86R19540 KJE-F
By: Nelson, et al. S.B. No. 500
(Zerwas)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 500: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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, general revenue account number 0193, 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 $643,300,000.
(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 commission, are reduced by
$2,000,000.
SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to
the General Land Office 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 D.1.1., Rebuild Housing, as
listed in that Act, are reduced by $48,600,000.
SECTION 6. 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 7. JUDICIARY SECTION, COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT:
VISITING JUDGES PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, for the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2019, for visiting judge assignments to fill
district court vacancies under Strategy A.1.2., Visiting
Judges - Regions, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act).
SECTION 8. JUDICIARY SECTION, COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT:
LONGEVITY PAY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $546,589 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Judiciary
Section, Comptroller's Department, for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2019, for reimbursing counties for longevity pay made to
eligible assistant district attorneys under Strategy D.1.1.,
Assistant Prosecutor Longevity Pay, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 9. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS TOMORROW
FUND. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, the amount necessary to
fund the prepaid higher education tuition program described by
Section 19, Article VII, Texas Constitution, for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act (estimated to be
$210,981,159) is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the comptroller of public accounts for that period for the
purpose of immediately depositing that amount in the Texas tomorrow
fund created under that section.
SECTION 10. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR: ARMY FUTURES COMMAND. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$50,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
engaging this state's public institutions of higher education with
private sector industries to establish and equip a proving ground
site and to commercialize and manufacture critical emerging
technologies for infrastructure networks, public safety, and
national defense under Strategy C.1.1., Create Jobs and Promote
Texas, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
Act).
SECTION 11. 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 12. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID
SHORTFALL. (a) 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).
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall transfer
$5,500,000 of the money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section from Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, to Strategy D.2.3.,
Community Mental Health Crisis Services, as listed in Chapter 605
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
General Appropriations Act).
(c) Out of amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section, the Health and Human Services Commission shall reserve an
amount sufficient to reimburse providers for the cost of intensive
behavioral intervention for persons under 20 years of age with
autism spectrum disorder as a covered Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnostic, and Treatment Medicaid benefit, and may spend the
reserved amount only for that purpose during the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019.
SECTION 13. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE
HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. 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 14. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: CERTAIN
TRANSFERS. From amounts previously appropriated for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, the Health and Human
Services Commission shall transfer $6,154,893 from Goal A, Medicaid
Client Services, to Strategy B.1.1., Medicaid Contracts and
Administration, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
Act), for use for contingency contracts.
SECTION 15. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: HEALTH
INSURANCE PROVIDERS FEE. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$63,832,747 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, to provide funding for the health insurance
providers fee 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 16. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: HEALTHY
TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$14,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for the Healthy Texas Women program under
Strategy D.1.1., Women's Health Program, as listed in Chapter 605
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 17. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MENTAL
HEALTH STATE HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$37,500,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for mental health state hospital services
under Strategy G.2.1., Mental Health State Hospitals, as listed in
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 18. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: EARLY
CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$3,500,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for early childhood intervention under
Strategy D.1.3., Early Childhood Intervention Services, as listed
in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 19. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE
SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$7,200,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for state supported living centers under
Strategy G.1.1., State Supported Living Centers, as listed in
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 20. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RATE
INCREASE FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2019, $100,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue
fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for a rate
increase for children's hospitals 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).
SECTION 21. 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 22. 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 23. 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 24. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
TEMPORARY EMERGENCY FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS. In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2019, and in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act,
$2,068,053 is appropriated from the general revenue fund, and
$218,512 is appropriated from federal funds, to the Department of
Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2019, for temporary emergency foster care placements
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 25. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
REGION 3B COMMUNITY-BASED CARE. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$8,852,050 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 community-based care in Region 3B
under Strategy B.1.1., CPS Direct Delivery Staff, as listed in
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 26. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: X-ALD. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $7,927,458 is appropriated from
the general revenue fund to the Department of State Health Services
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for screening newborns for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)
under Strategy A.4.1., Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter
605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017
(the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 27. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: TRAUMA
CAPACITY AND RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2019, $30,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund to the Department of State Health Services for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
increasing trauma capacity and improving related trauma response
infrastructure under Strategy B.2.1., EMS and Trauma Care Systems,
as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
(b) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section, $5,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in
accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to trauma
service area regional advisory councils for improving emergency
management services.
(c) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section, $25,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in
accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to
hospitals that demonstrate the ability to efficiently and
effectively increase trauma capacity and improve related trauma
response infrastructure. The Department of State Health Services
shall allocate:
(1) at least 35 percent of that amount to provide
funding to hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley, prioritizing, to the
extent consistent with general law, primary teaching hospitals in
that region with a general surgery program;
(2) not more than 35 percent of that amount to provide
funding to hospitals located in a region directly affected by
Hurricane Harvey; and
(3) not more than 30 percent of that amount to
hospitals located in a region not described by Subdivision (1) or
(2) of this subsection, prioritizing, to the extent consistent with
general law, hospitals located in rural areas.
(d) Any funding provided to an entity under Subsection (b)
or (c) of this section that is not spent for the purpose for which
the funding was provided must be returned to the state.
(e) The unexpended balance of money allocated as provided by
Subsection (b) or (c) of this section as of August 31, 2020, is
appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose for which
it was allocated.
SECTION 28. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: POST-DISASTER SCHOOL
SAFETY. (a) Contingent on legislation of the 86th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2019, authorizing the Texas Education Agency to
reimburse school districts for post-disaster recovery becoming
law, in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $10,930,000 is appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
to reimburse eligible school districts for post-disaster recovery.
(b) The Texas Education Agency shall allocate the amount
appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section to school
districts that:
(1) are recovering from a school shooting that
occurred during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019;
and
(2) for the 2017-2018 school year, had a student
enrollment of fewer than 4,800.
(c) The Texas Education Agency may provide a school district
with funding appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section only
for uses relating to necessary and appropriate post-disaster
recovery approved by the agency in accordance with procedures
adopted under general law.
SECTION 29. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADULT HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION CHARTER SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $37,657 is appropriated from the
general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the adult high school
diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program
under Section 29.259, Education Code, under Strategy A.2.1.,
Statewide Educational Programs, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act).
SECTION 30. 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
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 31. KILGORE COLLEGE: HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP
INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$1,238,238 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to Kilgore
College for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, to provide
for state contributions for health benefits.
SECTION 32. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION: FACILITY ABATEMENT AND DEMOLITION. In addition to
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2019, $29,644,640 is appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the Texas State Technical College
System Administration for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the abatement and demolition of
certain facilities on the system's Waco campus.
SECTION 33. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS
RESEARCH INCENTIVE PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$182,549,388 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the Higher Education Coordinating Board for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the Texas Research
Incentive Program (TRIP) under Strategy I.1.1., Texas Research
Incentive Program, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act).
SECTION 34. 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 two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for expenses related to Hurricane
Harvey.
SECTION 35. 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 two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 36. 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 two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 37. 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 two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for expenses related to
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 38. 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 two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for expenses related to Hurricane
Harvey.
SECTION 39. LAMAR UNIVERSITY: PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED TO
HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $1,418,585 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to Lamar
University for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act for property damage related to Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 40. LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: PROPERTY DAMAGE
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$1,312,657 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
Lamar Institute of Technology for the two-year period beginning on
the effective date of this Act for property damage related to
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 41. LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - PORT ARTHUR: PROPERTY
DAMAGE RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2019, $6,319,458 is appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund to Lamar State College - Port Arthur for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
property damage related to Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 42. LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - ORANGE: PROPERTY DAMAGE
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$406,112 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
Lamar State College - Orange for the two-year period beginning on
the effective date of this Act for property damage related to
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 43. 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, $2,458,239.76
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 44. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $54,909,580.30 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 wildfires.
SECTION 45. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: MARINE SCIENCE
INSTITUTE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $10,200,000 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to The University
of Texas at Austin for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for storm damage prevention and
compliance and the mitigation of damages related to Hurricane
Harvey under Strategy C.2.1., Marine Science Institute, as listed
in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 46. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: THERMAL PLANT AND
STEAM TUNNEL MAINTENANCE. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$16,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
Texas Southern University for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the maintenance of the university's
central thermal plant and site/steam tunnels.
SECTION 47. 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 48. 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 49. 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 50. 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) $34,954,409 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 51. 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 52. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: MATCHING FUNDS FOR FEMA HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Contingent on legislation of the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, authorizing the
establishment of a zero or low-interest disaster recovery loan
program administered by the Texas Division of Emergency Management
in the Department of Public Safety becoming law, in addition to
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2019, $273,000,000 is appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the division for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
providing matching funds for projects sponsored by eligible
political subdivisions of this state and approved for the Hazard
Mitigation Grant program administered by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(b) To the extent consistent with general law, the Texas
Division of Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety
may provide the money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section to a political subdivision described by that subsection
only if the political subdivision has first applied any available
federal Community Development Block Grant funds for disaster relief
toward the total amount of matching funds required under the Hazard
Mitigation Grant program administered by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
SECTION 53. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: MATCHING FUNDS FOR FEMA PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. Contingent on legislation of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, authorizing the establishment
of a zero or low-interest disaster recovery loan program
administered by the Texas Division of Emergency Management in the
Department of Public Safety that requires eligible political
subdivisions of this state to first demonstrate that all means of
reimbursement from the federal government and from insurance have
been exhausted and that provides for criteria to be established for
the demonstration of the need for financial assistance becoming
law, in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state
fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $400,000,000 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the division
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for the purpose of providing matching funds for projects sponsored
by eligible political subdivisions of this state and approved for
the Public Assistance grant program administered by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
SECTION 54. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: 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 General Land Office 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), to remove vessels
and repair or replace structures or equipment damaged by Hurricane
Harvey:
(1) $696,921 for Strategy A.2.1., Asset Management;
(2) $20,459,797 for Strategy B.1.1., Coastal
Management;
(3) $430,000 for Strategy B.1.2., Coastal Erosion
Control Grants; and
(4) $2,047,454 for Strategy B.2.1., Oil Spill
Response.
(b) Contingent on the nonrenewal by the effective date of
this Act of federal grant funding awarded by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for the building of emergency short-term housing,
in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $4,217,510 is appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for full-time equivalent
employees (FTEs) assigned to build emergency short-term housing
related to Hurricane Harvey under Strategy D.1.1., Rebuild Housing,
as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 55. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ABANDONED VESSEL REMOVAL.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is appropriated from
the Coastal Protection Account, general revenue dedicated account
number 27, to the General Land Office for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for the removal of vessels abandoned as a
result of Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 56. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: MATCHING FUNDS FOR U.S.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROGRAMS. In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2019, $200,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide state
matching funds to meet federal requirements for studies and
projects planned to be conducted in the state by the United States
Army Corps of Engineers.
SECTION 57. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EXPEDITED
PROCESSING OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS. Notwithstanding Rider 29, page
VI-24, 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 Commission on Environmental Quality,
in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, the commission is appropriated for
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, all fee revenues
collected from expedited permit review surcharges assessed under
Section 382.05155, Health and Safety Code, and deposited to the
Clean Air Account No. 151 in excess of the estimated amount of those
revenues in the comptroller's biennial revenue estimate for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, for costs incurred to
support the expedited processing of permit applications.
SECTION 58. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
LITIGATION EXPENSES. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$1,400,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Commission on Environmental Quality for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2019, for litigation expenses under Strategy
E.1.4., Rio Grande River Compact, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act).
SECTION 59. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES. (a) Notwithstanding Rider 2, page VI-18, 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 Commission on Environmental Quality, the
total amount that the commission may spend for capital budget items
for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, is increased by
$1,700,000 for security upgrades and replacing carpet.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 14.03, Limitation on
Expenditures - Capital Budget, Article IX, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act), the Commission on Environmental Quality may
transfer capital budget item appropriations as necessary to make
the security upgrades and replace carpet as authorized under
Subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 60. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSES RELATED
TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$17,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
the Parks and Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning
on the effective date of this Act 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), to repair structures or equipment damaged by
Hurricane Harvey.
SECTION 61. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: WYLER AERIAL
TRAMWAY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $15,000,000 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Parks and
Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for overhaul and necessary construction
related to the Wyler Aerial Tramway and the related tramway system
under 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).
SECTION 62. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
$250,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the Department of Transportation for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for Strategy A.1.8.,
Construction Grants and Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
General Appropriations Act), to provide grants for transportation
infrastructure projects under Subchapter C, Chapter 256,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 63. 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 64. BOARD OF PHARMACY: PRESCRIPTION MONITORING
PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $6,099,312 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Board of Pharmacy
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for statewide integration of and upgrades to the prescription
monitoring program database under Strategy B.1.1., Enforcement, as
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 65. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: ADDITIONAL PAYMENT.
Contingent on compliance with the requirements regarding the
amortization period of the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the
Teacher Retirement System under Section 821.006, Government Code,
in addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $658,210,000 is appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund to the Teacher Retirement System
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the
purpose of providing a one-time additional payment to certain
annuitants.
SECTION 66. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: STATE CONTRIBUTION.
Contingent on House Bill No. 9 or similar legislation of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to the contributions
and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System becoming law, in
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2019, $684,000,000 is appropriated from
the general revenue fund to the Teacher Retirement System for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of
immediately depositing that amount as a state contribution in the
Teacher Retirement System Trust Account number 0960.
SECTION 67. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: STATE
CONTRIBUTION. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $148,725,414 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Employees
Retirement System for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2021, for the purpose of immediately depositing that amount as a
state contribution in the State Employee Retirement System Trust
Account number 0955.
SECTION 68. 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 69. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsection (b)
of this section, this Act takes effect immediately.
(b) Sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60,
61, 62, 63, and 65 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.