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
$505,483,200. 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) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs:
$1,407,917 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(6) Library and Archives Commission: $1,677,337 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(7) Secretary of State: $493,248 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(8) Department of Information Resources: $558,158
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(9) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System:
$33,954 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(10) Pension Review Board: $85,601 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(11) Public Finance Authority: $81,157 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(12) Bond Review Board: $36,471 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(13) Veterans Commission: $722,667 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(14) Texas Historical Commission: $2,724,637 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(15) Preservation Board: $1,033,141 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(16) Texas Commission on the Arts: $1,268,954 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(17) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service: $3,134,081
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(18) Texas A&M AgriLife Research: $2,957,033 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(19) Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory: $507,329 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(20) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,669,415 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(21) Texas Education Agency: $15,680,975 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(22) Texas A&M University System: $77,003 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(23) Texas A&M University: $16,683,164 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(24) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station:
$916,244 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(25) Tarleton State University: $2,479,494 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(26) The University of Texas at Arlington: $10,021,698
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(27) Prairie View A&M University: $2,509,295 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(28) Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service:
$446,177 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(29) Texas Southern University: $1,987,645 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(30) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $694,130 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(31) The University of Texas System: $391,525 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(32) The University of Texas at Austin: $28,001,098
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(33) The University of Texas at El Paso: $7,502,902
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(34) Texas A&M Transportation Institute: $380,664
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(35) University of Houston: $9,959,213 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(36) Texas Woman's University: $1,691,543 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(37) Texas A&M University - Kingsville: $2,818,366
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(38) Texas Tech University: $15,506,315 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(39) Lamar University: $4,317,816 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(40) Midwestern State University: $1,554,567 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(41) Angelo State University: $2,661,743 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(42) The University of Texas at Dallas: $9,065,514
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(43) Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College:
$503,589 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(44) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin:
$1,880,659 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(45) The University of Texas at San Antonio:
$8,887,496 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(46) The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley:
$7,907,998 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(47) Texas A&M University - San Antonio: $1,935,421
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(48) The University of Texas at Tyler: $2,619,365 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(49) Texas A&M University - Commerce: $1,859,974 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(50) University of North Texas: $7,259,510 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(51) Sam Houston State University: $4,703,729 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(52) Texas State University: $9,594,609 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(53) Stephen F. Austin State University: $1,632,927
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(54) Sul Ross State University: $946,931 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(55) West Texas A&M University: $2,893,526 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(56) Texas State University System: $136,800 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(57) University of Houston - Clear Lake: $1,457,531
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(58) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: $2,100,310
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(59) Texas A&M International University: $1,228,366
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(60) Texas A&M University - Texarkana: $750,295 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(61) University of Houston - Victoria: $732,426 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(62) Texas Tech University System: $136,800 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(63) University of North Texas System: $179,200 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(64) Texas A&M University - Central Texas: $1,116,092
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(65) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$1,650,973 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(66) School for the Deaf: $723,046 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(67) University of North Texas - Dallas: $1,459,912
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(68) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $57,423,241
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(69) University of Houston System: $76,712 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(70) University of Houston - Downtown: $1,102,764 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(71) Support for Military and Veterans Exemptions:
$1,500,000 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(72) Office of Court Administration: $2,694,587 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(73) State Commission on Judicial Conduct: $125,469
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(74) State Law Library: $111,049 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(75) Texas Commission on Fire Protection: $175,328
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(76) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $5,462,877 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(77) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $21,900,778
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(78) Commission on Jail Standards: $82,439 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(79) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$91,740,828 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(80) General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board:
$2,204,896 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(81) Railroad Commission: $89,070 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(82) Department of Agriculture: $5,193,498 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(83) Animal Health Commission: $687,186 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(84) Water Development Board: $3,439,699 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(85) Soil and Water Conservation Board: $1,604,164
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(86) Parks and Wildlife Department: $22,447,654 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(87) Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
$1,191,997 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(88) Department of Transportation: $978,828 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(89) Department of Motor Vehicles: $1,005,554 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(90) Securities Board: $306,174 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(91) Office of Public Insurance Counsel: $991 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(92) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$1,606,045 from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(93) Texas Department of Insurance: $2,200,000 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(94) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $155,054 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(95) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $532,121 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(96) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $9,417 from
General Revenue Fund 0001;
(97) Texas Medical Board: $335,209 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(98) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $211,552
from General Revenue Fund 0001;
(99) Funeral Service Commission: $23,877 from General
Revenue Fund 0001;
(100) Optometry Board: $26,035 from General Revenue
Fund 0001;
(101) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $53,897 from General Revenue Fund
0001; and
(102) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $81,396
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 $71,507,410. 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) Texas Emergency Services Retirement System:
$132,922;
(3) Commission on State Emergency Communications:
$7,688,161;
(4) Texas Historical Commission: $248,625;
(5) Comptroller of Public Accounts - Fiscal Programs:
$600,000;
(6) Texas AgriLife Research: $22,785;
(7) Texas A&M Forest Service: $223,437;
(8) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station:
$44,356;
(9) Texas A&M University at Galveston: $5,000;
(10) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $3,027,000;
(11) Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial
Council: $4,485,436;
(12) Office of Capital and Forensic Writs: $185,535;
(13) Commission on Law Enforcement: $179,756;
(14) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $11,859;
(15) Railroad Commission: $8,854,935;
(16) Department of Agriculture: $1,203,307;
(17) Commission on Environmental Quality:
$33,050,205;
(18) Parks and Wildlife Department: $7,975,768;
(19) Texas Department of Insurance: $584,707;
(20) Public Utility Commission of Texas: $311,540; and
(21) Texas Medical Board: $463,016.
(c) The appropriations from the general revenue fund and
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, for a total aggregate reduction of
$1,680,004,018. The agencies listed in this subsection shall, in
consultation with the comptroller of public accounts and the
Legislative Budget Board, determine the allocation of benefits
included in the reductions listed under this subsection. 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 and
dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund are made except to
the extent a strategy or objective is specified by this subsection:
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $16,624,900;
(2) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$853,817,454;
(3) Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services: $194,959,202;
(4) Texas Department of Public Safety: $307,418,551;
(5) Department of State Health Services: $55,073,028;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$62,275,646;
(7) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $15,900,884;
(8) Texas Military Department: $1,609,751;
(9) Parks and Wildlife Department: $11,811,093;
(10) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
$13,834,955;
(11) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center: $90,961,382; and
(12) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $55,717,172.
(d) This subsection applies only to a state agency or
institution of higher education the appropriations to which are
reduced under Subsection (c) of this section. Notwithstanding any
other provision of Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), a grant of federal money received from the Office of the
Governor by a state agency or institution of higher education to
which this section applies shall be:
(1) treated as general revenue for the purpose of
calculating benefits in accordance with Section 6.08, Article IX,
of that Act; and
(2) eligible for proportional general revenue
benefits as if the appropriations from general revenue were not
reduced for the state agency or institution of higher education
under Subsection (c) of this section.
(e) It is the intent of the legislature that federal funds
appropriated in accordance with Section 13.01, Article IX, of
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to a state agency
or institution of higher education be used by the agency or
institution for the purpose of avoiding reductions to the provision
of important government services as a result of the reduction in the
amount appropriated to the agency or institution from the general
revenue fund or a dedicated account in the general revenue fund
under Subsection (c) of this section.
(f) It is the intent of the legislature that lapsed
appropriations associated with appropriations made by Chapter 1353
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund or from
dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund to a state agency or
institution of higher education for the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2020, be used to offset the total amount of reductions
required by Subsections (a) and (b) of this section for the
applicable agency or institution. The offset is contingent upon
approval by the comptroller of public accounts and the Legislative
Budget Board.
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 $34,920,754 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund 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) $34,724,146 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 from the economic stabilization 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 from the economic stabilization 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 from the economic stabilization 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. (a) 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.
(b) The unencumbered appropriations made from the economic
stabilization fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the purpose of
immediately depositing that amount to the credit of the Texas
infrastructure resiliency fund as provided by Section 85, Chapter
465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), are reduced by
$172,000,000.
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. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE. 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
$3,380,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Department of Agriculture beginning on the effective date of this
Act and for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for
programs under Strategy C.1.2., Nutrition Assistance (State), as
listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), and
allocated as follows:
(1) $1,400,000 for the Texans Feeding Texans - Home
Delivered Meals Program; and
(2) $1,980,000 for the Texans Feeding Texans - Surplus
Agricultural Products Grant Program.
SECTION 23. CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF
STATE HEALTH SERVICES. The bill pattern of the appropriations to
the Department of State Health Services in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1),
Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General
Appropriations Act), is amended by adding the following
appropriately numbered rider to read as follows:
__. Additional Capital Budget Authority. (a)
Notwithstanding any limitations in this Act, the Department of
State Health Services may increase capital budget authority for
repairs and renovations at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease
(TCID) using $1,104,759 in other funds, generated from delivery
system reform incentive payments. The funds may be transferred to a
new capital budget item for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2020, and then moved forward to the state fiscal year ending August
31, 2021, to be expended for repair of the TCID fire alarm system
and other related repairs and renovations.
(b) If the Department of State Health Services is not able
to create a new capital budget item as authorized under Subsection
(a) of this rider, the Department of State Health Services may
transfer other funds as necessary in the amount provided by
Subsection (a) to create a new capital budget item for the purposes
described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 24. PRESERVATION BOARD. (a) 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 $33,605,000 is appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund to the Preservation Board for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
of performing renovations to the Texas Capitol and the Capitol
Extension, including the replacement of the Capitol's historic
roof, phase 1 of an exterior waterproofing project for the Capitol
and Capitol Extension, and other repairs and renovations to the
Capitol, Capitol Extension, Capitol Visitors Center, Capitol
grounds, and Governor's Mansion.
(b) 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
$2,465,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
the Preservation Board for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of performing repairs and
renovations to the Texas State History Museum.
SECTION 25. CAPITOL MOVES. 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 following amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of
$5,210,512, are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the following agencies for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying expenses
related to moving agencies to new Capitol Complex offices:
(1) Commission on State Emergency Communications:
$85,500;
(2) Veterans Commission: $98,432;
(3) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $749,098;
(4) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council:
$85,000;
(5) Board of Chiropractic Examiners: $70,000;
(6) Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: $83,055;
(7) Funeral Service Commission: $50,000;
(8) Board of Professional Geoscientists: $34,214;
(9) Texas Medical Board: $3,004,500;
(10) Texas Board of Nursing: $597,512;
(11) Optometry Board: $38,390;
(12) Board of Pharmacy: $7,050;
(13) Executive Council of Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy Examiners: $39,754;
(14) Texas Racing Commission: $204,307; and
(15) Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: $63,700.
SECTION 26. BUILDING RELATED APPROPRIATIONS FOR VARIOUS
AGENCIES. (a) 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 following
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $584,967,877 are
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act as follows:
(1) Facilities Commission: $76,546,870 for health and
safety improvements and remediation of deferred maintenance of
state buildings;
(2) Texas Historical Commission: $19,125,000 for
remediation of deferred maintenance of state buildings;
(3) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$322,005,896, to be allocated as follows:
(A) $321,250,000 for new construction; and
(B) $755,896 for fire protection, power, cooling
and heating ventilation and air conditioning, and preventative
maintenance of state buildings;
(4) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$1,935,000 for health and safety improvements to state buildings;
(5) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$153,820,000 for health and safety improvements to state buildings;
(6) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $3,538,850, to
be allocated as follows:
(A) $2,500,000 for health and safety
improvements to state buildings; and
(B) $1,038,850 for remediation of deferred
maintenance of state buildings;
(7) Texas Military Department: $4,246,261, to be
allocated as follows:
(A) $2,279,956 for health and safety
improvements to state buildings; and
(B) $1,966,305 for remediation of deferred
maintenance of state buildings; and
(8) Texas Department of Public Safety: $3,750,000 for
remediation of deferred maintenance of state buildings.
(b) 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 following
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $1,856,992, are
appropriated from Adjutant General Federal Fund No. 449 to the
Adjutant General for the two-year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act as follows:
(1) $977,124 for the State of Texas Armory
Revitalization Project for health and safety improvements to
armories and readiness facilities;
(2) $800,774 for facility sustainment by remediation
of deferred maintenance of state buildings; and
(3) $79,094 for remediation of deferred maintenance to
prevent armory deterioration.
(c) 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 following
amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of $24,433,264, are
appropriated to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as
follows:
(1) $744,104 from federal funds, for fire protection,
power, cooling and heating ventilation and air conditioning, and
preventative maintenance of state buildings; and
(2) $23,689,160 from revenue bonds to address deferred
maintenance needs at state supported living centers and state
hospitals, including:
(A) repairs and renovations for fire, electrical
and plumbing systems;
(B) anti-ligature remediation; and
(C) roofing of state buildings.
(d) 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
$6,187,500 is appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
of new construction of a building at department headquarters.
SECTION 27. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BRAZORIA
COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. 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 following amounts, in an aggregate total of $8,700,000,
are appropriated to the Texas Department of Public Safety for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
purpose of building a consolidated law enforcement center with the
Brazoria County's Sheriff's Office, to be named in honor of E. J.
"Joe" King, from the sources and in the amounts as follows:
(1) $3,000,000 from the economic stabilization fund;
(2) $1,700,000 (estimated) from unexpended balances
previously appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas
Department of Public Safety for a consolidated law enforcement
center with the Brazoria County's Sheriff's Office, under Strategy
G.1.6., Facilities Management, as described in Rider 55 following
the agency's bill pattern of appropriations, by Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act);
(3) $1,000,000 from unexpended balances previously
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department
of Public Safety for the driver license office in the City of
Angleton, under Strategy F.1.1., Driver License Services, as
described in Rider 43 following the agency's bill pattern of
appropriations, by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act); and
(4) $3,000,000 from unexpended balances previously
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department
of Public Safety, under Strategy E.1.2., Crime Records Services, by
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: FACILITIES
COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
revenue fund to the Facilities Commission made 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, for lease payments are reduced by
$35,336,472. 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 29. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE
AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made 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, for bond debt service payments,
including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-50, 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 authority, are reduced by a total aggregate
of $25,000,000. 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 30. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the
general revenue fund to the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission made 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, for lease payments to the master lease purchase program are
reduced by an aggregate of $13,626,309. 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 31. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. (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), the amount of $777,320 is appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund to the Alcoholic Beverage
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act for the purpose of upgrading the commission's
cybersecurity infrastructure.
(b) 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), the following amounts are
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for the purpose of modernization of various agency legacy computer
systems as follows:
(1) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate
amount of $4,841,500 appropriated for the legal case legacy
modernization project, with $4,698,192 appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund and $143,308 appropriated from
interagency contract proceeds;
(2) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate
amount of $24,080,298 appropriated for the system modernization
project phase 1, with $8,187,301 appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund and $15,892,997 appropriated from federal
funds;
(3) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate
amount of $44,255,140 appropriated for the system modernization
project phase 2, with $15,046,748 appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund and $29,208,392 appropriated from federal
funds;
(4) Secretary of State: $18,171,924 appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund for the legacy system modernization
project;
(5) Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services: an aggregate amount of $3,557,213 appropriated for
information technology projects to meet case orders, with
$3,122,001 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and
$435,212 appropriated from federal funds;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$7,280,267 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for
the migration of CLASS, CLASSMate, and Public and Provide systems
from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission;
(7) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $266,406,192 appropriated for phase 1 of the
management information systems modernization and procurement and
transition, with $31,644,412 appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund and $234,761,780 appropriated from federal
funds;
(8) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $25,213,488 appropriated for the vendor drug
program pharmacy benefits services modernization, with $2,928,372
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $22,285,116
appropriated from federal funds;
(9) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $7,150,000 appropriated for the development of
a system to identify, preserve, collect, analyze, and produce all
documents and information including electronically stored
information in a hybrid cloud solution, with $4,853,581
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $2,296,419
appropriated from federal funds;
(10) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $1,029,946 appropriated for an automation of
the survey scheduling function within a workload management system,
with $933,750 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and
$96,196 appropriated from federal funds;
(11) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$900,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for
redesigning and updating of the school's website;
(12) Higher Education Coordinating Board: $4,000,000
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the board's
application portfolio modernization project;
(13) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $3,675,382
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the
commission's public safety technology project;
(14) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $4,347,730
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for
modernization of the commission's licensing and tax collection
system;
(15) Commission on Law Enforcement: $2,143,262
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for information
technology security and network operations;
(16) Commission on Environmental Quality: $4,089,282
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for updating the
occupational licensing and commissioner integrated database; and
(17) Department of Transportation: $16,480,410
appropriated from the state highway fund to update and secure
inefficient hardware and software systems.
(c) 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), the following amounts are
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources
for use for the listed information technology projects for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as
follows:
(1) Texas Historical Commission: $240,000
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for commission
technology upgrades;
(2) Pension Review Board: $300,000 appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund for migration of the board's data
from multiple servers to the cloud and the creation of a new
web-based interface for the current internal databases;
(3) Pension Review Board: $300,000 appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund for the creation of a self-service
portal to allow retirement systems to access a secure reporting
portal to upload reports and view compliance status in real time;
(4) Department of State Health Services: $1,181,028
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for a customer
service efficiency project;
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $13,418,742 appropriated for the system-wide
business enablement platform project, with $8,444,183 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund and $4,974,559 appropriated
from federal funds;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $36,737,765 appropriated to provide for
replacement of the end-of-life/end-of-support network
infrastructure, including routers, switches, perimeter security
protection equipment, firewalls, wireless local area networks, and
uninterruptible power supplies, with $26,447,516 appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund and $10,290,249 appropriated from
federal funds;
(7) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $7,753,135 appropriated to restore reductions
for certain information technology projects, with $6,000,000
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $1,753,135
appropriated from federal funds;
(8) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$3,106,672 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for
infrastructure upgrades to fiber and cabling projects at state
hospitals and state supported living centers;
(9) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $21,475,950
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for a technology
component for inmate health care;
(10) Department of Motor Vehicles: $3,133,578
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for
the Department of Motor Vehicles Automation System - webSALVAGE
Project;
(11) Department of Motor Vehicles: $3,472,958
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for
the Accounts Receivable System Project;
(12) Department of Motor Vehicles: $5,225,712
appropriated from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for
the Complaint Management System Project;
(13) Department of Transportation: $22,471,772
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Enterprise
Information Management Project;
(14) Department of Transportation: $49,606,226
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Information and
Systems Modernization Project;
(15) Health Professions Council: $42,630 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for the Upgrade of Regulatory
Database Project;
(16) Texas Department of Insurance: $4,973,254
appropriated from the Texas Department of Insurance operating
account for website modernization, automation, and the replacement
of the Division of Workers' Compensation COMPASS System;
(17) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$2,000,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for
the Licensing System - Phase II Project;
(18) Optometry Board: $8,000 appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund for the replacement of personal
computers;
(19) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $23,700
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for information
technology enhancements to the VERSA Regulatory Licensing and
Enforcement Database Project; and
(20) Texas Racing Commission: $48,386 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for the Docking Desktops and
Monitors Project.
(d) 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), the following amounts are
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources
for use for the listed information technology projects for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as
follows:
(1) Public Finance Authority: an aggregate amount of
$60,000 appropriated to provide for the Data Center Consolidation
Project, with $30,000 appropriated from the Texas Public Finance
Authority master lease project fund and $30,000 appropriated from
bond revenue proceeds;
(2) Department of Information Resources: an aggregate
amount of $808,541 appropriated for the Data Center Consolidation -
Data Warehouse Project, with $177,374 appropriated from the
Department of Information Resources clearing fund account,
$408,818 appropriated from the telecommunications revolving
account - appropriated receipts, $26,782 appropriated from the
telecommunications revolving account - interagency contracts,
$176,869 appropriated from the statewide technology account -
interagency contracts, and $18,689 appropriated from the statewide
network applications account - appropriated receipts;
(3) Department of Information Resources: an aggregate
amount of $926,012 appropriated for the Data Center Consolidation -
Data Optimization Project, with $403,677 appropriated from the
Department of Information Resources clearing fund account,
$418,307 appropriated from the telecommunications revolving
account - appropriated receipts, $29,946 appropriated from the
telecommunications revolving account - interagency contracts,
$53,113 appropriated from the statewide technology account -
interagency contracts, and $20,906 appropriated from the statewide
network applications account - appropriated receipts;
(4) Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services: an aggregate amount of $3,433,847 appropriated to provide
for data center consolidation, with $3,146,126 appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund and $287,721 appropriated from
federal funds;
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $5,406,153 appropriated to provide for data
center consolidation, with $3,146,126 appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund and $2,301,671 appropriated from
federal funds; and
(6) Texas Education Agency: $1,833,750 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for data center consolidation.
(e) 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), the following amounts are
appropriated to the following agencies from the specified sources
for use for the listed information technology projects for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act as
follows:
(1) Office of the Attorney General: an aggregate
amount of $4,224,001 appropriated to provide for the CAPPS
Financial Transition Phase II Project, with $4,120,889
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund and $103,112
appropriated from interagency contract proceeds;
(2) Facilities Commission: $2,173,394 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for the deployment of CAPPS
Financials;
(3) Public Finance Authority: $82,924 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for the support of
programming, development, and deployment costs for transitioning
the agency's human resources payroll from the Uniform Statewide
Payroll/Personnel System to CAPPS;
(4) Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Compact Commission: $26,676 appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund for the CAPPS Financials Deployment Project;
(5) Water Development Board: $588,063 appropriated
from the economic stabilization fund for the CAPPS Financials
Deployment Project;
(6) Department of Transportation: $21,284,494
appropriated from the state highway fund for the CAPPS Upgrades and
Improvements Project; and
(7) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council:
$12,000 appropriated from the economic stabilization fund for the
Deployment - Financials Project for CAPPS.
(f) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
employees an agency is authorized by other law to employ during the
applicable state fiscal year, the following agencies may use the
money appropriated to the agencies under the following specified
subsections of this section to employ the specified number of
full-time equivalent employees during the following specified
state fiscal years:
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: the amount
appropriated under Subsection (b)(13) of this section may be used
to employ three additional full-time equivalent employees during
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and three additional
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2023;
(2) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: the amount
appropriated under Subsection (b)(14) of this section may be used
to employ five additional full-time equivalent employees during the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and three additional
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2023;
(3) Department of State Health Services: the amount
appropriated under Subsection (c)(4) of this section may be used to
employ one additional full-time equivalent employee (FTE) during
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022;
(4) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(5) of this section may be
used to employ 15.2 additional full-time equivalent employees
during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and 15.2
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2023;
(5) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(6) of this section may be
used to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2023;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: the
amount appropriated under Subsection (c)(7) of this section may be
used to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2023;
(7) Department of Motor Vehicles: the amount
appropriated under Subsection (c)(11) of this section may be used
to employ two additional full-time equivalent employees during the
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, and two additional
full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2023;
(8) Facilities Commission: the amount appropriated
under Subsection (e)(2) of this section may be used to employ nine
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2022, and 10 additional full-time equivalent
employees during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023;
(9) Public Finance Authority: the amount appropriated
under Subsection (e)(3) of this section may be used to employ one
additional full-time equivalent employee during the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2022; and
(10) Water Development Board: the amount appropriated
under Subsection (e)(5) of this section may be used to employ five
additional full-time equivalent employees during the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2022.
SECTION 32. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES. 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), the following amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of
$12,156,918, are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
to the following agencies for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of purchasing motor
vehicles:
(1) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$7,850,000;
(2) School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
$175,000;
(3) School for the Deaf: $240,000;
(4) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,056,918;
(5) Animal Health Commission: $1,400,000;
(6) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $375,000;
and
(7) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $60,000.
SECTION 33. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. (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), $6,544,802 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 the purpose of
purchasing a law enforcement helicopter, to be used in a manner
consistent with the appropriations made to the Parks and Wildlife
Department in Strategy C.1.1., Enforcement Programs.
(b) Rider 35, page VI-44, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General
Appropriations Act), is amended to read as follows:
35. Maximum Appropriation of Sporting Goods Sales Tax
(SGST) Revenue. Amounts appropriated above include $126,220,236 in
fiscal year 2020 and $128,651,198 in fiscal year 2021 from limited
sales, excise, and use tax revenue identified as Sporting Goods
Sales Tax (SGST) as reflected above in Rider 15, Informational
Listing - Allocation of Sporting Goods Sales Tax (SGST). This
appropriation represents the statutory maximum allocation of SGST
revenue to TPWD, pursuant to Tax Code, §151.801 (94.0 percent of the
total SGST revenue), as calculated in the Comptroller of Public
Accounts' Biennial Revenue Estimate, net of appropriations made
elsewhere in this Act for benefits and debt service.
If the Comptroller determines that the maximum allocation of
SGST revenue to TPWD for the 2020-21 biennium exceeds the amounts
appropriated in this Act to TPWD and elsewhere for benefits and debt
service, the difference is appropriated to TPWD. This appropriation
of additional SGST revenue shall be allocated to the accounts that
receive SGST revenue transfers proportionally to the allocation
contained in this Act, except that for fiscal year 2021 the first
$10,000,000 that exceeds the amounts appropriated in this Act to
TPWD is allocated to Capital Construction and Repairs and the
remainder is allocated proportionally.
SECTION 34. ANTICIPATED FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING NOT
APPROPRIATED. Notwithstanding any other law, including riders to
the General Appropriations Act or the making of supplemental
appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving
direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations, no
federal funds or monies received by the State of Texas from the
federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act, the CARES
Act, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)
I, II or III Act(s) or the Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act, or any COVID-19 relief act can be
appropriated, allocated, transferred or expended without an
appropriate official action of the Texas Legislature in a regular
session or special session called by the Governor in order for the
Texas Legislature to consider and take appropriate action regarding
the expenditure of such federal funds.
SECTION 35. USE OF FEDERAL COVID-19 FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY
FOR MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. (a) In this
section, "commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
(b) This section applies only to federal money provided to
this state for the provision of Medicaid home and community-based
services and administered by the commission under:
(1) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub.
L. No. 116-127);
(2) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et seq.);
(3) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
No. 117-2); or
(4) any other federal COVID-19 relief bill under which
federal money is provided to the commission for the provision of
Medicaid home and community-based services.
(c) Section 1(e) of this Act does not apply to federal money
to which this section applies.
(d) During the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023,
the commission may use federal money to which this section applies
only on Medicaid initiatives that:
(1) directly increase:
(A) access to care, including the provision of
direct services; and
(B) rates paid to direct service providers and
for direct service supplies and equipment;
(2) increase Medicaid waiver program and emergency
diversion slots and decrease the number of individuals on Medicaid
waiver program interest lists;
(3) fund the implementation of provisions of state law
governing Medicaid;
(4) explore opportunities for this state to obtain
additional federal money under the Advancing Care for Exceptional
(ACE) Kids Act of 2019 enacted as part of the Medicaid Services
Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 (Pub. L. No. 116-16); and
(5) enable this state to achieve full compliance with
federal law governing Medicaid home and community-based services,
including rules on home and community-based services settings.
(e) The commission shall ensure that:
(1) money identified under Subsection (d) of this
section for provider rate increases is used to directly reimburse
direct service providers or to provide direct reimbursement for
direct service supplies and equipment; and
(2) Medicaid managed care organizations reimburse
direct service providers or provide reimbursement for direct
service supplies and equipment in an amount equal to the difference
between this state's Medicaid fee-for-service rate and the federal
medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rate increase for direct
service providers and direct service supplies and equipment.
(f) The commission may not use federal money to which this
section applies:
(1) for a purpose that is directly or indirectly
related to payroll, contract administration, or administrative
services provided by a Medicaid managed care organization; or
(2) to replace other money available to this state for
Medicaid.
(g) The commission may not use money described by Subsection
(e)(1) of this section for a purpose that is directly or indirectly
related to payroll, bonuses, administrative services, or costs
unallowable under state or federal law or under the uniform managed
care contract.
(h) The commission may use money to which this section
applies only to supplement, rather than supplant, money available
to this state for Medicaid in a manner that complies with the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 36. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
this Act takes effect immediately.
(b) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26,
27, 31, 32, and 33 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.