By: Ogden S.B. No. 2
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  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:
 
General Revenue $6,698,395
 
General Revenue-Dedicated 96,261
 
Federal Funds 29,330
 
Fund 006 696,386
 
 
All Funds $7,520,372
         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:
 
A.1.1., FSP Equalized Operations 2012 2013
 
Available School Fund $1,099,948,815 $1,726,989,252
 
Foundation School Fund 13,412,514,119 12,656,939,681
 
Property Tax Relief Fund 2,198,994,000 2,338,574,000
 
Appropriated Receipts 906,500,000 835,600,000
 
Lottery Proceeds 1,002,457,000 1,006,111,000
 
Total, A.1.1 $18,620,413,934 $18,564,213,933
 
 
A.1.2, FSP Equalized Facilities  
 
Foundation School Fund $650,000,000 $716,100,000
         (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:
 
2012 2013
 
Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development $4,099,221 $4,070,349
 
Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections $10,314,041 $10,350,753
 
Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation $496,396 $461,550
 
Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging $935,444 $919,808
 
Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services $921,107 $914,012
 
 
TOTAL $16,766,209 $16,716,472
         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:
 
2012 2013
 
Strategy A.1.1, Energy Resource Development $1,114,744 $1,114,744
 
Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and Inspections $851,800 $851,800
 
Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas Remediation $3,786,565 $3,786,565
 
Strategy C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging $14,690,620 $14,690,620
 
Strategy D.1.2, Public Information and Services $138,051 $138,050
 
 
TOTAL $20,581,780 $20,581,779
         (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.