;
(15) Del Mar College: $1,391,753;
(16) El Paso Community College: $2,523,687;
(17) Frank Phillips College: $212,352;
(18) Galveston College: $354,701;
(19) Grayson County College: $558,045;
(20) Hill College: $793,644;
(21) Houston Community College: $5,275,284;
(22) Howard College: $822,395;
(23) Kilgore College: $937,550;
(24) Laredo Community College: $963,810;
(25) Lee College: $767,122;
(26) Lone Star College System: $4,621,188;
(27) McLennan Community College: $1,050,779;
(28) Midland College: $952,683;
(29) Navarro College: $1,136,872;
(30) North Central Texas College: $958,088;
(31) Northeast Texas Community College: $317,400;
(32) Odessa College: $635,532;
(33) Panola College: $397,491;
(34) Paris Junior College: $695,431;
(35) Ranger College: $156,117;
(36) San Jacinto College: $2,916,262;
(37) South Plains College: $1,127,037;
(38) South Texas College: $2,292,651;
(39) Southwest Texas Junior College: $574,796;
(40) Tarrant County College: $4,739,004;
(41) Temple College: $620,631;
(42) Texarkana College: $697,627;
(43) Texas Southmost College: $1,737,231;
(44) Trinity Valley Community College: $1,482,408;
(45) Tyler Junior College: $1,969,699;
(46) Vernon College: $442,264;
(47) Victoria College: $508,508;
(48) Weatherford College: $617,559;
(49) Western Texas College: $300,881; and
(50) Wharton County Junior College: $634,366.
(d) The appropriations from dedicated accounts in the
general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009 (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 indicated by this
subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of $160,092,585. 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 indicated account in
the general revenue fund are made:
(1) Commission on the Arts: $230,069 from general
revenue dedicated account number 334, Commission on the Arts
Operating Account;
(2) Office of the Attorney General: $5,510 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5006, AG Law Enforcement
Account;
(3) Office of the Attorney General: $5,236 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5010, Sexual Assault
Program Account;
(4) Commission on State Emergency Communications:
$1,864,589 from general revenue dedicated account number 5007,
Commission on State Emergency Communications Account;
(5) Commission on State Emergency Communications:
$2,039,808 from general revenue dedicated account number 5050,
9-1-1 Service Fees Account;
(6) Facilities Commission: $120,900 from general
revenue dedicated account number 570, Federal Surplus Property
Service Charge Account;
(7) Historical Commission: $234,600 from general
revenue dedicated account number 664, Texas Preservation Trust
Account;
(8) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services: $24,159 from general revenue dedicated account number
492, Business Enterprise Program Account;
(9) Department of State Health Services: $774,607
from general revenue dedicated account number 19, Vital Statistics
Account;
(10) Department of State Health Services: $10,530
from general revenue dedicated account number 129, Hospital
Licensing Account;
(11) Department of State Health Services: $26,190
from general revenue dedicated account number 341, Food and Drug
Retail Fee Account;
(12) Department of State Health Services: $29,022
from general revenue dedicated account number 512, Bureau of
Emergency Management Account;
(13) Department of State Health Services: $195,168
from general revenue dedicated account number 524, Public Health
Services Fee Account;
(14) Department of State Health Services: $16,283
from general revenue dedicated account number 5017, Asbestos
Removal Licensure Account;
(15) Department of State Health Services: $4,590 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5020, Workplace Chemicals
List Account;
(16) Department of State Health Services: $76,680
from general revenue dedicated account number 5024, Food and Drug
Registration Account;
(17) Department of State Health Services: $1,500,000
from general revenue dedicated account number 5049, State Owned
Multicategorical Teaching Hospital Account;
(18) Department of State Health Services: $5,000,810
from general revenue dedicated account number 5111, Designated
Trauma Facility and EMS Account;
(19) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $17,500
from general revenue dedicated account number 106, Scholarship Fund
for Fifth Year Accounting Students Account;
(20) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $16,000
from general revenue dedicated account number 542, Medical School
Tuition Set Aside Account;
(20-a) Higher Education Coordinating Board:
$23,000,000 from general revenue dedicated account number 5103,
Texas B-On-Time Student Loan Account;
(21) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $407,000
from general revenue dedicated account number 5144, Physician
Education Loan Repayment Program Account;
(22) Texas A&M University System Administrative and
General Offices: $453,819 from general revenue dedicated account
number 96, Texas A&M University Mineral Income Account;
(23) Prairie View A&M University: $292,938 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5029, Center for Study and
Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency Account;
(24) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $9,375 from general revenue dedicated account number
5007, Commission on State Emergency Communications Account;
(25) Texas AgriLife Research: $25,000 from general
revenue dedicated account number 151, Clean Air Account;
(26) Texas Engineering Experiment Station: $47,601
from general revenue dedicated account number 5071, Emissions
Reduction Plan Account;
(27) Texas Forest Service: $375,000 from general
revenue dedicated account number 5064, Volunteer Fire Department
Assistance Account;
(28) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $726,628 from general revenue dedicated account number
5073, Fair Defense Account;
(29) Office of Capital Writs: $41,169 from general
revenue dedicated account number 5073, Fair Defense Account;
(30) Department of Criminal Justice: $1,060,000 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5060, Private Sector
Prison Industries Account;
(31) Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education: $49,500 from general revenue dedicated account
number 116, Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Account;
(32) Department of Public Safety: $1,100,000 from
general revenue dedicated account number 99, Operators and
Chauffeurs License Account;
(33) Department of Agriculture: $8,329 from general
revenue dedicated account number 5002, Young Farmer Loan Guarantee
Account;
(34) Department of Agriculture: $44,000 from general
revenue dedicated account number 5051, Go Texan Partner Program
Plates Account;
(35) Commission on Environmental Quality: $100,000
from general revenue dedicated account number 88, Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Account;
(36) Commission on Environmental Quality: $37,861
from general revenue dedicated account number 146, Used Oil
Recycling Account;
(37) Commission on Environmental Quality: $2,169,081
from general revenue dedicated account number 151, Clean Air
Account;
(38) Commission on Environmental Quality: $141,701
from general revenue dedicated account number 153, Water Resource
Management Account;
(39) Commission on Environmental Quality: $5,208 from
general revenue dedicated account number 158, Watermaster
Administration Account;
(40) Commission on Environmental Quality: $151,822
from general revenue dedicated account number 549, Waste Management
Account;
(41) Commission on Environmental Quality: $210,950
from general revenue dedicated account number 550, Hazardous and
Solid Waste Remediation Fees Account;
(42) Commission on Environmental Quality: $244,249
from general revenue dedicated account number 655, Petroleum
Storage Tank Remediation Account;
(43) Commission on Environmental Quality:
$13,963,227 from general revenue dedicated account number 5071,
Emissions Reduction Plan Account;
(44) Commission on Environmental Quality: $105,430
from general revenue dedicated account number 5093, Dry Cleaning
Facility Release Account;
(45) Commission on Environmental Quality: $425,384
from general revenue dedicated account number 5094, Operating
Permit Fees Account;
(46) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$284,517 from general revenue dedicated account number 27, Coastal
Protection Account;
(47) Parks and Wildlife Department: $4,205,299 from
general revenue dedicated account number 64, State Parks Account;
(48) Parks and Wildlife Department: $7,317,562 from
general revenue dedicated account number 9, Game, Fish, and Water
Safety Account;
(49) Parks and Wildlife Department: $300,000 from
general revenue dedicated account number 467, Texas Recreation and
Parks Account;
(50) Parks and Wildlife Department: $200,000 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5150, Large County and
Municipality Recreation and Parks Account;
(51) Railroad Commission: $161,191 from general
revenue dedicated account number 101, Alternative Fuels Research
and Education Account;
(52) Railroad Commission: $2,333,597 from general
revenue dedicated account number 145, Oil-Field Cleanup Account;
(53) Texas Department of Rural Affairs: $157,500 from
general revenue dedicated account number 5047, Permanent Fund for
Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement Account;
(54) Texas Workforce Commission: $294,654 from
general revenue dedicated account number 165, Unemployment
Compensation Special Administration Account;
(55) Reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation
Benefit Account: $123,627 from general revenue dedicated account
number 165, Unemployment Compensation Special Administration
Account;
(56) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $2,651
from general revenue dedicated account number 99, Operators and
Chauffeurs License Account;
(57) Texas Medical Board: $55,741 from general revenue
dedicated account number 5105, Public Assurance Account;
(58) Racing Commission: $507,420 from general revenue
dedicated account number 597, Texas Racing Commission Account; and
(59) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $86,762,303
from general revenue dedicated account number 5100, System Benefit
Account.
(e) The appropriations from funds and from dedicated
accounts in the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (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 funds or dedicated accounts
indicated by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of
$60,757,700. 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 indicated
fund or account are made:
(1) Texas Education Agency: $10,000,000 from State
Textbook Fund 0003; and
(2) Texas Education Agency: $50,757,700 from
Foundation School Fund 193.
(f)(1) The appropriations from the general revenue fund for
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), to the Judiciary Section,
Comptroller's Department from General Revenue Fund 0001 are reduced
respectively in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this
subsection:
(A) $130,561 under Strategy A.1.2., Visiting
Judges - Regions;
(B) $9,515 under Strategy A.1.3., Visiting
Judges - Appellate;
(C) $8,900 under Strategy A.1.5., District
Judges: Travel;
(D) $5,250 under Strategy B.1.5., Felony
Prosecutors: Travel;
(E) $133,456 under Strategy B.1.6., Felony
Prosecutors: Expenses;
(F) $140 under Strategy B.1.7., Travis Co. Asst.
DA Supplements;
(G) $38,203 under Strategy D.1.4., Public
Integrity Unit, Travis Co.;
(H) $97,988 under Strategy D.1.5., Special
Prosecution Unit, Walker Co.;
(I) $101,770 under Strategy D.1.9., Sex Offender
Treatment and Supervision; and
(J) $4,425 under Strategy D.1.11., Montgomery
Co. - 435th Dist. Ct. Staff.
(2) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations
from General Revenue Fund 0001 that were appropriated in Strategy
A.1.1., District Judge Salaries, page IV-31, Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's
Department, are reduced by $4,907,836, and the appropriations from
Judicial Fund 0573 are increased by $6,507,836, for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011. Additionally, the
appropriations in Strategy A.1.1., District Judge Salaries, for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, are converted from an
estimated to a sum certain appropriation of $23,440,403 from
General Revenue Fund 0001 and $34,812,243 from Judicial Fund 0573.
(g) The appropriations from federal funds (TANF) for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), to the Department of Assistive and
Rehabilitative Services are reduced by $4,319,216.
(h) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations that
were appropriated by Rider 3, page I-62, Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts
of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Department of Information Resources for
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, are reduced by
$1,250,000 from appropriated receipts, and are reduced by $500,000
from interagency contracts. The comptroller of public accounts
shall transfer the sum of those amounts from the Department of
Information Resources clearing account to the undedicated portion
of the general revenue fund.
(i) The amounts of the unencumbered appropriations from
interagency contracts that were appropriated by Rider 8, page I-63,
Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), to the Department
of Information Resources are reduced by $2,550,000 for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011. The comptroller of public
accounts shall transfer that amount from the Department of
Information Resources telecommunications revolving account to the
undedicated portion of the general revenue fund.
SECTION 2. REDUCTIONS FROM LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES. The
lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
jointly shall identify the various Article X agencies and entities
from which amounts are to be transferred and shall determine the
amount reduced and transferred from each agency or entity for
purposes of Section 1(a)(159) of this Act.
SECTION 3. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: CERTAIN REDUCTIONS. The
appropriations to the General Land Office for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), from general revenue dedicated account number
27, Coastal Protection Account, are reduced by $204,220.
SECTION 4. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: CERTAIN
REDUCTIONS. The unencumbered appropriations from the sporting good
sales tax transfers to the general revenue fund (State Parks
Account No. 64), pursuant to Section 11.035, Parks and Wildlife
Code, and Section 151.801, Tax Code, for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Parks and Wildlife Department are
reduced by $7,407,220 as a result of lapses for coastal erosion
projects.
SECTION 5. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR: CERTAIN REDUCTIONS. The unencumbered appropriations for
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), to the Trusteed Programs within the
Office of the Governor from General Revenue Fund 0001 under
Strategy A.1.2., Disaster Funds, are reduced by $20,000,000.
SECTION 6. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EMISSIONS
REDUCTION PLAN. The unencumbered appropriations for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), to the Commission on Environmental Quality
from general revenue dedicated account number 5071, Emissions
Reduction Plan Account, are reduced by $35,000,000.
SECTION 7. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: CONTINGENCY FEE
PAYMENT. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, the amount of
$17,311,326 is appropriated out of the suspense account established
by the comptroller of public accounts and the attorney general in
General Revenue Fund 0001 for the payment of itemized claims and
judgments, plus interest, if any, against the state of Texas, to the
Office of the Attorney General, for the fiscal year ending August
31, 2011, for a contingency fee payment payable under the outside
counsel contract OCC No. 2007-302-0012 to Wright and Greenhill,
P.C., for work performed in reaching the final judgments in State of
Texas ex rel. Ven-a-Care of Florida v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals USA et
al., Cause No. D-1-GV-07-001259, District Court of Travis County,
201st Judicial District, and State of Texas ex rel. Ven-A-Care of
the Florida Keys, Inc. v. TEVA, et al., Cause No. D-1-GV-07-001259,
District Court of Travis County, 201st Judicial District.
SECTION 8. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: FOUNDATION SCHOOL
PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, the amount of
$550,000,000 is appropriated out of Foundation School Fund 193 to
the Texas Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the Foundation School Program.
SECTION 9. REAL ESTATE COMMISSION: CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORITY
FOR IMAGING COSTS. In addition to the capital budget authority
previously granted for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2011, the Real Estate Commission may use $196,000 in capital budget
authority for the capital budget item for image system
implementation.
SECTION 10. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: CERTAIN RIDERS.
Rider 63 on page VII-37 following the appropriations to the
Department of Transportation made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of
the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), is repealed, and the department is not
required to comply with that rider on and after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 11. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS APPROPRIATIONS. (a) $184,000,000 of the appropriations
made by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), to the Texas
Education Agency from State Textbook Fund 0003 for the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2011, is allocated as follows:
(1) an estimated $85,000,000 is allocated to fund
continuing contracts costs for materials scheduled to enter
classrooms for the 2011-2012 school year;
(2) an estimated $60,000,000 is allocated for the
purchase of supplemental science instructional materials requested
by the State Board of Education in May 2010; and
(3) an estimated $39,000,000 is allocated for the
purchase of prekindergarten systems as requested by the State Board
of Education under Proclamation 2011.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section and
contingent on H.B. 6, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2011, or a similar Act of that legislative session
relating to the establishment of an instructional materials
allotment, being enacted by the vote necessary for the Act to take
effect immediately and the Act immediately becoming law, Subsection
(a) of this section has no effect and the $184,000,000 described by
that subsection is allocated to fund the instructional materials
allotment in accordance with the provisions of H.B. 6 or the similar
Act, as applicable.
SECTION 12. CONTINGENT UNEXPENDED BALANCE AUTHORITY.
Contingent on the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, not
acting to reduce by $10,000,000 or more the appropriations to the
comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal biennium ending
August 31, 2011, made by Rider 17.58, page IX-81, Chapter 1424 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), for deposit into Major Events Trust
Fund 0869, the unobligated and unexpended balance of Major Events
Trust Fund 0869, not to exceed $10,000,000, is hereby transferred
to General Revenue Fund 0001, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes).
SECTION 13. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE - WACO: CONNALLY
TECHNOLOGY CENTER. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, the amount of
$2,000,000 is appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the
Texas State Technical College - Waco for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
making repairs to the Connally Technology Center. The legislature
finds there is a demonstrated need for undertaking the repair of
this building.
SECTION 14. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
MANAGED HEALTH CARE. The amount of $57,000,000 is appropriated out
of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Department of Criminal Justice
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for the purpose of providing for correctional managed health care.
SECTION 15. TEXAS FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES. The amount of
$81,000,000 is appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the
Texas Forest Service for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2013, to pay for costs incurred associated with fighting
wildfires.
SECTION 16. TEXAS MILITARY VALUE REVOLVING LOAN ACCOUNT.
(a) The Texas Military Preparedness Commission is appropriated
$29,000,000 in General Obligation Bond Proceeds pursuant to Section
49-n, Article III, Texas Constitution, as added by S.J.R. No. 55,
Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003. The proceeds
from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in general revenue
dedicated account number 5114, Texas Military Value Revolving Loan
Account, to provide for economic development projects that benefit
defense-related communities as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter
436, Government Code, without further appropriation.
(b) The Texas Public Finance Authority is appropriated an
amount, estimated to be $0, for the fiscal year ending August 31,
2011, out of general revenue dedicated account number 5114, Texas
Military Value Revolving Loan Account, to pay the related debt
service.
SECTION 17. DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE
SERVICES: UNEXPENDED BALANCE AUTHORITY. The unexpended and
unencumbered balance of the amounts appropriated by Chapter 1409
(H.B. 4586), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
are appropriated to the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services for the same purposes for a period beginning on the
effective date of this Act and ending on August 31, 2011.
SECTION 18. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
UNEXPENDED BALANCE AUTHORITY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES UPGRADE. From the
appropriations made to the Health and Human Services Commission
from General Revenue Fund 0001 for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2011, by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), in Strategy A.2.1., Consolidated System Support (page II-76),
and Strategy B.1.4., Children & Medically Needy (page II-76), for
the HHS HR/Payroll system upgrade, the unobligated and unexpended
balance (estimated to be $6,700,000) is appropriated to the Health
and Human Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on
the effective date of this Act for the HHS HR/Payroll system
upgrade.
SECTION 19. FACILITIES COMMISSION: UTILITY COSTS. (a) In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2011, the amount of $1,500,000 is
appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Facilities
Commission under Strategy B.2.1., Facilities Operation, for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
purpose of providing for payment of increased utility costs as a
result of an increase in utility rates.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 14.01, Part 14, Article IX,
Appropriation Transfers, or similar provisions of Chapter 1424
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the
General Appropriations Act), money appropriated by this section may
not be transferred by the Facilities Commission to another
appropriation item or be used by the commission for a purpose other
than payment of utility expenses without the prior written approval
of the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 20. SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS: CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2011, the Supreme Court of Texas is
appropriated $71,535 from Judicial Fund 0573 for personnel costs,
security expenses, unemployment reimbursements, and travel
expenses.
SECTION 21. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: RURAL LAND
EVALUATION. The Department of Agriculture may use appropriations
made to the department from General Revenue Fund 0001 for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts
of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2011, for the additional purposes of funding an assessment of the
impact of illegal activity along the Texas-Mexico border on rural
landowners and the agriculture industry and working in conjunction
with other appropriate entities to develop recommendations to
enhance border security.
SECTION 22. TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH: VEGETABLE AND FRUIT
RESEARCH. Contingent on the comptroller of public accounts
certifying at least $1,000,000 in general revenue receipts in
excess of the estimated general revenue receipts for that state
fiscal biennium stated in the comptroller's Biennial Revenue
Estimate for 2012-2013, as revised on March 13, 2011, and as further
revised by any subsequent revision occurring before the effective
date of this Act, the following amounts are appropriated to Texas
AgriLife Research from General Revenue Fund 0001 for the Vegetable
and Fruit Improvement Center:
(1) $500,000 for the state fiscal year ending August
31, 2012; and
(2) $500,000 for the state fiscal year ending August
31, 2013.
SECTION 23. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR. The following appropriations are made to the Trusteed
Programs within the Office of the Governor from general revenue
dedicated account number 5003, Hotel Occupancy Tax for Economic
Development Account, for purposes of economic development and
tourism:
(1) $15,262,735 for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2012; and
(2) $15,262,735 for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2013.
SECTION 24. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT
GALVESTON: UNEXPENDED BALANCE AUTHORITY. The unexpended and
unencumbered balances of the amounts appropriated by Section 55,
Chapter 1409 (H.B. 4586), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, are appropriated for the two-year period beginning
on the effective date of this Act to The University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston for the same purposes as and with the same
limitations as prescribed by that Act.
SECTION 25. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: CERTAIN POSITIONS.
The amount of $18,000,000 is appropriated from Permanent School
Fund 0044 to the Texas Education Agency for each fiscal year of the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for agency operations
related to the management and administration of the Permanent
School Fund. The agency's cap on full-time equivalent positions is
increased by 31.0 in each of those fiscal years.
SECTION 26. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION
AND ACADEMIC READINESS SERVICES. (a) The amount of $8,750,000 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas Education
Agency for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending
August 31, 2013, for the purposes of:
(1) providing supplemental education services to
students who failed to perform satisfactorily on reading or
mathematics assessment instruments administered under Section
39.023, Education Code; and
(2) funding programs targeting the prevention of
academic failure, including algebra readiness programs, literacy
academies, mathematics academies, professional development
programs, middle grades initiatives, and other assistance
initiatives and programs that focus on improving student
performance on state assessment instruments.
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the
commissioner of education establish a list of qualified providers
to provide remedial and tutorial services for students described by
Subsection (a)(1) of this section.
SECTION 27. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON: REGIONAL
NURSING EDUCATION CENTER. The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated
from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of Texas at
Arlington for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for
the Regional Nursing Education Center.
SECTION 28. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: MIDDLE
SCHOOL BRAIN YEARS. The amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated from
General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of Texas at Dallas for
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the Middle
School Brain Years program.
SECTION 29. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN:
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. The amount of $1,700,000 is appropriated
from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of Texas of the
Permian Basin for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013,
for the College of Engineering.
SECTION 30. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTI:
ENGINEERING PROGRAM. The amount of $500,000 is appropriated from
General Revenue Fund 0001 to Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the
engineering program.
SECTION 31. TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION: NUCLEAR
POWER INSTITUTE. The amount of $2,000,000 is appropriated from
General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas Engineering Experiment
Station for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for
the Nuclear Power Institute.
SECTION 32. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT SAN ANTONIO: UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANK. The amount of $2,000,000
is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the umbilical cord blood bank.
SECTION 33. SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY: CAMPUS UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE. The amount of $7,000,000 is appropriated from
General Revenue Fund 0001 to Sul Ross State University for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the purpose of
providing for campus utility infrastructure. The legislature finds
there is a demonstrated need for funding this infrastructure.
SECTION 34. LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: TECHNICAL ARTS
BUILDING. The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated from General
Revenue Fund 0001 to the Lamar Institute of Technology for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the purpose of making
repairs to the Technical Arts buildings. The legislature finds
there is a demonstrated need for funding this infrastructure.
SECTION 35. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM: COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY. From amounts appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2013, to the University of North Texas, the
University of North Texas at Dallas, and the University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth by H.B. 1, Acts of the
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General
Appropriations Act), an amount not to exceed $300,000 may be spent
to establish the College of Pharmacy offering the standard pharmacy
curriculum leading to a doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D) degree on the
campuses of the University of North Texas, the University of North
Texas at Dallas, and the University of North Texas Health Science
Center at Fort Worth. The appropriated funds may not be spent on
costs associated with constructing or maintaining the pharmacy
school buildings.
SECTION 36. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY: UNEXPENDED
BALANCE AUTHORITY. The unexpended and unencumbered balances of the
amounts appropriated by Chapter 1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
Act), in Riders 3 and 4 to the bill pattern for Sam Houston State
University (page III-147) are appropriated to Sam Houston State
University for the same purposes for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2013.
SECTION 37. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: LAKE COLUMBIA WATER
SUPPLY PROJECT. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that the
Water Development Board allocate an amount of general revenue, not
to exceed $1,400,000, out of funds appropriated to the board by H.B.
1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General
Appropriations Act), for purposes of developing a draft
environmental impact statement for the Lake Columbia water supply
project.
(b) In the event that the amount of $1,400,000 of general
revenue funds is not available from funds appropriated to the Water
Development Board by H.B. 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), it is the intent of
the legislature that the board, to the extent permissible under
that chapter, provide for a loan in accordance with Chapter 15,
Water Code, for purposes of developing a draft environmental impact
statement for the Lake Columbia water supply project.
SECTION 38. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER
CENTER: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $17,383,894 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2013, for institutional operations.
SECTION 39. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL
CENTER AT DALLAS: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of
$12,587,647 is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for institutional
operations.
SECTION 40. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT HOUSTON: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. (a) The amount of
$24,145,091 is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for institutional
operations.
(b) Out of the funds appropriated in Subsection (a) of this
section, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
shall allocate:
(1) $2,000,000 to the Texas Heart Institute; and
(2) $1,000,000 to provide trauma care.
SECTION 41. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT SAN ANTONIO: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. (a) The amount of
$16,818,235 is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for institutional
operations.
(b) Money appropriated by this section may be spent only
with the prior written approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 42. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT TYLER: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $8,752,408 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of
Texas Health Science Center at Tyler for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2013, for institutional operations.
SECTION 43. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT
GALVESTON: TUITION REVENUE BOND DEBT SERVICE AND INSTITUTIONAL
OPERATIONS. The amount of $19,863,510 is appropriated from General
Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for
tuition revenue bond debt service and institutional operations.
SECTION 44. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $13,040,271 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2013, for institutional operations.
SECTION 45. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT FORT WORTH: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $5,273,298
is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the University of
North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2013, for institutional operations.
SECTION 46. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER:
INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $20,078,384 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2013, for institutional operations.
SECTION 47. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL
CENTER AT DALLAS: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of
$8,000,000 is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
institutional operations.
SECTION 48. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT SAN ANTONIO: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $8,000,000
is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for institutional
operations.
SECTION 49. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER
CENTER: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $8,000,000 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for the two-year period beginning
on the effective date of this Act for institutional operations.
SECTION 50. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $8,000,000 is
appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for institutional
operations.
SECTION 51. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
AT FORT WORTH: INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount of $5,000,000
is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the University of
North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
institutional operations.
SECTION 52. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER:
INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS. The amount $8,000,000 is appropriated
from General Revenue Fund 0001 to Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center for the two-year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act for institutional operations.
SECTION 53. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CERTAIN
UNEXPENDED BALANCE AUTHORITY. The unexpended and unencumbered
balances of the amounts of general revenue appropriated by Chapter
1424 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009
(the General Appropriations Act), are appropriated to the
Department of Public Safety for the state fiscal biennium ending
August 31, 2013, in a total amount not to exceed $3,800,000, for the
same purposes as prescribed by that Act.
SECTION 54. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS JUDICIAL
COUNCIL: COURT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. The amount of
$337,500 is appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the
Office of Court Administration for each fiscal year of the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the purposes of
auditing the Court Collection Improvement Program. The agency's
cap on full-time equivalent positions is increased by 8.0 in each of
those fiscal years.
SECTION 55. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: BAYLOR
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. The amount of $4,100,000 is appropriated from
General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Higher Education Coordinating
Board for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for
Baylor College of Medicine.
SECTION 56. This Act takes effect immediately.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4 was passed by the House on April 1,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 41, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 34, 2
present, not voting; passed subject to the provisions of Article
III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2011, 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.
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Secretary of the Senate
I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B.
No. 4, Regular Session of the 82nd Legislature, are within amounts
estimated to be available in the affected fund.
Certified_____________________
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Comptroller of Public Accounts
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor