87R9365 SRA-F
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 2
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in
appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority
regarding appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2021. (a) The appropriations
from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), to the agencies listed in this subsection are reduced
respectively for each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated
by this subsection, for a total aggregate reduction of
$490,298,906. Each of the following agencies shall identify the
strategies and objectives out of which the indicated reductions in
unencumbered amounts appropriated to the agency from the general
revenue fund are made except to the extent a strategy or objective
is specified by this subsection:
(1) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor: $20,783,291 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(2) Office of the Governor: $1,243,087 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(3) Office of the Attorney General: $26,549,199 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(4) Comptroller of Public Accounts: $11,091,563 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(5) Library & Archives Commission: $1,677,337 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(6) Secretary of State: $493,248 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(7) Department of Information Resources: $558,158
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(8) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System:
$33,954 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(9) Pension Review Board: $85,601 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(10) Public Finance Authority: $81,157 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(11) Bond Review Board: $36,471 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(12) Veterans Commission: $722,667 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(13) Texas Historical Commission: $2,724,637 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(14) Preservation Board: $1,033,141 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(15) Texas Commission on the Arts: $1,268,954 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(16) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service: $3,134,081
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(17) Texas A&M AgriLife Research: $2,957,033 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(18) Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory: $507,329 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(19) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,669,415 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(20) Texas A&M University System: $77,003 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(21) Texas A&M University: $16,683,164 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(22) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station:
$915,889 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(23) Tarleton State University: $2,479,492 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(24) The University of Texas at Arlington: $10,021,698
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(25) Prairie View A&M University: $2,509,295 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(26) Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service:
$446,177 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(27) Texas Southern University: $1,987,645 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(28) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $690,289 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(29) The University of Texas System: $391,525 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(30) The University of Texas at Austin: $28,001,099
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(31) The University of Texas at El Paso: $7,502,902
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(32) Texas A&M Transportation Institute: $380,664
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(33) University of Houston: $9,959,213 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(34) Texas Woman's University: $1,691,133 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(35) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $2,818,364
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(36) Texas Tech University: $15,506,315 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(37) Lamar University: $4,317,816 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(38) Midwestern State University: $1,554,567 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(39) Angelo State University: $2,661,743 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(40) The University of Texas at Dallas: $9,065,514
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(41) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College:
$503,589 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(42) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin:
$1,880,659 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(43) The University of Texas at San Antonio:
$8,875,448 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(44) The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley:
$7,907,998 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(45) Texas A&M University - San Antonio: $1,935,421
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(46) The University of Texas at Tyler: $2,619,365 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(47) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $1,859,974 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(48) University of North Texas: $7,259,510 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(49) Sam Houston State University: $4,703,729 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(50) Texas State University: $9,594,609 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(51) Stephen F. Austin State University: $1,632,927
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(52) Sul Ross State University: $946,931 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(53) West Texas A&M University: $2,893,526 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(54) Texas State University System: $136,800 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(55) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $1,457,531
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(56) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: $2,100,307
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(57) Texas A&M International University: $1,228,363
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(58) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $750,294 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(59) University of Houston - Victoria: $732,426 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(60) Texas Tech University System: $136,800 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(61) University of North Texas System: $179,200 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(62) Texas A&M University - Central Texas: $1,116,091
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(63) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$1,650,973 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(64) School for the Deaf: $723,046 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(65) University of North Texas - Dallas: $1,459,912
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(66) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $57,416,916
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(67) University of Houston System: $73,541 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(68) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,102,764 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(69) Support for Military and Veterans Exemptions:
$1,500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(70) Office of Court Administration: $2,694,587 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(71) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $125,469
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(72) State Law Library: $111,049 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(73) Texas Commission on Fire Protection: $175,328
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(74) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $5,462,877 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(75) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $21,900,778
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(76) Commission on Jail Standards: $82,439 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(77) Department of Criminal Justice: $91,740,828 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(78) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$2,204,896 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(79) Railroad Commission: $89,070 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(80) Department of Agriculture: $5,193,898 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(81) Animal Health Commission: $687,186 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(82) Water Development Board: $3,200,621 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(83) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $1,604,164
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(84) Parks and Wildlife Department: $22,447,654 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(85) Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
$1,191,997 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(86) Department of Transportation: $978,828 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(87) Department of Motor Vehicles: $1,005,554 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(88) Securities Board: $306,174 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(89) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $991 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(90) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$1,589,825 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(91) Texas Department of Insurance: $4,400,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(92) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $155,054 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(93) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $532,121 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(94) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $9,417 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(95) Texas Medical Board: $335,209 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(96) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $211,552
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(97) Funeral Service Commission: $23,877 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(98) Optometry Board: $26,035 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(99) Executive Council of Physical Therapy &
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $53,897 from General Revenue Fund
0001; and
(100) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $67,053
from General Revenue Fund 0001.
(b) The appropriations from dedicated accounts in the
general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to the
agencies listed in this subsection are reduced respectively for
each agency, in the unencumbered amounts indicated by this
subsection from the dedicated accounts, for a total aggregate
reduction of $77,452,163. Each of the following agencies shall
identify to the comptroller of public accounts and the Legislative
Budget Board the dedicated accounts, strategies, and objectives out
of which the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts
appropriated to the agency are made:
(1) Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor: $2,209,059;
(2) Office of the Attorney General: $153,478;
(3) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System:
$132,922;
(4) Commission on State Emergency Communications:
$7,688,161;
(5) Texas Historical Commission: $248,625;
(6) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs:
$600,000;
(7) Texas AgriLife Research: $45,571;
(8) Texas A&M Forest Service: $1,396,946;
(9) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station:
$44,356;
(10) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $5,000;
(11) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $3,027,000;
(12) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $4,485,436;
(13) Office of Capital and Forensic Writs: $185,535;
(14) Commission on Law Enforcement: $213,900;
(15) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $11,859;
(16) Railroad Commission: $13,056,935;
(17) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Compact Commission: $57,717;
(18) Department of Agriculture: $1,203,600;
(19) Commission on Environmental Quality:
$33,499,698;
(20) Parks and Wildlife Department: $7,975,768;
(21) Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$60,258;
(22) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $311,540;
(23) Texas Racing Commission: $351,760; and
(24) Texas Medical Board: $487,038.
(c) The appropriations from the general revenue fund for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, made by Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), to the agencies listed in this
subsection are reduced respectively for each agency, in the
unencumbered amounts indicated by this subsection, for a total
aggregate reduction of $864,097,641. Each of the following
agencies shall identify the strategies and objectives out of which
the indicated reductions in unencumbered amounts appropriated to
the agency from the general revenue fund are made except to the
extent a strategy or objective is specified by this subsection:
(1) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $8,373,694
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(2) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$389,885,713 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(3) Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services: $74,692,670 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(4) Texas Department of Public Safety: $154,907,839
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(5) Texas Department of State Health Services:
$25,113,598 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$67,318,735 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(7) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $15,900,884
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(8) Texas Military Department: $1,609,751 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(9) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,842,242
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(10) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
$9,651,458 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(11) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center: $69,170,945 from General Revenue Fund 0001; and
(12) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $41,630,113 from General Revenue Fund 0001.
SECTION 2. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR: DISASTER-RELATED APPROPRIATIONS. Any and all amounts
that have not been expended or encumbered as of the effective date
of this Act and that were previously appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund by Section 5, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental
Appropriations Act), for Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
Governor for the purpose of response to a disaster similar to
purposes addressed by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
Act), (with those amounts estimated to be $0) are appropriated for
the same purposes from the same funds for use during the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. FACILITIES COMMISSION: CAPITOL COMPLEX PHASE 1.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $19,606,108 is
appropriated out of General Revenue Fund 0001 to the Texas
Facilities Commission, for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing interior
finish out of new facilities included in Phase I of the Capitol
Complex construction projects, costs associated with moving
agencies into the new facilities, and security services for the new
facilities for the following strategies as listed in Chapter 1353
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act):
(1) $19,409,500 for Strategy A.2.1, Facilities Design
and Construction; and
(2) $196,608 and three full-time-equivalent positions
for Strategy B.2.1, Facilities Operation.
SECTION 4. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
THE PACIFIC WAR. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not
been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as
of the effective date of this Act and that were previously
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 7,
Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the same purposes, which are capital
projects at the National Museum of the Pacific War under Strategy
A.1.4., Historic Sites, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act), including:
(1) updates to the electrical, security, and heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems;
(2) projects to address accessibility issues;
(3) exterior, roofing, and structural repairs to the
Nimitz Barn maintenance area;
(4) refurbishment of the Bush Gallery to address wear
and tear from visitor volume; and
(5) technology upgrades to exhibits in the Bush
Gallery.
SECTION 5. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE
PRESERVATION GRANTS. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not
been expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as
of the effective date of this Act and that were previously
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund by Section 8,
Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the same purposes, which are
courthouse preservation grants under Strategy A.1.3., Courthouse
Preservation, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
Act).
SECTION 6. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been
expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the
effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund by Section 9, Chapter 465
(S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
the same purposes as provided by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act), which are deferred maintenance projects under
Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites.
SECTION 7. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN
PLANTATION. The amounts (estimated to be $0) that have not been
expended or encumbered by the Texas Historical Commission as of the
effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund by Section 10, Chapter 465
(S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
the same purposes, which are continuing development of the Levi
Jordan Plantation, including architectural, engineering,
interpretive, and site survey services and collections
conservation and acquisition to develop museum exhibits, as
provided by Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1),
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act).
SECTION 8. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SETTLEMENT FOR SUPPORT
AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION. (a) In addition to
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2021, by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), and by Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), the
amount of $107,928,979 is appropriated from the general revenue
fund to the Texas Education Agency for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of using
the funds as required by the negotiated legal settlement agreement
between the State of Texas and the United States Department of
Education to prevent the withholding of federal funds as a result of
an alleged failure to maintain adequate state financial support for
special education under federal law (20 U.S.C. Section
1412(a)(18)(A) and 34 C.F.R. Section 300.163(a)), during the state
fiscal years ending August 31, 2012, August 31, 2017, and August 31,
2018.
(b) The unencumbered appropriations from the general
revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency made by Sections
30(a)(1) and (2), Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental
Appropriations Act), are reduced by $107,900,000.
(c) The amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of this
section must be used to provide funding for public schools and must
be distributed for each full-time equivalent student in average
daily attendance in a special education program under Subchapter A,
Chapter 29, Education Code, in proportion to the applicable weight
for the student under the public school finance system.
SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION
AGENCY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation
School Fund No. 193 made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), to the Texas Education Agency for use during the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, are reduced by $5,473,203,345 from
Strategy A.1.1., Foundation School Program-Equalized Operations,
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act).
(b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (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, 2021, is $24,418,500,000.
SECTION 10. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: NATURAL DISASTERS.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $56,388,408 is
appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest
Service, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
this Act for the purpose of responding to previously occurring and
future natural disasters, including responding through the
mobilization of ground and aviation resources for fire suppression.
SECTION 11. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCES
CENTER: FACULTY RECRUITMENT. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2021, the amount of $500,000 is appropriated out of the general
revenue fund to the University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences
Center, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
this Act for the purpose of recruiting faculty for the UTHealth
Behavioral Sciences Center, a campus program within the University
of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center.
SECTION 12. SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE: HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP
INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2021, $5,660,318 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to
South Texas College for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2021, to provide for state contributions for health benefits.
SECTION 13. LAMAR STATE COLLEGE - ORANGE: HURRICANE
RECOVERY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of
$1,472,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Lamar
State College - Orange, for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of recovery from
Hurricane Laura, including for repairs and the purchase of a
natural gas power generator.
SECTION 14. LAMAR UNIVERSITY: TROPICAL STORM IMELDA
RECOVERY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated by
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), for use during the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of
$5,700,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Lamar
University, for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act for the purpose of building repair and flooding recovery
necessitated by damage from Tropical Storm Imelda.
SECTION 15. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2021, $123,700,000 is appropriated from the general revenue
fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice beginning on the
effective date of this Act and for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2021, for correctional managed health care under
Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter
1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 16. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $86,000,000 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice, for the period beginning on the effective date
of this Act and ending August 31, 2021, for the following purposes:
(1) Strategy C.1.1., Correctional Security
Operations, $47,000,000;
(2) Strategy C.1.5., Institutional Goods, $6,000,000;
(3) Strategy C.1.7., Institutional Operations and
Maintenance, $22,000,000; and
(4) Strategy E.2.1., Parole Supervision, $11,000,000.
SECTION 17. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
CORRECTIONS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROJECT. The amounts
(estimated to be $24,164,000) that have not been expended or
encumbered by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as of the
effective date of this Act and that were previously appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund by Section 53, Chapter 465
(S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
this Act to be used for corrections information technology system
projects as provided under Strategy G.1.4., Information Resources,
as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 18. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: DATA CENTER
SERVICES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for use
during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, $400,000
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Juvenile
Justice Department for the period beginning on the effective date
of this Act and ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of making a
payment in the amount of $400,000 to the Department of Information
Resources for data center services.
SECTION 19. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, the following amounts necessary to
replace funds transferred as provided by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, Rider 11 and Rider 25, Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), for the purpose of continuing water
rights litigation with the State of New Mexico for equitable
distribution of water pursuant to the Rio Grande Compact are
appropriated to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for
use by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act from the
funds and accounts and in the amounts as follows:
(1) $650,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Clean Air
Account No. 151;
(2) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Operating
Permit Fees Account No. 5094;
(3) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Water
Resource Management Account No. 153;
(4) $1,000,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated
Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account No. 655;
(5) $500,000 from General Revenue-Dedicated Hazardous
and Solid Waste Remediation Fees Account No. 550; and
(6) $1,850,000 from the general revenue fund.
SECTION 20. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. In addition to amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021,
$100,400,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of immediately depositing
that amount to the credit of the Texas infrastructure resiliency
fund.
SECTION 21. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. The amount of
$600,000 appropriated by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), to the Texas Workforce Commission through appropriated
receipts by way of an intra-agency contract between the Texas
Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission to provide
subsidies to individuals 21 years of age or older for the high
school equivalency exam, for use during fiscal year 2020, is
appropriated for use during fiscal year 2021 for the same purposes.
SECTION 22. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
this Act takes effect immediately.
(b) Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 20 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.