Bill Text: TX SR105 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Reported enrolled [SR105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR105-Enrolled.html
By: Ogden | S.R. No. 105 |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, That Senate Rules 12.03 | ||
and 12.04, be suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 | ||
to enable consideration of, and action on, the following specific | ||
matters which may be contained in the Conference Committee Report | ||
on Senate Bill 2. | ||
I. FISCAL PROGRAMS - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 26. Appropriation: Jobs and Education for | ||
Texans. There is hereby appropriated all remaining unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances as of August 31, 2011 (estimated to be | ||
$5,000,000), out of the General Revenue-Dedicated Jobs and | ||
Education for Texans Account No. 5143 to the Comptroller of | ||
Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs for the purposes of providing | ||
grants in accordance with Government Code, Chapter 403, | ||
Subchapter O, and Education Code, Chapter 134. Any unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of August 31, 2012, are | ||
hereby appropriated for the same purpose for the fiscal year | ||
beginning September 1, 2012. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04(5), to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 26. Appropriation: Jobs and Education for | ||
Texans. There is hereby appropriated all remaining unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances as of August 31, 2011 (estimated to be | ||
$5,000,000), out of the General Revenue-Dedicated Jobs and | ||
Education for Texans Account No. 5143 to the Comptroller of | ||
Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs for the purposes of providing | ||
grants in accordance with Government Code, Chapter 403, | ||
Subchapter O, and Education Code, Chapter 134. Any unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of August 31, 2012, are | ||
hereby appropriated for the same purpose for the fiscal year | ||
beginning September 1, 2012. | ||
II. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 27. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Charter | ||
School Bonds. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | ||
relating to the guarantee of open-enrollment charter school | ||
bonds by the Permanent School Fund, by the 82nd Legislature, 1st | ||
Called Session, 2011, the Texas Education Agency is hereby | ||
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund $550,000 in each | ||
fiscal year of the 2012-2013 biennium. These appropriations are | ||
contingent upon the Texas Education Agency assessing fees | ||
sufficient to generate, during the 2012-2013 biennium, revenue | ||
to cover the appropriations for implementation of the | ||
legislation as well as associated "other direct and indirect | ||
costs" appropriated elsewhere in this Act. In the event that | ||
actual and/or projected revenue collections are insufficient to | ||
offset the costs identified by this provision, the Comptroller of | ||
Public Accounts may reduce the appropriation authority provided | ||
herein to be within the amount of revenue expected to be | ||
available. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04(5), to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 27. Contingency for Senate Bill 1: Charter | ||
School Bonds. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | ||
relating to the guarantee of open-enrollment charter school | ||
bonds by the Permanent School Fund, by the 82nd Legislature, 1st | ||
Called Session, 2011, the Texas Education Agency is hereby | ||
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund $550,000 in each | ||
fiscal year of the 2012-2013 biennium. These appropriations are | ||
contingent upon the Texas Education Agency assessing fees | ||
sufficient to generate, during the 2012-2013 biennium, revenue | ||
to cover the appropriations for implementation of the | ||
legislation as well as associated "other direct and indirect | ||
costs" appropriated elsewhere in this Act. In the event that | ||
actual and/or projected revenue collections are insufficient to | ||
offset the costs identified by this provision, the Comptroller of | ||
Public Accounts may reduce the appropriation authority provided | ||
herein to be within the amount of revenue expected to be | ||
available. | ||
III. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 28. University of Texas at Austin. Out of funds | ||
appropriated to The University of Texas at Austin in Strategy | ||
C.4.1, Institutional Enhancement, in House Bill 1, 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, $500,000 in General Revenue | ||
in fiscal year 2012 and $500,000 in general revenue in fiscal | ||
year 2013 is for a program at the College of Fine Arts developed | ||
in partnership with the Texas Cultural Trust to extend the fine | ||
arts digital literacy curriculum to 10th grade fine arts | ||
instruction and the development of teacher certification | ||
curriculum in digital literacy for the fine arts. | ||
IV. TEXAS FOREST SERVICE | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 29. Texas Forest Service. In addition to amounts | ||
appropriated to the Texas Forest Service in House Bill 1, Acts of | ||
the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, there is hereby | ||
appropriated $40,000,000 in General Revenue in fiscal year 2012 | ||
to the agency for combating wildfire. Any unexpended balances as | ||
of August 31, 2012, are hereby appropriated to the Texas Forest | ||
Service for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012, for the | ||
same purpose. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04(5), to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 29. Texas Forest Service. In addition to amounts | ||
appropriated to the Texas Forest Service in House Bill 1, Acts of | ||
the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, there is hereby | ||
appropriated $40,000,000 in General Revenue in fiscal year 2012 | ||
to the agency for combating wildfire. Any unexpended balances as | ||
of August 31, 2012, are hereby appropriated to the Texas Forest | ||
Service for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012, for the | ||
same purpose. | ||
V. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 30. Department of Public Safety: Border | ||
Security. In addition to amounts appropriated in House Bill 1, | ||
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and in | ||
addition to capital purchases authorized in Rider 2 of the bill | ||
pattern for the Texas Department of Public Safety: The Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety is hereby appropriated $1,200,000 in | ||
General Revenue for the 2012-2013 biennium to be allocated as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) $1,066,667 shall be used to purchase the following: | ||
(1) $800,000 for tactical vessels; and | ||
(2) $266,667 for weaponry. | ||
(b) $133,333 shall be used by the agency for operations | ||
costs, not including training costs, associated with the | ||
equipment identified above. | ||
The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary and | ||
corresponding adjustments to the bill pattern of the Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety, including adjustments to Rider 2, | ||
Capital Budget, as necessary to implement the appropriation | ||
authority provided by this section. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04(5), to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 30. Department of Public Safety: Border | ||
Security. In addition to amounts appropriated in House Bill 1, | ||
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and in | ||
addition to capital purchases authorized in Rider 2 of the bill | ||
pattern for the Texas Department of Public Safety: The Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety is hereby appropriated $1,200,000 in | ||
General Revenue for the 2012-2013 biennium to be allocated as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) $1,066,667 shall be used to purchase the following: | ||
(1) $800,000 for tactical vessels; and | ||
(2) $266,667 for weaponry. | ||
(b) $133,333 shall be used by the agency for operations | ||
costs, not including training costs, associated with the | ||
equipment identified above. | ||
The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary and | ||
corresponding adjustments to the bill pattern of the Department | ||
of Public Safety, including adjustments to Rider 2, Capital | ||
Budget, as necessary to implement the appropriation authority | ||
provided by this section. | ||
VI. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 31. Parks and Wildlife Department: Border | ||
Security. In addition to amounts appropriated in House Bill 1, | ||
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and in | ||
addition to capital purchases authorized in Rider 2 of the bill | ||
pattern for the Parks and Wildlife Department: The Texas Parks | ||
and Wildlife Department is hereby appropriated $909,759 in | ||
General Revenue for the 2012-2013 biennium to be allocated as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) $578,959 shall be used to purchase the following: | ||
(1) $501,359 for SAFEBOATS; and | ||
(2) $77,600 for weaponry and ammunition. | ||
(b) $330,800 shall be used by the agency for operations | ||
costs, not including training costs, associated with the | ||
equipment identified above. | ||
The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary and | ||
corresponding adjustments to the bill pattern of the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Department, including adjustments to Rider 2, Capital | ||
Budget, as necessary to implement the appropriation authority | ||
provided by this section. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04(5), to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 31. Parks and Wildlife Department: Border | ||
Security. In addition to amounts appropriated in House Bill 1, | ||
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and in | ||
addition to capital purchases authorized in Rider 2 of the bill | ||
pattern for the Parks and Wildlife Department: The Texas Parks | ||
and Wildlife Department is hereby appropriated $909,759 in | ||
General Revenue for the 2012-2013 biennium to be allocated as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) $578,959 shall be used to purchase the following: | ||
(1) $501,359 for SAFEBOATS; and | ||
(2) $77,600 for weaponry and ammunition. | ||
(b) $330,800 shall be used by the agency for operations | ||
costs, not including training costs, associated with the | ||
equipment identified above. | ||
The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary and | ||
corresponding adjustments to the bill pattern of the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Department, including adjustments to Rider 2, Capital | ||
Budget, as necessary to implement the appropriation authority | ||
provided by this section. | ||
VII. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF RURAL AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF | ||
AGRICULTURE | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 32. Texas Department of Rural Affairs: Transfer | ||
of Functions. Contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 1, 82nd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, or similar legislation | ||
providing for the transfer of all functions of the Texas | ||
Department of Rural Affairs: | ||
(a) All appropriations, FTEs, riders and measures for the | ||
Texas Department of Rural Affairs in House Bill 1, Acts of the | ||
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, for all nondisaster | ||
relief funding purposes, including Community Development Block | ||
Grant planning grant funds, are hereby transferred and | ||
appropriated to the Texas Department of Agriculture. | ||
(b) The Legislative Budget Board shall work with the | ||
affected agencies on an agreement for the proper amount and | ||
allocation of appropriations, FTEs, measures and riders. The | ||
Legislative Budget Board shall approve the allocation agreement | ||
by August 31, 2011, and will resolve any allocation issues that | ||
arise thereafter. | ||
(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary | ||
adjustments as a result of this section to the bill patterns of | ||
the affected agencies. | ||
VIII. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS | ||
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL AFFAIRS, GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND VETERANS' | ||
LAND BOARD | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03(4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 33. Community Development Block Grant: Disaster | ||
Relief Funding. Pursuant to the Governor designating the General | ||
Land Office as the state agency responsible for administration of | ||
the Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery funding | ||
for Texas, as allowed under the Consolidated Security, Disaster | ||
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act and other related | ||
federal provisions: | ||
(a) All appropriations, FTEs, riders, and measures for | ||
the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs related to | ||
Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery funding and | ||
assistance in House Bill 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2011, are hereby transferred and appropriated to the | ||
General Land Office. | ||
(b) All appropriations, FTEs, riders and measures for the | ||
Texas Department of Rural Affairs, or its successor agency, | ||
related to disaster recovery funding in House Bill 1, Acts of the | ||
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, are hereby transferred | ||
and appropriated to the General Land Office. | ||
(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall work with the | ||
affected agencies on an agreement for the proper amount and | ||
allocation of appropriations, FTEs, measures and riders. The | ||
Legislative Budget Board shall approve the allocation agreement | ||
by August 31, 2011, and will resolve any allocation issues that | ||
arise thereafter. | ||
(d) The Legislative Budget Board shall make all necessary | ||
adjustments as a result of this section to the bill patterns of | ||
the affected agencies. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 27, 2011, by | ||
the | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |