Bill Text: TX SB2 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Appropriating money for the support of state government for the period beginning September 1, 2011, and ending August 31, 2013; and authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-19 - Effective immediately [SB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB2-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Appropriating money for the support of state government for the period beginning September 1, 2011, and ending August 31, 2013; and authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-19 - Effective immediately [SB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB2-Engrossed.html
By: Ogden | S.B. No. 2 |
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appropriating money for the support of state government for the | |||||||
period beginning September 1, 2011, and ending August 31, 2013; and | |||||||
authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and | |||||||
procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds; and | |||||||
declaring an emergency. | |||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |||||||
SECTION 1. The several sums of money herein specified, or so | |||||||
much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds | |||||||
in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of special | |||||||
funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or improvement of | |||||||
the designated agencies. | |||||||
SECTION 2. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: LECOS Retirement | |||||||
Fund. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, | |||||||
1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation relating to state | |||||||
contributions to the Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer | |||||||
Supplemental Retirement Program, in addition to amounts | |||||||
appropriated in House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular | |||||||
Session, 2011, in Strategy A.1.2, Law Enforcement and Custodial | |||||||
Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund, the Employees Retirement | |||||||
System is hereby appropriated the following estimated amounts in | |||||||
fiscal year 2013 for a state contribution of 0.5 percent to the Law | |||||||
Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Program | |||||||
in fiscal year 2013: | |||||||
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SECTION 3. Tobacco User Monthly Premium Fee. Contingent | |||||||
upon enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called | |||||||
Session, 2011, or similar legislation relating to the creation of a | |||||||
tobacco user monthly premium differential, by the 82nd Legislature, | |||||||
2011, the Employees Retirement System shall apply a $30 monthly | |||||||
tobacco premium differential to any tobacco user covered under the | |||||||
state health plan. Also contingent upon the enactment of this | |||||||
legislation, the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall deposit | |||||||
revenue from the premium differential (estimated to be $16,720,343 | |||||||
in fiscal year 2012 and $25,080,514 in fiscal year 2013) into the | |||||||
Employees Life, Accident, Health Insurance and Benefits Trust | |||||||
Account. | |||||||
SECTION 4. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Debt Service on | |||||||
Cancer Prevention and Research Bonds. The appropriations made in | |||||||
House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, | |||||||
to the Texas Public Finance Authority for General Obligation Bond | |||||||
Debt Service are subject to the following provision. | |||||||
Appropriations out of the Permanent Fund for Health & Tobacco | |||||||
Education & Enforcement Account No. 5044; Permanent Fund for | |||||||
Children & Public Health Account No. 5045; and Permanent Fund for | |||||||
EMS & Trauma Care Account No. 5046, are contingent on the enactment | |||||||
of Senate Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or | |||||||
similar legislation related to the use of certain Tobacco | |||||||
Settlement Funds for debt service on Cancer Prevention and Research | |||||||
Institute debt, by the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011. | |||||||
The Legislative Budget Board shall adjust the informational listing | |||||||
of bond debt service pursuant to this provision. | |||||||
SECTION 5. Appropriations to the Foundation School Program. | |||||||
(a) Texas Education Agency, Article III, House Bill 1, Acts of the | |||||||
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General | |||||||
Appropriations Act), is amended by adding the following | |||||||
appropriations and riders and, to the extent necessary, by giving | |||||||
all riders under the bill pattern of the agency full force and | |||||||
effect: | |||||||
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(b) Foundation School Program Funding. Out of the funds | |||||||
appropriated above in subsection (a) and elsewhere in House Bill 1, | |||||||
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, a total of | |||||||
$19,287,500,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $19,297,400,000 in fiscal | |||||||
year 2013 shall represent the sum-certain appropriation to the | |||||||
Foundation School Program. The total appropriation may not exceed | |||||||
the sum-certain amount. This appropriation includes allocations | |||||||
under Chapters 41, 42, and 46 of the Texas Education Code. | |||||||
Formula Funding: The Commissioner shall make allocations to | |||||||
local school districts under Chapters 41, 42, and 46 of the Texas | |||||||
Education Code based on the March 2011 estimates of average daily | |||||||
attendance and local district tax rates as determined by the | |||||||
Legislative Budget Board and the final tax year 2010 property | |||||||
values. | |||||||
For purposes of distributing the Foundation School Program | |||||||
basic tier state aid appropriated above and in accordance with | |||||||
Section 42.101 of the Texas Education Code, the Basic Allotment is | |||||||
projected to be $4,765 in fiscal year 2012 and $4,765 in fiscal year | |||||||
2013. | |||||||
For purposes of distributing the Foundation School Program | |||||||
enrichment tier state aid appropriated above and in accordance with | |||||||
Section 41.002(a)(2) and Section 42.302(a-1)(1) of the Texas | |||||||
Education Code, the Guaranteed Yield is $59.97 in fiscal year 2012 | |||||||
and $59.97 in fiscal year 2013. | |||||||
Out of amounts appropriated above and allocated by this rider | |||||||
to the Foundation School Program, no funds are appropriated for the | |||||||
New Instructional Facilities Allotment under Section 42.158 of the | |||||||
Texas Education Code. | |||||||
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Texas | |||||||
Education Agency may make transfers as appropriate between Strategy | |||||||
A.1.1, FSP-Equalized Operations, and Strategy A.1.2, FSP-Equalized | |||||||
Facilities. The Texas Education Agency shall notify the | |||||||
Legislative Budget Board and the Governor of any such transfers at | |||||||
least 45 days prior to the transfer. | |||||||
The Texas Education Agency shall submit reports on the prior | |||||||
month's expenditures on programs described by this rider no later | |||||||
than the 20th day of each month to the Legislative Budget Board and | |||||||
the Governor's Office in a format determined by the Legislative | |||||||
Budget Board in cooperation with the agency. | |||||||
(c) Foundation School Program Adjustments. Appropriations | |||||||
from the Foundation School Fund No. 193 identified in subsection | |||||||
(a) above are hereby reduced by $438,900,000 in fiscal year 2012 and | |||||||
$361,100,000 in fiscal year 2013. These adjustments reflect a | |||||||
lower estimate of the state cost of the Foundation School Program in | |||||||
the 2012-2013 biennium due to updated pupil projections and | |||||||
projections of district property values. | |||||||
Property values, and the estimates of local tax collections | |||||||
on which they are based, shall be decreased by 0.97 percent for tax | |||||||
year 2011, then increased by 0.52 percent for tax year 2012. | |||||||
The sum-certain appropriation for the Foundation School | |||||||
Program as identified in subsection (b) above shall be decreased | |||||||
commensurately to reflect these adjustments. | |||||||
(d) Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Foundation School | |||||||
Program Deferral. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | |||||||
providing the legal basis for deferring the August 2013 Foundation | |||||||
School Program payment to school districts, appropriations made in | |||||||
subsection (a) above from the Foundation School Fund 193 to the | |||||||
Texas Education Agency for the Foundation School Program are hereby | |||||||
reduced by $2,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2013. It is the intent of | |||||||
the legislature that this payment be made in September 2013 | |||||||
pursuant to the provisions of the bill. The sum-certain | |||||||
appropriation for the Foundation School Program as identified in | |||||||
subsection (b) above shall be decreased commensurately. | |||||||
(e) Contingency for H.J.R. No. 109. Appropriations from the | |||||||
Foundation School Fund (Fund 193) made in subsection (a) above, | |||||||
Texas Education Agency Strategy A.1.1, FSP - Operations, for the | |||||||
Foundation School Program, are hereby reduced by $150,000,000 in | |||||||
each fiscal year of the 2012-2013 biennium. The Texas Education | |||||||
Agency is hereby appropriated from the Available School Fund | |||||||
(General Revenue) to the Foundation School Program in Strategy | |||||||
A.1.1, FSP - Operations an amount estimated to be $150,000,000 in | |||||||
each fiscal year of the 2012-2013 biennium, pursuant to all of the | |||||||
following: | |||||||
a. passage and enactment of H.J.R. No. 109, S.J.R. No. 5, | |||||||
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, or similar | |||||||
legislation relating to proposing a constitutional | |||||||
amendment to clarify references to the Permanent School | |||||||
Fund and to allow the General Land Office or other entity | |||||||
to distribute revenue derived from Permanent School Fund | |||||||
land or other properties to the Available School Fund; | |||||||
b. voter approval of the associated constitutional | |||||||
amendment; and | |||||||
c. the distribution of funds from the General Land Office to | |||||||
the Available School Fund pursuant to the provisions of | |||||||
the legislation. | |||||||
(f) Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Foundation School | |||||||
Program Funding Contingency. The All Funds appropriations made for | |||||||
the Foundation School Program (FSP), Texas Education Agency | |||||||
Strategies A.1.1 and A.1.2, in subsection (a) above, and as | |||||||
adjusted by other subsections in this section, are contingent on | |||||||
enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, | |||||||
2011, or similar legislation by the 82nd Legislature, 2011, | |||||||
relating to certain state fiscal matters and that amends Chapter 42 | |||||||
of the Texas Education Code to adjust state aid payments to the | |||||||
level of FSP appropriations made in subsection (a) above as | |||||||
adjusted for other subsections in this section. Should this | |||||||
legislation fail to pass and be enacted, the All Funds | |||||||
appropriations for the FSP made herein are hereby reduced to zero | |||||||
for each year of the 2012-2013 biennium, including the sum-certain | |||||||
appropriation identified in subsection (b) above. | |||||||
(g) The Legislative Budget Board is directed to make all | |||||||
necessary adjustments to the Texas Education Agency's bill pattern | |||||||
pursuant to the provisions above, including adjustments to | |||||||
strategies, methods of finance, measures and riders contained in | |||||||
House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011. | |||||||
SECTION 6. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Legislation | |||||||
Relating to Certain Office of Court Administration License Fees. | |||||||
Contingent upon the enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, | |||||||
1st Called Session, 2011, relating to license fees and the | |||||||
allowable use of such fees for process servers, guardians, and | |||||||
court reporters by the 82nd Legislature, the Office of Court | |||||||
Administration is appropriated $119,603 in fiscal year 2012 and | |||||||
$119,714 in fiscal year 2013 to implement the provisions of the | |||||||
legislation. The number of "Full-Time-Equivalent Positions" | |||||||
indicated in the agency's bill pattern is increased by 2.0 each | |||||||
fiscal year. Fees, fines, and other miscellaneous revenues as | |||||||
authorized by the Process Servers Review Board, the Guardianship | |||||||
Certification Board, and the Court Reporters Certification Board | |||||||
shall cover, at a minimum, the cost of appropriations made in this | |||||||
provision, as well as an amount sufficient to cover "Other Direct | |||||||
and Indirect Costs Appropriated Elsewhere in this Act" (estimated | |||||||
to be $27,783 in fiscal year 2012 and $29,175 in fiscal year 2013). | |||||||
In the event that actual and/or projected revenues are insufficient | |||||||
to offset the costs identified by this provision, the Legislative | |||||||
Budget Board may direct that the Comptroller of Public Accounts | |||||||
reduce the appropriation authority provided above to be within the | |||||||
amount of revenue expected to be available. | |||||||
SECTION 7. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Railroad | |||||||
Commission. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, or similar | |||||||
legislation relating to the Railroad Commission by the 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011: | |||||||
(a) Oil and Gas Related Fees. In addition to amounts | |||||||
appropriated in House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular | |||||||
Session, 2011, to the Railroad Commission, and contingent on Senate | |||||||
Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar | |||||||
legislation creating an account to cover costs of the agency's oil- | |||||||
and gas-related activities, by the 82nd Legislature, | |||||||
appropriations out of the General Revenue Fund are hereby reduced | |||||||
by $16,766,209 in fiscal year 2012 and by $16,716,472 in fiscal year | |||||||
2013, and, to replace these appropriations, there is hereby | |||||||
appropriated $16,766,209 in fiscal year 2012 and $16,716,472 in | |||||||
fiscal year 2013 out of the Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup | |||||||
(OGRC) Fund created by the bill. | |||||||
The following amounts of General Revenue funding would be | |||||||
replaced with funding out of the OGRC Fund in the following | |||||||
strategies: | |||||||
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In addition, appropriations out of the Oil Field Cleanup | |||||||
Account No. 145 are hereby reduced by $20,581,780 in fiscal year | |||||||
2012 and by $20,581,779 in fiscal year 2013, and, to replace these | |||||||
appropriations, there is hereby appropriated $20,581,780 in fiscal | |||||||
year 2012 and $20,581,779 in fiscal year 2013 out of the OGRC Fund | |||||||
created by the bill. The following amounts out of the General | |||||||
Revenue-Dedicated Oil Field Cleanup Account No. 145 would be | |||||||
replaced with funding out of the OGRC Fund in the following | |||||||
strategies: | |||||||
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(b) Expansion of Pipeline Safety Fee Use to Include Gas | |||||||
Utility Regulation. Contingent upon enactment of Senate Bill 1, | |||||||
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | |||||||
allowing for the use of pipeline safety fees for gas utility | |||||||
regulatory functions, by the 82nd Legislature, the Railroad | |||||||
Commission is hereby appropriated in each fiscal year of the | |||||||
2012-2013 biennium an amount not to exceed $233,000 in Strategy | |||||||
A.2.1, Gas Utility Compliance. This appropriation is contingent | |||||||
upon the Railroad Commission increasing Pipeline Safety Fees and | |||||||
shall be limited to revenues deposited to the credit of Revenue | |||||||
Object Code 3553 in excess of the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue | |||||||
Estimate for 2012-2013. | |||||||
The Railroad Commission, upon completion of necessary | |||||||
actions to assess or increase the Pipeline Safety Fee, shall | |||||||
furnish copies of the minutes and other information supporting the | |||||||
estimated revenues to be generated for the 2012-2013 biennium under | |||||||
the revised fee structure to the Comptroller of Public Accounts. If | |||||||
the Comptroller finds the information sufficient to support the | |||||||
projection of increased revenues in excess of those estimated in | |||||||
the Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2012-2013, a finding of fact to | |||||||
that effect shall be issued and the contingent appropriation shall | |||||||
be made available for the intended purpose. | |||||||
SECTION 8. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Voter | |||||||
Registration. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | |||||||
relating to transferring voter registration payments from the | |||||||
Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts to the Secretary | |||||||
of State, amounts appropriated elsewhere in House Bill 1, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, to the Fiscal Programs | |||||||
Comptroller of Public Accounts in Strategy A.1.1, Voter | |||||||
Registration, shall be transferred to the Secretary of State. | |||||||
SECTION 9. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Back to Work and | |||||||
Homeless Housing. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation by | |||||||
the 82nd Legislature, relating to the transfer of General | |||||||
Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 | |||||||
appropriations to other state agencies, the Trusteed Programs | |||||||
within the Office of the Governor may transfer $20,000,000 from the | |||||||
General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 to | |||||||
the Texas Workforce Commission for the Texas Back to Work Program, | |||||||
and to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the | |||||||
Homeless Housing Program. | |||||||
If Senate Bill 1, or similar legislation by the 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, relating to the transfer of | |||||||
General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 | |||||||
appropriations to other state agencies is not enacted, it is the | |||||||
intent of the Legislature that the Trusteed Programs within the | |||||||
Office of the Governor award a grant in the amount of $20,000,000 in | |||||||
the 2012-2013 biennium out of the General Revenue-Dedicated Texas | |||||||
Enterprise Fund Account No. 5107 to the Texas Workforce Commission | |||||||
for the Texas Back to Work Program, and to the Texas Department of | |||||||
Housing and Community Affairs for the Homeless Housing Program. | |||||||
SECTION 10. Contingency for Senate Bill 7: Managed Care | |||||||
Expansion. Contingent on the enactment of Senate Bill 7 or similar | |||||||
legislation by the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, | |||||||
authorizing the use of managed care in the South Texas counties of | |||||||
Cameron, Hidalgo, and Maverick, the following actions shall take | |||||||
place: | |||||||
a. The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is | |||||||
appropriated $57,370,186 in General Revenue Funds and | |||||||
$87,670,192 in Federal Funds in fiscal year 2012 and | |||||||
$121,680,697 in General Revenue and $185,809,691 in | |||||||
Federal Funds in fiscal year 2013 for Goal B, Medicaid (a | |||||||
biennial total of $179,050,883 in General Revenue Funds | |||||||
and $273,479,883 in Federal Funds); and | |||||||
b. General Revenue appropriations to HHSC are increased by | |||||||
$143,139,236 in fiscal year 2012 and $297,625,734 in | |||||||
fiscal year 2013 and General Revenue appropriations to | |||||||
the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) | |||||||
are reduced by $143,139,236 in fiscal year 2012 and | |||||||
$297,625,734 in fiscal year 2013; therefore, | |||||||
appropriations at HHSC and DADS for the expansion of the | |||||||
managed care model for the provision of services is | |||||||
assumed to be identical to the strategy funding levels of | |||||||
both agencies in House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, Regular | |||||||
Session, 2011. | |||||||
The Commission shall provide a report detailing the cost | |||||||
savings in General Revenue Funds and All Funds realized by the | |||||||
expansion of managed care in the biennium. The report shall be | |||||||
submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor by | |||||||
December 1, 2012. | |||||||
SECTION 11. Contingency for Senate Bill 7: Institute of | |||||||
Health Care Quality and Efficiency. Contingent on the enactment of | |||||||
Senate Bill 7, 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or | |||||||
similar legislation relating to creation of an Institute of Health | |||||||
Care Quality and Efficiency and repeal of the Texas Health Care | |||||||
Policy Council, the Health and Human Services Commission is | |||||||
appropriated $228,800 in fiscal year 2012 and $228,800 in fiscal | |||||||
year 2013 in interagency contracts. The number of "Full-Time | |||||||
Equivalents (FTE)" is increased by 2.0 FTEs in fiscal year 2012 and | |||||||
2.0 FTEs in fiscal year 2013. | |||||||
SECTION 12. Contingency for Senate Bill 7; Health Care | |||||||
Collaborative. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 7, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | |||||||
relating to creation of health care collaboratives, out of the fees | |||||||
and assessments collected by the Department of Insurance, the | |||||||
Department is appropriated: | |||||||
a. $169,408 for fiscal year 2012 and $461,901 for fiscal | |||||||
year 2013 from General Revenue Insurance Companies | |||||||
Maintenance Tax and Insurance Department Fees, and | |||||||
b. $254,112 for fiscal year 2012 and $692,851 for fiscal | |||||||
year 2013 from General Revenue Dedicated Fund 36, the | |||||||
Texas Department of Insurance operating account, to | |||||||
implement the provisions of the legislation. | |||||||
The number of "Full-Time Equivalents (FTE)" is increased by | |||||||
8.0 FTEs in fiscal year 2012 and 16.0 FTEs in fiscal year 2013. | |||||||
SECTION 13. Basic Civil Legal Services and Indigent | |||||||
Defense. In addition to amounts appropriated in House Bill 1, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011: | |||||||
(a) The Supreme Court of Texas in Strategy B.1.1, Basic | |||||||
Civil Legal Services, is hereby appropriated $8,783,784 in fiscal | |||||||
year 2012 and $8,783,783 in fiscal year 2013 in General Revenue for | |||||||
Basic Civil Legal Services; and | |||||||
(b) The Office of Court Administration in Strategy A.2.1, | |||||||
Indigent Defense, is hereby appropriated $2,437,944 in fiscal year | |||||||
2012 and $5,175,887 in fiscal year 2013 from the General | |||||||
Revenue-Dedicated Fair Defense Account No. 5073 to restore grants | |||||||
to counties ($2,350,894 in fiscal year 2012 and $5,088,837 in | |||||||
fiscal year 2013) and grant administration ($87,050 each fiscal | |||||||
year). The agency's FTE cap shall be increased by 1.0 FTE for grant | |||||||
administration in each year of the biennium. | |||||||
SECTION 14. Trusteed Programs within the Office of the | |||||||
Governor: Disaster Funding. (a) In addition to amounts | |||||||
appropriated in House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, | |||||||
2011, the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor is | |||||||
hereby appropriated $39,000,000 in General Revenue in fiscal year | |||||||
2012 in lapsed appropriations made in House Bill 4586, 81st | |||||||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, for the purpose of providing | |||||||
disaster relief. | |||||||
(b) If any state agency or institution of higher education | |||||||
receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or | |||||||
another source for an expenditure paid for or reimbursed under | |||||||
subsection (a) above, the agency or institution shall reimburse the | |||||||
state by depositing the amount of the reimbursement to the credit of | |||||||
the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor. Amounts | |||||||
deposited under this subsection are reappropriated to the Trusteed | |||||||
Programs within the Office of the Governor for disaster | |||||||
preparedness and recovery costs for the two-year period beginning | |||||||
on the effective date of this Act. | |||||||
(c) Any unexpended balance as of August 31, 2012, may be | |||||||
carried forward to the fiscal year starting September 1, 2012, for | |||||||
the same purpose. | |||||||
SECTION 15. Commission on State Emergency Communications. | |||||||
(a) Rider 10 on page I-31 of House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, | |||||||
Regular Session, 2011, in the bill pattern of the Commission on | |||||||
State Emergency Communications has no effect. | |||||||
(b) Contingent on the collection of fees in the General | |||||||
Revenue-Dedicated 9-1-1 Services Fees Account No. 5050 in excess of | |||||||
$112,968,000 contained in the Comptroller of Public Accounts' | |||||||
Biennial Revenue Estimate for the 2012-2013 biennium, the | |||||||
Commission on State Emergency Communications is hereby | |||||||
appropriated the excess revenue, not to exceed $11,722,424 for the | |||||||
2012-2013 biennium, in Strategy A.1.1, 9-1-1 Network Operations and | |||||||
Equipment Replacement for 9-1-1 Network Operations and for 9-1-1 | |||||||
equipment replacement per the established 10-year equipment | |||||||
replacement schedule. If the Comptroller finds the information | |||||||
sufficient to support the projection of increased revenues, a | |||||||
finding of fact to that effect shall be issued and the contingent | |||||||
appropriation shall be made available for the intended purposes. | |||||||
SECTION 16. Texas State Technical College - Waco: Connally | |||||||
Technology Center. Contingent on Section 13 of House Bill 4, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, not taking effect, in addition | |||||||
to amounts appropriated to the Texas State Technical College - Waco | |||||||
in House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, | |||||||
$2,000,000 is hereby appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 | |||||||
to the Texas State Technical College - Waco for institutional | |||||||
operations. | |||||||
SECTION 17. Lamar Institute of Technology: Technical Arts | |||||||
Building. Contingent on Section 34 of House Bill 4, 82nd | |||||||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, not taking effect, in addition | |||||||
to amounts appropriated to the Lamar Institute of Technology in | |||||||
House Bill 1, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, $5,000,000 | |||||||
is hereby appropriated from General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Lamar | |||||||
Institute of Technology for institutional operations. | |||||||
SECTION 18. SAVING CLAUSE. If any section, sentence, | |||||||
clause or part of this Act shall for any reason be held to be | |||||||
invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of | |||||||
this Act; and it is hereby declared to be the intention of the | |||||||
Legislature to have passed each sentence, section, clause, or part | |||||||
thereof irrespective of the fact that any other sentence, section, | |||||||
clause, or part thereof may be declared invalid. | |||||||
SECTION 19. This Act takes effect immediately. |