By: Huffman S.B. No. 1280
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
designated by this Act; making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of itemized claims
and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
To pay claim number 95M30086 to Stanley George Winter for
replacement of voided fee overpayment warrant issued April 8,
2004$9.80
To pay claim number 95M30204 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void franchise tax refund warrant issued December
28, 2006$56,907.48
To pay claim number 95M30298 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void franchise tax refund warrant issued December 9,
2004$1,743.43
To pay claim number 95M30313 to State Street Bank and Trust
Company for refund of state notice filing fees collected from
January 1, 2005, to October 31, 2007$1,042,609.39
To pay claim number 95M30314 to John H. Brooks, Independent
Executor for Estate of Edward E. Suddath, for replacement of
inheritance tax refund warrant issued December 6, 1999$424.85
To pay claim number 95M30367 to Vera Barstow/Estate of Robert
W. Barstow for replacement of void operations of vending machine
warrant issued December 11, 1995$934.00
To pay claim number 95M40052 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void franchise tax refund warrant issued November 4,
2002$795.53
To pay claim number 95M40055 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void health services refund warrant issued November
12, 2003$42.00
To pay claim number 95M40218 to a confidential payee for
replacement of two void franchise tax refund warrants issued March
27, 2002, and January 12, 2004$4,334.31
To pay claim number 95M40225 to Dan McCormick for replacement
of void warrant issued for filing fees on June 23, 2000$75.00
To pay claim number 95M40234 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void franchise tax warrant issued March 20,
1991$490.53
To pay claim number 95M40302 to a confidential payee for
replacement of net payroll void warrant issued December 1,
2004$888.82
To pay claim number 95M40308 to Friends Health Care Services
for health care provided to various patients between October 27,
2006, and July 31, 2007$176,370.48
To pay claim number 95M40309 to Friends Health Care Services
for health care provided to various patients between February 2,
2007, and July 31, 2007$110,164.53
To pay claim number 95M40335 to a confidential payee for
replacement of void franchise tax refund warrant issued September
14, 2004$68,169.30
To pay claim number 95M40349 to Angelitos Health Care, Inc.,
doing business as Angelitos Health Care, Inc., for services
provided from September 2, 2006, to June 15, 2007$17,722.67
To pay claim number 95M50002 to Bob G. Bailey for replacement
of void taxes/insurance warrant issued January 12, 1994$16.80
To pay claim number 95M50007 to D & S Residential Services,
LP, for mental retardation private institutional care from
September 1, 2010, to August 31, 2011$59,695.02
To pay claim number 95M50010 to Estate of Erwin G. Ernst for
replacement of void district judge travel reimbursement warrant
issued September 14, 1988$370.93
To pay claim number 95M50029 to a confidential payee for
replacement of a void franchise tax warrant issued April 8,
2009$80,491.40
To pay claim number 95M50043 to Harold Gaither for
replacement of void travel reimbursement warrant issued December 5,
2002$226.22
To pay claim number 95M50092 to Verizon Select Services,
Inc., for maintenance invoice number MN63056 and maintenance
invoice number MN63055 for the period from August 1, 2011, to July
31, 2012$119,463.00
To pay claim number 95M50143 to Connie S. Klostermann,
Trustee, C.B. Sealy Nursing Home, Inc., doing business as Colonial
Belle, for nursing home services provided from January 3, 2009, to
September 30, 2011, for various patients$47,473.73
SECTION 2. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the State Highway Fund No. 0006 for payment of itemized claims
and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
To pay claim number 94M20357 to Shell Pipeline Company LP for
adjustment of Chocolate Bayou Propylene Line on I-45 Expansion
during the period from September 1, 2004, to August 31, 2005,
invoice number 90019221 - agreement number U10540 - CSJ number
0500-03-475$140,939.80
To pay claim number 95M30231 to the City of Plano for
engineering expenses incurred during the period from September 1,
2005, to April 7, 2006, related to a traffic study project number
5389, invoices 1-5$51,968.10
To pay claim number 95M30242 to CenterPoint Energy Gas
Transmission for utility adjustments near U.S. Highway 59 in Marion
County from September 1, 2007, to August 31, 2008$84,519.05
To pay claim number 95M30243 to Texarkana Water Utilities for
water main relocation on May 7, 2010, in Cass County near F.M. 3129
at Union Pacific Railroad$156,574.98
To pay claim number 95M30309 to Cameron County Administration
for right-of-way acquisition for parcel 17 local public agency
reimbursement$137.85
To pay claim number 95M30310 to Texarkana Water Utilities for
reimbursement for utility adjustment on FM 559, parcel
U12295$76,183.04
To pay claim number 95M30347 to Upshur Rural Electric
Cooperative for a billing of utility adjustment parcel U11126,
invoice number 20090731$51,006.13
To pay claim number 95M30351 to the City of Dallas for
acquisition of land and appraisal work on parcel 4$175,032.00
To pay claim number 95M30356 to the City of Plano for
reimbursement of engineering expenses from September 1, 2004, to
August 31, 2005, for design project number 5283$47,370.96
To pay claim number 95M30357 to the City of Plano for
reimbursement of engineering expenses from September 1, 2008, to
August 31, 2009, for design project number 5283$33,130.73
To pay claim number 95M30358 to the City of Plano for
reimbursement of engineering expenses from September 1, 2007, to
August 31, 2008, for design project number 5283$19,862.14
To pay claim number 95M30359 to the City of Plano for
reimbursement of engineering expenses from September 1, 2006, to
August 31, 2007, for design project number 5283$78,104.34
To pay claim number 95M30360 to the City of Plano for
reimbursement of engineering expenses from September 1, 2005, to
August 31, 2006, for design project number 5283$15,080.00
To pay claim number 95M40004 to the San Antonio Water System
for reimbursement of engineering expenses for fiscal year
2009$197,036.66
To pay claim number 95M40005 to Entergy Texas for utility
work performed in fiscal year 2010$24,979.19
To pay claim number 95M40081 to Austin Energy for utility
relocation in fiscal year 2008 invoice number 11E209956$138,017.77
To pay claim number 95M40144 to Enbridge Pipeline (East
Texas), LP, for utility reimbursement April 17, 2009, invoice
number 2176284$72,573.46
To pay claim number 95M40273 to Enbridge Pipeline (East
Texas), LP, for utility reimbursement for fiscal year
2007$50,712.18
To pay claim number 95M40366 to American Electric Power for
utility reimbursement from April 2009 to September 2009$125,979.42
To pay claim number 95M40367 to American Electric Power for
utility adjustment for April 2009 to September 2009$175,662.61
To pay claim number 95M40368 to West Texas LPG Pipeline
Limited Partnership for utility adjustment invoice number
PWREM-02143-1210$71,022.41
To pay claim number 95M50018 to Enbridge Energy Partners, LP,
for utility reimbursement for fiscal year 2008$120,483.60
To pay claim number 95M50038 to Trinity Valley Electric
Cooperative, Inc., for utility adjustment invoice number 858, April
15, 2008$286,268.14
To pay claim number 95M50039 to Trinity Valley Electric
Cooperative, Inc., for utility adjustment invoice number 942, March
31, 2009$130,631.94
To pay claim number 95M50053 to Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline,
LLC, for utility agreement from December 13, 2011, to July 1,
2012$494,812.88
To pay claim number 95M50127 to Kinder Morgan Operating, LP,
doing business as Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, LLC, for utility
adjustment for fiscal year 2012$242,447.70
To pay claim number 95M50130 to Centerpoint Energy Gas for
utility agreement fiscal year 2010$70,583.08
To pay claim number 95M50131 to Centerpoint Energy Gas for
utility agreement fiscal year 2010$124,330.56
To pay claim number 95M50132 to Centerpoint Energy Gas for
utility agreement fiscal year 2010$64,635.84
To pay claim number 95M50133 to Centerpoint Energy Gas for
utility agreement fiscal year 2012$134,749.91
To pay claim number 95M50253 to the City of Hurst for
engineering professional services from October 1, 2009, to November
30, 2009$30,950.00
SECTION 3. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the Game, Fish, and Water Safety General Revenue Account No. 0009
for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
against the State of Texas:
To pay claim number 95M40184 to the City of Athens for a
utility bill number 04-3001-00 for the period from December 19,
2002, to January 22, 2013$2,328.73
To pay claim number 95M40324 to Enrique Rodriguez for
replacement for a void game license refund warrant issued March 20,
2000$150.00
SECTION 4. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the State Parks General Revenue Account No. 0064 for payment of
itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any, against the
State of Texas:
To pay claim number 95M30191 to ONEOK, Inc., doing business
as Texas Gas Service, for natural gas services from June 28, 2004,
to September 3, 2008, for account number 910346280-1252095-00 at
Fort Richardson State Park at 228 Park Road 61$97.99
To pay claim number 95M30192 to ONEOK, Inc., doing business
as Texas Gas Service, for natural gas services from June 28, 2004,
to September 3, 2008, for account number 910346280-1112953-00 at
Fort Richardson State Park at 629 Depot Street$77.69
SECTION 5. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the Compensation to Victims of Crime General Revenue Account No.
0469 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if
any, against the State of Texas:
To pay claim number 95M30370 to a confidential payee for a
replacement of void crime victim's compensation warrant issued July
13, 2000$940.00
SECTION 6. The following sums of money are appropriated out
of the Unemployment Compensation Clearance Account Fund No. 0936
for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
against the State of Texas:
To pay claim number 95M30103 to John P. Lincoln, D.D.S., for a
replacement of a void surplus tax credit refund warrant issued
December 21, 2004$25.43
SECTION 7. (a) Before any claim or judgment may be paid
from money appropriated by this Act, the claim or judgment must be
verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special fund
or account against which the claim or judgment is to be charged and
be approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
accounts. Any claim or judgment itemized in this Act that has not
been verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special
fund or account and approved by the attorney general and the
comptroller by August 31, 2017, may not be paid from money
appropriated by this Act.
(b) Each claim or judgment paid from money appropriated by
this Act must contain such information as the comptroller of public
accounts requires but at a minimum must contain the specific reason
for the claim or judgment. If the claim is for a void warrant, the
claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
services, refunds, or other items for which the warrant was
originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
the original payee or the original payee's successors, heirs, or
assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim or
judgment is for unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by
an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account
and any other information that may be required by the comptroller.
SECTION 8. Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller of
public accounts is authorized and directed to issue one or more
warrants on the state treasury, as soon as possible following the
effective date of this Act, in favor of each of the individuals,
firms, or corporations named or claim numbers identified in this
Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set opposite their
respective names or claim numbers and shall mail or deliver to each
of the individuals, firms, or corporations associated with each
claim one or more warrants in payment of all claims included in this
Act.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.