By: Bonnen of Galveston (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021;
April 29, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Finance; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0;
May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2 By: Nelson
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, Texas Judicial
Council: $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 $71,507,409. 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 A&M 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
$2,409,840,356. 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: $10,500,598;
(2) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$1,446,388,765;
(3) Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services: $226,578,132;
(4) Texas Department of Public Safety: $303,819,474;
(5) Department of State Health Services: $27,597,311;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$182,621,562;
(7) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $46,492,271;
(8) Parks and Wildlife Department: $5,842,242;
(9) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center: $99,617,628; and
(10) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston: $60,382,372.
(c-1) The total aggregate reduction of $2,409,840,356 in
appropriations from the general revenue fund and dedicated accounts
in the general revenue fund made under Subsection (c) of this
section is contingent on the receipt by this state of at least
$2,409,840,356 in federal funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et
seq.) and other federal sources, and is further contingent on the
provision of grants by the office of the governor to the agencies
listed under Subsection (c) of this section to be used by the
agencies for salaries of employees and provided related benefits
which would have otherwise been paid during the state fiscal year
ending August 31, 2021, from 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 and
dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund to those agencies.
If an amount less than $2,409,840,356 is received by this state in
federal funds under the CARES Act and other federal sources and
provided in grants by the governor to the agencies listed under
Subsection (c) of this section, the amount of the appropriation
reduction from the general revenue fund and dedicated accounts in
the general revenue fund required under Subsection (c) of this
section is decreased for each agency listed in an amount equal to
the difference between the amount of the appropriation reduction
listed under Subsection (c) of this section for that agency and the
amount of the grants received by that agency from the office of the
governor, for a total aggregate decrease of appropriation
reductions from the general revenue fund and dedicated accounts in
the general revenue fund required under Subsection (c) of this
section in an amount equal to the difference between $2,409,840,356
and the total amount received by this state in federal funds under
the CARES Act and other federal sources and distributed to the
agencies under Subsection (c) of this section by the governor. The
agencies listed under Subsection (c) of this section shall, in
consultation with the comptroller of public accounts and the
Legislative Budget Board, determine the allocation of benefits
included in the decreased appropriation reductions provided under
this subsection. Each of the agencies listed under Subsection (c)
of this section shall identify the strategies and objectives out of
which the decrease of appropriation reductions are made.
(c-2) The appropriations made for use during the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2023, by S.B. 1, Acts of the 87th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), from the
general revenue fund and dedicated accounts in the general revenue
fund for each agency listed under Subsection (c) of this section are
reduced by an amount equal to the decrease of appropriation
reductions calculated for each agency as provided under Subsection
(c-1) of this section. Each of the agencies listed under Subsection
(c) of this section 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.
(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 $36,290,054 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;
(2) $196,608 and three full-time equivalent positions
for Strategy B.2.1., Facilities Operation; and
(3) $1,369,300 for 5.9 full-time equivalent positions
for building an information modeling and management system.
SECTION 4. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
THE PACIFIC WAR. (a) 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), or previously
appropriated by Rider 2, page I-62, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
Appropriations Act) or by Rider 2, page I-64, Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1),
Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General
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.
(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), and by Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of
the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental
Appropriations Act), the amount of $5,500,000 is 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 purposes described by Subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 5. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE
PRESERVATION GRANTS. (a) 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), or
previously appropriated by Rider 2, page I-62, Chapter 605 (S.B.
1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
General Appropriations Act) or by Rider 2, page I-64, Chapter 1353
(H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General 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).
(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), and by Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of
the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental
Appropriations Act), the amount of $25,000,000 is 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 courthouse preservation grants.
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. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION: E-RATE PROGRAM.
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), all unexpended balances (estimated to be $0)
remaining of appropriations made to the Library and Archives
Commission for purposes of Strategy A.1.2., Aid to Local Libraries,
out of the economic stabilization fund, as of the effective date of
this Act, are appropriated to the Library and Archives Commission
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for leveraging high speed broadband to and within public libraries
through the E-Rate program. Continued funding is contingent on the
continued federal funding of the federal E-Rate program. If the
federal government ceases funding of the program at any time, the
remaining state funds for the program shall lapse to the treasury.
SECTION 9. 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 10. BUILDING FOR TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMISSION. 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
$23,689,160 is appropriated to the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act from master lease purchase revenue bonds to address
deferred maintenance needs at state supported living centers and
state hospitals, including:
(1) repairs and renovations for fire, electrical and
plumbing systems;
(2) anti-ligature remediation; and
(3) roofing of state buildings.
SECTION 11. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
UNEXPENDED BALANCES FROM CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOSPITALS. 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), all unexpended and unobligated balances
remaining from appropriations made from the economic stabilization
fund to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for projects
that have been approved under the provisions of Texas Health and
Human Services Commission Rider 221, New Construction of State
Hospitals, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), and
appropriated again by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act), and that are remaining as of the effective date of this Act
(estimated to be $0), are appropriated to the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act, for the same purposes.
SECTION 12. 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 13. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: MAINTENANCE OF STATE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR 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 $151,928,979 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 following
purposes:
(1) $33,302,428 to offset federal funds withheld or
expected to be withheld as a result of a failure to maintain state
financial support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section
1412(a)(18) during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, or
to be expended pursuant to the provisions of the settlement
agreement described by Subdivision (2) of this subsection;
(2) $74,626,551 to be expended in the manner 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, 2017, and August 31, 2018; and
(3) $44,000,000 to provide funding for public schools
under Strategy A.1.1., FSP - Equalized Operations, as listed in
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), to 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.
(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 $107,928,979.
(c) The amounts appropriated under Subsection (a)(1) of
this section, if not expended under the provisions of the
settlement agreement described by Subsection (a)(2) of this
section, must be used in the same manner and for the same purposes
as the withheld funds would have been used or to otherwise assist
students eligible for special education services in this state with
educational needs.
SECTION 14. 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 $5,152,248,428 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 $24,578,373,076.
SECTION 15. 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 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: UNEXPENDED
BALANCES AND CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORITY DRIVER LICENSE SERVICES. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated to the Texas Department
of Public Safety 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), any
unexpended balance of appropriations made to the department for
Strategy F.1.1., Driver License Services, is appropriated to the
Texas Department of Public Safety for the two-year period beginning
on the effective date of this Act for the same purposes, including
capital budget as well as deferred maintenance.
SECTION 21. 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 22. 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 23. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
CORRECTIONS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROJECT. The amounts
(estimated to be $0) 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 24. 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 Texas 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 25. 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 26. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. The comptroller of public accounts
shall deposit $100,400,000 to the credit of the Texas
infrastructure resiliency fund floodplain management account out
of appropriations made from the economic stabilization fund to the
comptroller of public accounts as provided by Section 85, Chapter
465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act). The unencumbered
appropriations made from the economic stabilization fund to the
comptroller of public accounts 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 $71,600,000.
SECTION 27. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. 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 Game, Fish, and Water
Safety Account No. 0009 in the general revenue 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.
SECTION 28. 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 29. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ALAMO. 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 $50,000,000 is appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund to the General Land Office for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purposes
authorized by Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code.
SECTION 30. BUILDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. 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 31. 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 32. 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 33. 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 $27,003,175. 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 34. 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 35. 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 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
general revenue 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 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 general
revenue fund and $29,208,392 appropriated from federal funds;
(4) Secretary of State: $18,171,924 appropriated from
the general revenue 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 general revenue fund and $435,212
appropriated from federal funds;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$7,280,267 appropriated from the general revenue fund for the
migration of CLASS, CLASSMate, and Public and Provider 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 general revenue
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 general revenue 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 general revenue fund and $2,296,419
appropriated from federal funds;
(10) Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $4,347,730
appropriated from the general revenue fund for modernization of the
commission's licensing and tax collection system;
(11) Commission on Law Enforcement: $4,607,401
appropriated from the general revenue fund for information
technology security and network operations and legacy system
modernization;
(12) Commission on Environmental Quality: $4,089,282
appropriated from the following general revenue dedicated accounts
in the following amounts for updating the occupational licensing
and commissioner integrated database:
(A) Clean Air Account No. 0151: $613,392;
(B) Water Resource Management Account No. 0153:
$1,226,785;
(C) Waste Management Account No. 0549:
$1,226,785;
(D) Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account
No. 0655: $408,928; and
(E) Operating Permit Fees Account No. 5094:
$613,392; and
(13) Department of Transportation: $16,480,410
appropriated from the state highway fund to update and secure
inefficient hardware and software systems.
(b) The Office of the Attorney General is authorized to use
an amount of $8,187,301 from appropriated receipts for the purposes
described by Subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(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 general revenue fund for commission
technology upgrades;
(2) Pension Review Board: $300,000 appropriated from
the general revenue 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 general revenue 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: an aggregate
amount of $1,181,028, with $307,427 appropriated from the general
revenue fund, $307,427 appropriated from the Bureau of Emergency
Management Account No. 0512, $307,427 appropriated from the
asbestos removal licensure account No. 5017, and $258,747
appropriated from the food and drug registration account No. 5024,
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 general revenue 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 general revenue 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 general revenue fund and $1,753,135
appropriated from federal funds;
(8) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$3,106,672 appropriated from the general revenue 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 general revenue 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 Transportation: $22,471,772
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Enterprise
Information Management Project;
(13) Department of Transportation: $49,606,226
appropriated from the state highway fund for the Information and
Systems Modernization Project;
(14) Health Professions Council: $42,630 appropriated
from the general revenue fund for the Upgrade of Regulatory
Database Project;
(15) 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;
(16) Department of Licensing and Regulation:
$2,000,000 appropriated from the general revenue fund for the
Licensing System - Phase II Project;
(17) Optometry Board: $8,000 appropriated from the
general revenue fund for the replacement of personal computers and
travel;
(18) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $23,700
appropriated from the general revenue fund for information
technology enhancements to the VERSA Regulatory Licensing and
Enforcement Database Project; and
(19) Texas Racing Commission: $48,386 appropriated
from the general revenue 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 $18,698 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,
$418,370 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 general revenue 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 $3,104,482 appropriated from the
general revenue fund and $2,301,671 appropriated from federal
funds;
(6) Texas Health and Human Services Commission: an
aggregate amount of $126,654,750 appropriated to provide for data
center consolidation, with $64,305,237 appropriated from the
general revenue fund, $8,430,826 from interagency contracts, and
$53,918,687 appropriated from federal funds; and
(7) Texas Education Agency: $1,833,750 appropriated
from the general revenue 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 $3,168,000 appropriated to provide for the CAPPS
Financial Transition Phase II Project, with $3,090,666
appropriated from the general revenue fund and $77,334 appropriated
from interagency contract proceeds;
(2) Facilities Commission: $1,630,046 appropriated
from the general revenue fund for the deployment of CAPPS
Financials;
(3) Public Finance Authority: $82,924 appropriated
from the general revenue 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 Low Level
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission Account No. 5151 for
the CAPPS Financials Deployment Project;
(5) Water Development Board: $588,063 appropriated
from the general revenue fund for the CAPPS Financials Deployment
Project;
(6) Department of Transportation: $10,642,247
appropriated from the state highway fund for the CAPPS Upgrades and
Improvements Project;
(7) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council:
$12,000 appropriated from the general revenue fund for the
Deployment - Financials Project for CAPPS;
(8) Texas Department of Public Safety: $1,011,037 from
the general revenue fund for legacy system modernization and legacy
and end-of-life system replacement;
(9) Department of Information Resources: $15,655,650
from the general revenue fund for cybersecurity endpoint detections
and response;
(10) Department of Transportation: $48,950,000 from
the state highway fund cybersecurity initiatives;
(11) Texas Ethics Commission: $275,000 from the
general revenue fund for enhancements to the electronic file
system;
(12) Department of Transportation: $48,200,000 from
the state highway fund for technology replacements and upgrades;
(13) State Office of Administrative Hearings:
$250,000 from the general revenue fund for administrative case
tracking system ongoing maintenance;
(14) Facilities Commission: $206,959 from the general
revenue fund for data center services data center consolidation EI;
(15) Department of State Health Services: $8,121,908
from the general revenue fund and $10,962,552 from federal funds
for data center services data center consolidation EI;
(16) Animal Health Commission: $287,509 from the
general revenue fund for the legacy system modernization animal
health management solution;
(17) Department of Agriculture: $175,000 from the
general revenue fund for the Centralized Accounting and
Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) ongoing support of human
resources;
(18) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:
$1,051,964 for the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel
System (CAPPS) support for human resources deployment from the
following general revenue dedicated accounts in the following
amounts:
(A) Clean Air Account No. 0151: $113,108;
(B) Water Resource Management Account No. 0153:
$200,858;
(C) Waste Management Account No. 0549: $219,553;
(D) Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee
Account No. 0550: $290,348;
(E) Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account
No. 0655: $100,224; and
(F) Operating Permit Fees Account No. 5094:
$127,873; and
(19) Parks and Wildlife Department: $1,260,000 for the
Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS)
ongoing support financials from the following general revenue
dedicated accounts in the following amounts:
(A) State Parks Account No. 0064: $579,600; and
(B) Game, Fish and Water Safety Account No. 0009:
$680,400.
(f) The Department of State Health Services is authorized to
use an amount of $861,958 from other appropriated funds for the
purposes described by Subsection (e)(15) of this section.
SECTION 36. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION: LAPSED UNEXPENDED
BALANCES. Contingent on the lapse of unexpended balances
appropriated by Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental
Appropriations Act), amounts equal to the lapsed balances, with
amounts as estimated in this Act, including amounts appropriated
for deposit to the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund, are
appropriated from the same sources from which the lapsed balances
were originally appropriated to the agencies or institutions as
provided by this Act for the purposes provided by this Act for use
during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 37. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES. (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 following amounts, for a total aggregate appropriation of
$10,300,280, are appropriated from the general revenue 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) Animal Health Commission: $1,400,000;
(4) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $375,000;
(5) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $60,000; and
(6) Water Development Board: $200,280.
(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
$2,056,918 is appropriated from the Texas Department of Insurance
Operating Fund Account No. 0036 to the Texas A&M Forest Service for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
the purpose of purchasing motor vehicles.
SECTION 38. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In
addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2021, the amount of $5,000,000 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund for use by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality during the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act 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.
SECTION 39. TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT: BORDER SECURITY. 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 $22,327,959 is appropriated from
the general revenue fund to the Texas Military Department to be used
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for support of border security deployment.
SECTION 40. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BORDER
SECURITY. 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 $29,122,944 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of
Public Safety to be used for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for support of border security
deployment.
SECTION 41. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR: BORDER SECURITY. 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
$50,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor to be used for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
support of border security surge operations consistent with
Strategy A.1.1., Disaster Funds, as listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the
General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 42. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF FUND. 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 $1,000,000,000 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of
public accounts for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021,
for the purpose of depositing that amount to the credit of the
property tax relief fund on August 31, 2021. Money appropriated for
deposit to the credit of the property tax relief fund under this
section is not appropriated for expenditure from the property tax
relief fund during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2021.
SECTION 43. FACILITIES COMMISSION: FLEX-SPACE BUILDING
PROJECT. 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 $40,000,000 is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Facilities
Commission to be used for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purchase of land and the
construction of a flexible space multi-purpose building for use as
short-term storage or temporary office space.
SECTION 44. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
REGIONAL STORAGE AND STAGING AREAS. (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 $60,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
Texas Division of Emergency Management to be used for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purchase
of warehouse and staging sites, the acquisition of equipment,
inventory, and supplies, and the paying of salaries, benefits, and
other costs relating to the expansion of warehouse and staging
sites. To the extent that federal funds are available, and
available for use for the purposes described by this subsection,
the division is authorized to use federal or other funds for those
purposes. The number of sites is limited to eight, and the division
shall consider methods to reduce acquisition costs, such as
reviewing underutilized properties already owned by the State of
Texas.
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need
for the appropriation of general revenue funds for the purpose of
preparing to respond to emergencies to save lives. The
appropriation made by this section is contingent on approval by
two-thirds of each chamber of the Texas Legislature, as required
under Section 18(i), Article VII, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 45. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BULLET RESISTANT
WINDSHIELDS AND WINDOWS FOR TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL EQUIPMENT.
Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 2222 or similar legislation by
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to bullet
resistant windshields and windows for Texas Highway Patrol
equipment, the amount of $22,000,000 is appropriated from the
economic stabilization fund to the Department of Public Safety for
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
Strategy A.3.1., Texas Highway Patrol, as listed in S.B. 1, Acts of
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General
Appropriations Act), for the purpose of implementing the provisions
of S.B. 2222 or similar legislation.
SECTION 46. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: CONTRIBUTIONS TO,
BENEFITS FROM, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT
SYSTEM. (a) Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 321 or similar
legislation by the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration
of the Employees Retirement System, the following amounts are
appropriated to the Employees Retirement System for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
of implementing the provisions of the legislation:
(1) $678,300,000 in general revenue;
(2) $52,020,000 in general revenue dedicated;
(3) $171,360,000 in federal funds;
(4) $14,280,000 in other special state funds; and
(5) $104,040,000 from State Highway Fund No. 0006.
(b) The appropriations made in this section are for the
purpose of amortizing the Employees Retirement System Retirement
Program's unfunded actuarial liabilities not later than the fiscal
year ending August 31, 2054, consistent with S.B. 321 or similar
legislation by the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021.
SECTION 47. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: CREATION
OF A TEXAS RESKILLING AND UPSKILLING THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 1102 or similar legislation by
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to the
creation of a Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education
(TRUE) program, the Higher Education Coordinating Board is
appropriated for the two-year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act from federal funds available for coronavirus
relief the amount of those funds necessary to accomplish the
purpose of implementing the provisions of S.B. 1102 or similar
legislation, to the extent federal funds are available and may be
used for that purpose.
SECTION 48. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES: EXTENDED
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY FLEET VEHICLES. Contingent on the
enactment of S.B. 1064 or similar legislation by the 87th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to the extended
registration of certain county fleet vehicles, the amount of
$250,000 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 implementing the provisions of S.B. 1064 or similar legislation.
SECTION 49. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES: FOSTER CARE. The bill pattern of the appropriations to
the Texas Department of Family and Protective 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:
__. Transfers 2021. Notwithstanding any transfer
limitation specified by this Act, the Texas Department of Family
and Protective Services shall transfer from amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021,
$5,200,000 of general revenue funds from Strategy B.1.3., TWC
Contracted Day Care, and $15,431,829 of general revenue funds from
Strategy B.1.10., Adoption/PCA Payments, to Strategy B.1.9.,
Foster Care Payments.
SECTION 50. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES: FOSTER CARE LAWSUIT. The bill pattern of the
appropriations to the Texas Department of Family and Protective
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:
__. Foster Care Lawsuit 2021. Notwithstanding any transfer
limitation specified by this Act, the Texas Department of Family
and Protective Services shall transfer from amounts previously
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021,
$18,546,383 of general revenue funds from Strategy B.1.11.,
Relative Caregiver Payments, to the following strategies:
(1) $134,143 to Strategy A.1.1., Statewide Intake
Services;
(2) $1,982,143 to Strategy B.1.1., CPS Direct Delivery
Staff;
(3) $15,240,785 to Strategy B.1.2., CPS Program
Support;
(4) $252,480 to Strategy E.1.1., Central
Administration;
(5) $208,507 to Strategy E.1.4., IT Program Support;
and
(6) $728,325 to Strategy F.1.1., Agency-wide
Automated Systems.
SECTION 51. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES: PURCHASED CLIENT SERVICES. The bill pattern of the
appropriations to the Texas Department of Family and Protective
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:
__. Purchased Client Services 2021. Notwithstanding any
transfer limitation specified by this Act, the Texas Department of
Family and Protective Services shall transfer from amounts
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
31, 2021, $15,896,976 of general revenue funds from Strategy
B.1.3., TWC Contracted Day Care, to the following purchased client
strategies as listed in this Act:
(1) $2,430,691 to Strategy B.1.4., Adoption Purchased
Services;
(2) $5,818,972 to Strategy B.1.7., Substance Abuse
Purchased Services; and
(3) $7,647,313 to Strategy B.1.8., Other CPS Purchased
Services.
SECTION 52. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
TRANSFER AUTHORITY. The bill pattern of the appropriations to the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission 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:
__. Transfer Authority 2021. (a) Notwithstanding Rider
135, Limitations on Transfer Authority, the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission may transfer unexpended balances of funding
from strategies in goals other than Goal A, Medicaid Client
Services, to strategies in Goal A, Medicaid Client Services. The
Texas Health and Human Services Commission may expend funds
transferred under this section during the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2021.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2021, the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission shall report to the Legislative Budget
Board and the office of the governor regarding any funds
transferred and expended under Subsection (a) of this rider.
SECTION 53. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
REPURPOSE OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. The bill pattern of the
appropriations to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission 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:
__. Repurpose of Expenditure of Funds 2021. Notwithstanding
Rider 17, Health Insurance Providers Fee, the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission may use $30,300,000 of the general
revenue funds appropriated by this Act to the commission for Goal A,
Medicaid Client Services, and designated under Rider 17 for use
only for the health insurance providers fee, for Medicaid client
services.
SECTION 54. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
CROSS-BIENNIA TRANSFERS FOR STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. The bill
pattern of the appropriations to the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission 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:
__. Cross-Biennia Transfers For State Hospital Construction
2021. The unexpended balance of appropriations from the economic
stabilization fund to the Texas Health and Human Services
Commission made by Section 21, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, (estimated to be $0) are
appropriated to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2023, for the same
purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.
SECTION 55. 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 $196,241,572, are
appropriated from the general revenue 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: $2,500,000 for
remediation of deferred maintenance of state buildings;
(3) Preservation Board: $1,400,000 for the state
cemetery master plan;
(4) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$755,896 for the Winters Data Center;
(5) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$105,470,000, to be allocated as follows:
(A) $60,280,000 for safety projects;
(B) $3,360,000 for security projects;
(C) $28,630,000 for infrastructure projects; and
(D) $13,200,000 for facility repair projects;
(6) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $3,538,850 for
health and safety improvements and repair, rehabilitation, and
delayed deferred maintenance of state buildings;
(7) Texas Military Department: $2,279,956 for STAR
revitalization; and
(8) Texas Department of Public Safety: $3,750,000 for
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 $1,721,228, are
appropriated from federal funds for the two-year period beginning
on the effective date of this Act as follows:
(1) Texas Health and Human Services Commission:
$744,104 for the Winters Data Center; and
(2) Texas Military Department: $977,124 for STAR
revitalization.
(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 $210,000,000, are
appropriated to the Department of Transportation from State Highway
Fund No. 6 for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
of this Act as follows:
(1) $153,250,000 for new construction;
(2) $51,750,000 for deferred maintenance of state
buildings; and
(3) $5,000,000 for land acquisition.
SECTION 56. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: ADJUSTMENT OF
FORMULA FUNDING. 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 $1,618,080 is
appropriated from the general revenue fund to The University of
Texas at Austin for the two-year period beginning on the effective
date of this Act for the purpose of making a formula funding
adjustment.
SECTION 57. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION. 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 $2,500,000 is appropriated from
the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment
Station for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
this Act for the purpose of supporting the station's collaboration
with the Army Futures Command.
SECTION 58. COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT: CONTINGENCY FOR
DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. The appropriation of $3,608,145 of the
total $4,607,401 appropriation made by Section 35(a)(11) of this
Act and the authorization of the purchase of the Commission on Law
Enforcement Data Distribution System by the legislature are
contingent upon a prior approval of the expenditure of the purchase
price by the Department of Information Resources after a review by
the Department of Information Resources in coordination with the
Quality Assurance Team and a finding of fact from the Department of
Information Resources that the Commission on Law Enforcement Data
Distribution System meets appropriate standards and that the
Commission on Law Enforcement and the Commission on Law Enforcement
Data Distribution System are adequately prepared for the
transition. The transition shall include a contract with the
current Commission on Law Enforcement Data Distribution System
vendor, and that contract must include language that requires that
no data is made available to or accessible by the vendor's
employees, agents, or contractors, if the data relates to
Commission on Law Enforcement Data Distribution System
transactions, clients, or customers, and must require that the
vendor not store, copy, analyze, monitor, or otherwise use that
data except for purposes related to the transition to the
Commission on Law Enforcement. This includes all applicable laws,
regulations, and government orders relating to personally
identifiable information and data privacy with respect to any such
data. No funds appropriated to the Commission on Law Enforcement
by this Act may be used to provide payment for the online services
portal and license database project or any component of the
contract after the Commission on Law Enforcement Data Distribution
System has been purchased and is implemented, and all relevant data
has been migrated to the system.
SECTION 59. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON: MARITIME
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. (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
$45,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to Texas
A&M University at Galveston to be used for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for dock and other
infrastructure improvements needed to accept new and larger vessels
from the United States Department of Transportation and the United
States Maritime Administration (MARAD).
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need
for the facilities described by Subsection (a) of this section at
Texas A&M University at Galveston and that the appropriation made
by this section may be used for such facilities. The appropriation
made by this section is contingent on approval by two-thirds of each
chamber of the Texas Legislature, as required by Section 18(i),
Article VII, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 60. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION AND 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 are
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the following
agencies for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
this Act for the purpose of purchasing capital transportation and
motor vehicles:
(1) Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
$14,063,571; and
(2) Department of Public Safety: $104,579,893.
SECTION 61. TEXAS GUARANTEED TUITION PLAN. 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 $271,176,575 is appropriated from the general
revenue fund to the comptroller of public accounts-fiscal programs
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for the purpose of paying contract obligations and program expenses
for Guaranteed Tuition Plan/Texas Tomorrow Fund.
SECTION 62. RAILROAD COMMISSION: MAINFRAME TRANSFORMATION.
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 $21,475,647 is appropriated to
the Railroad Commission, with $4,608,000 appropriated from the
general revenue fund and $16,867,647 appropriated from the Oil and
Gas Regulation and Cleanup Account No. 5155, for the two-year
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
of phase two of an information technology mainframe computer
transformation project.
SECTION 63. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: CAPITAL
TRANSPORTATION 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 are appropriated from the following sources to the Parks
and Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on the
effective date of this Act for the purpose of purchasing capital
transportation and motor vehicles:
(1) $2,186,004 from the general revenue fund;
(2) $141,444 from general revenue-dedicated state
parks account No. 64; and
(3) $12,531,470 from general revenue-dedicated game,
fish and water safety account No. 009.
SECTION 64. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
STATE HOSPITALS. 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
are appropriated to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
for the following purposes, and from the following sources, as
follows:
(1) $124,100,000 from the economic stabilization fund
to finish construction of a 240-bed replacement campus of Austin
State Hospital;
(2) $152,400,000 from the economic stabilization fund
to finish construction of a 300-bed replacement campus of San
Antonio State Hospital;
(3) $44,750,000 from the economic stabilization fund
to begin pre-planning and planning efforts of a new state hospital
in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, including the
acquisition of land for this purpose; and
(4) $133,334 from the general revenue fund for one
full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to oversee the construction
projects during the two year period.
SECTION 65. CAPITAL BUDGET TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF GAA
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The provisions of Part 14, Article IX,
Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations Act), and Part 14,
Article IX, S.B. 1, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session,
2021 (the General Appropriations Act), are incorporated into this
Act by reference and apply to appropriations made by this Act to
allow appropriate transfers of appropriations made by this Act.
SECTION 66. DISBURSEMENT OF FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS. Following
deposit of reimbursement money paid by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency into the Coronavirus Relief Fund in the state
treasury, the governor is appropriated those federal funds to be
disbursed to agencies and institutions to supplant general revenue
appropriations made by Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations
Act) and S.B. 1, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021
(the General Appropriations Act).
SECTION 67. (a) Subject to Subsections (b) and (c) of this
section, this Act takes effect immediately.
(b) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 18, 19, 23, 25,
26, 29, 43, 45, 54, and 64 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.
(c) Sections 44 and 59 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 18(i), Article
VII, Texas Constitution.
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