Bill Text: TX HB4 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Left pending in committee [HB4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4-Introduced.html
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| By: Zerwas | H.B. No. 4 | |
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| relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in | ||
| appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding | ||
| reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE | ||
| AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
| revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 605 | ||
| (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the | ||
| General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
| biennium ending August 31, 2019, for bond debt service payments, | ||
| including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-48, Chapter 605 | ||
| (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the | ||
| General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the | ||
| appropriations to the authority, are reduced by a total aggregate | ||
| of $35,078,954. 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 2. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: FACILITIES COMMISSION. | ||
| The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to | ||
| the Facilities Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
| 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium | ||
| ending August 31, 2019, for lease payments are reduced by | ||
| $17,589,128. 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 3. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION | ||
| AGENCY; SUM-CERTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. | ||
| (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School | ||
| Fund No. 193 to the Texas Education Agency made by Chapter 605 (S.B. | ||
| 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the | ||
| General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
| biennium ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP - | ||
| Equalized Operations, as listed in that Act, are reduced by | ||
| $643,000,000. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 605 (S.B. | ||
| 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (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, 2019, is $21,919,735,602. | ||
| SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: HEALTH AND HUMAN | ||
| SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the | ||
| economic stabilization fund to the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
| 2019, for Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital Repairs and | ||
| Renovations, as listed in that Act, and subject to Rider 221(b), | ||
| page II-111, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill | ||
| pattern of the appropriations to the authority, are reduced by | ||
| $2,000,000. | ||
| SECTION 5. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION: ADDITIONAL | ||
| APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
| the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $4,400,000 is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Library and | ||
| Archives Commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act for renovating the Promontory Point | ||
| Drive facility in the City of Austin, Texas, for the storage of | ||
| public records. | ||
| SECTION 6. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
| REPLACEMENT OF MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $110,000,000 | ||
| is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health | ||
| and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 2019, for Medicaid client services under Strategy | ||
| A.1.5., Children, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
| 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), to replace money transferred from that | ||
| strategy to disaster assistance programs to address needs resulting | ||
| from Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 7. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID | ||
| SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
| state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,100,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund, and $2,300,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for | ||
| Medicaid client services under Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, as | ||
| listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 8. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE | ||
| HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
| state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is | ||
| appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act for continuing improvements to state | ||
| hospital facilities under Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital | ||
| Repairs and Renovations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of | ||
| the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), as follows: | ||
| (1) $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to | ||
| construction of a new state hospital in the Panhandle region; and | ||
| (2) $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to | ||
| construction of a new state hospital in the Dallas area. | ||
| SECTION 9. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
| FOSTER CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
| the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $83,542,916 is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 2019, for foster care payments under Strategy B.1.9., | ||
| Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
| 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 10. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
| RELATIVE CAREGIVER PAYMENTS. (a) In addition to amounts | ||
| previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August | ||
| 31, 2019, $6,833,593 is appropriated from the general revenue fund | ||
| to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the state | ||
| fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments | ||
| under Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in | ||
| Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
| (b) The unencumbered appropriations from federal Temporary | ||
| Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to the Department of | ||
| Family and Protective Services made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of | ||
| the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium | ||
| ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments under | ||
| Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in that | ||
| Act, are reduced by $8,481,040. | ||
| SECTION 11. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: | ||
| DAY CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
| state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $23,060,052 is | ||
| appropriated from federal Child Care and Development Block Grant | ||
| funds to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the | ||
| state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for day care payments | ||
| under Strategy B.1.3., TWC Contracted Day Care, as listed in | ||
| Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 12. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: EXPENSES RELATED TO | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. (a) In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| the following amounts are appropriated from the economic | ||
| stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state | ||
| fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP - | ||
| Equalized Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
| 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act), for the following purposes related to the | ||
| increased state costs under the Foundation School Program resulting | ||
| from Hurricane Harvey: | ||
| (1) $271,300,000 for: | ||
| (A) increased student costs; | ||
| (B) the reduction in school district property | ||
| values; and | ||
| (C) the reduction of the amount owed by school | ||
| districts under Chapter 41, Education Code, due to disaster | ||
| remediation costs as provided by Section 41.0931, Education Code; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) $634,200,000 for the adjustment of school district | ||
| property values under Section 42.2523, Education Code, and | ||
| reimbursement to school districts for disaster remediation costs | ||
| under Section 42.2524, Education Code. | ||
| (b) In addition to other amounts appropriated for the state | ||
| fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, $636,000,000 is appropriated | ||
| from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency | ||
| for that state fiscal year for the increased state costs under the | ||
| Foundation School Program resulting from the reduction in school | ||
| district property values associated with Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 13. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: EXPENSES RELATED TO | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $20,288,883 | ||
| is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
| University of Houston for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
| 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 14. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DOWNTOWN: EXPENSES | ||
| RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| $4,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to | ||
| the University of Houston - Downtown for the state fiscal year | ||
| ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 15. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - VICTORIA: EXPENSES | ||
| RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| $1,703,828 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to | ||
| the University of Houston - Victoria for the state fiscal year | ||
| ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 16. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE: EXPENSES | ||
| RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| $83,668 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
| University of Houston - Clear Lake for the state fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 17. LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM: EXPENSES RELATED TO | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $13,100,000 | ||
| is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Lone | ||
| Star College System for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
| 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 18. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: EXPENSES RELATED TO | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,582,439 is | ||
| appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas A&M | ||
| Forest Service for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for | ||
| expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 19. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES. In | ||
| addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal | ||
| biennium ending August 31, 2019, $54,923,481 is appropriated from | ||
| the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest Service for the | ||
| state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to | ||
| wildfires. | ||
| SECTION 20. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPLACEMENT OF | ||
| MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. | ||
| In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal | ||
| biennium ending August 31, 2019, $38,600,000 is appropriated from | ||
| the economic stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for agency | ||
| operations expenses under Strategy C.1.1., Correctional Security | ||
| Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), to replace money transferred from that strategy to disaster | ||
| assistance programs to address needs resulting from Hurricane | ||
| Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 21. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL | ||
| MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| $160,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 2019, for correctional managed health care under | ||
| Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter | ||
| 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
| (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 22. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL | ||
| OFFICER OVERTIME. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $30,000,000 | ||
| is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| for correctional officer overtime under Strategy C.1.1., | ||
| Correctional Security Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. | ||
| 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the | ||
| General Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 23. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EXPENSES RELATED | ||
| TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| the following amounts are appropriated from the economic | ||
| stabilization fund to the Department of Public Safety for the state | ||
| fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the following strategies as | ||
| listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for agency | ||
| operations expenses related to Hurricane Harvey: | ||
| (1) $35,000,000 for Strategy A.1.1., Organized Crime; | ||
| (2) $60,000,000 for Strategy C.1.1., Traffic | ||
| Enforcement; and | ||
| (3) $2,000,000 for Strategy G.1.3., Information | ||
| Technology. | ||
| SECTION 24. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CRIME | ||
| LABORATORIES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
| the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $5,770,426 is | ||
| appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of | ||
| Public Safety for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for | ||
| crime laboratory operations under Strategy E.1.1., Crime | ||
| Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
| 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
| Appropriations Act). | ||
| SECTION 25. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSES RELATED | ||
| TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously | ||
| appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
| $9,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to | ||
| the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 2019, for Strategy D.1.1., Improvements and Major | ||
| Repairs, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations | ||
| Act), for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 26. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: EXPENSES RELATED TO | ||
| HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
| for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $8,931,385 is | ||
| appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
| 2019, for Strategy A.2.1., Vocational Rehabilitation, as listed in | ||
| Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for vocational | ||
| rehabilitation services expenses related to Hurricane Harvey. | ||
| SECTION 27. REIMBURSEMENT TO ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND. | ||
| If any state agency or public institution of higher education | ||
| receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or | ||
| another source for an expenditure paid from money appropriated by | ||
| this Act: | ||
| (1) the agency or institution shall reimburse the | ||
| state in an amount equal to the lesser of the amount appropriated | ||
| under this Act and spent for that expenditure or the amount | ||
| reimbursed by the other source for that expenditure; and | ||
| (2) the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit | ||
| the amount of the reimbursement to the credit of the economic | ||
| stabilization fund. | ||
| SECTION 28. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) | ||
| of this section, this Act takes effect immediately. | ||
| (b) Sections 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, | ||
| and 26 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. | ||
