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Texas Senate Bill SB1507

Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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22 By: Huffman S.B. No. 1507
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
88 miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
99 designated by this Act; making appropriations.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. The following sums of money are appropriated out
1212 of the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of itemized claims
1313 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
1414 To pay claim number 55M26159 to a confidential payee for
1515 overtime.
1616 $23,058.11
1717 To pay claim number 55M26161 to a confidential payee for
1818 overtime.
1919 $23,267.52
2020 To pay claim number 55M26177 to a confidential payee for
2121 overtime.
2222 $18,157.51
2323 To pay claim number 95M10063 to Concepcion Flores for
2424 replacement of a void Aid to Families with Dependent Children
2525 warrant.
2626 $158.00
2727 To pay claim number 95M10201 to a confidential payee for
2828 replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
2929 $70.08
3030 To pay claim number 95M10202 to a confidential payee for
3131 replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
3232 $52.56
3333 To pay claim number 95M10203 to a confidential payee for
3434 replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
3535 $122.64
3636 To pay claim number 95M10218 to Patricia Young for
3737 replacement of void foster care aid warrants.
3838 $2,000.00
3939 To pay claim number 95M10285 to Harold Sager, Independent
4040 Executor for the Estate of Lenard O. Sager for replacement of a void
4141 unclaimed property warrant.
4242 $52,391.22
4343 To pay claim number 95M10286 to a confidential payee for
4444 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
4545 $21,346.79
4646 To pay claim number 95M10314 to a confidential payee for
4747 replacement of a void payroll warrant.
4848 $5,255.83
4949 To pay claim number 95M10377 to Dallas County Southwestern
5050 Institute of Forensic Sciences for expert consult/biological
5151 analysis.
5252 $3,802.00
5353 To pay claim number 95M10388 to Centre for Neuro Skills for
5454 physical therapy services.
5555 $8,880.00
5656 To pay claim number 95M20031 to Yolanda Patricia Aguilar for
5757 replacement of a void unclaimed property warrant.
5858 $56,549.11
5959 To pay claim number 95M20066 to a confidential payee for
6060 replacement of a void sales and use tax refund warrant.
6161 $11,208.22
6262 To pay claim number 95M20076 to Management & Training
6363 Corporation for replacement of a canceled off-site medical
6464 healthcare warrant.
6565 $152,214.45
6666 To pay claim number 95M20109 to a confidential payee for
6767 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
6868 $26,901.71
6969 To pay claim number 95M20118 to a confidential payee for
7070 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
7171 $131,524.46
7272 To pay claim number 95M20140 to a confidential payee for
7373 replacement of void franchise tax refund warrants.
7474 $4,160.85
7575 To pay claim number 95M20159 to a confidential payee for
7676 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
7777 $84,209.37
7878 To pay claim number 95M20173 to a confidential payee for
7979 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
8080 $32,182.80
8181 To pay claim number 95M20209 to a confidential payee for
8282 replacement of a void insurance premium refund warrant.
8383 $181,834.12
8484 To pay claim number 95M20212 to a confidential payee for
8585 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
8686 $157.75
8787 To pay claim number 95M20267 to the University of Houston
8888 Treasurer's Office for Title IV-E training - direct and indirect
8989 costs.
9090 $112,013.08
9191 To pay claim number 95M20395 to Trulight127 for foster care
9292 services.
9393 $60,499.34
9494 To pay claim number 95M20470 to a confidential payee for
9595 replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
9696 $155.35
9797 To pay claim number 95M23005 to Zoom Counseling and Rehab,
9898 Inc. for replacement of canceled psychological services warrants.
9999 $294,965.15
100100 To pay claim number 95M23027 to a confidential payee for
101101 replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
102102 $90,496.21
103103 To pay claim number 95M23038 to Hidalgo County for foster
104104 care Title IV-E contract.
105105 $7,026.22
106106 To pay claim number 95M23039 to Hidalgo County for foster
107107 care Title IV-E legal services.
108108 $23,370.30
109109 To pay claim number 95M23151 to Veterans Land Board DBA Frank
110110 M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
111111 $134,358.75
112112 To pay claim number 95M23152 to Veterans Land Board DBA
113113 William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
114114 services.
115115 $80,941.14
116116 To pay claim number 95M23157 to Veterans Land Board DBA
117117 Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
118118 services.
119119 $321,707.76
120120 To pay claim number 95M23158 to Veterans Land Board DBA Clyde
121121 W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
122122 $118,449.47
123123 To pay claim number 95M23159 to Veterans Land Board DBA
124124 Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
125125 services.
126126 $202,449.31
127127 To pay claim number 95M23160 to Veterans Land Board DBA
128128 Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
129129 $111,563.04
130130 To pay claim number 95M23167 to Veterans Land Board DBA
131131 Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
132132 services.
133133 $331,574.04
134134 To pay claim number 95M23168 to Veterans Land Board DBA
135135 Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
136136 $374,248.56
137137 To pay claim number 95M23207 to a confidential payee for
138138 replacement of a void franchise tax warrant.
139139 $49,059.50
140140 To pay claim number 95M23237 to Coastal Bend Regional
141141 Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
142142 invoices.
143143 $67,472.38
144144 To pay claim number 95M23239 to North Central Texas Trauma
145145 Regional Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical
146146 Task Force invoices.
147147 $136,078.89
148148 To pay claim number 95M23240 to Capital Area Trauma Regional
149149 Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
150150 invoices.
151151 $392,640.00
152152 To pay claim number 95M23243 to Stability Staffing and
153153 Consulting, LLC for reimbursement of medical staffing invoices and
154154 supplements.
155155 $86,880.51
156156 To pay claim number 95M23250 to Angel Staffing, Inc. for
157157 reimbursement for supplemental medical staffing invoices.
158158 $3,666,785.98
159159 To pay claim number 95M23289 to Angels of God Home Health, LLC
160160 for community care.
161161 $473.53
162162 To pay claim number 95MT2301 to NAACP Legal Defense &
163163 Educational Fund, Inc. for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
164164 $445,927.90
165165 To pay claim number 95MT2302 to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
166166 and Dorr, LLP for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
167167 $368,975.63
168168 To pay claim number 95MT2303 to Rolando L. Rios & Associates
169169 for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
170170 $166,444.37
171171 To pay claim number 95MT2304 to Texas RioGrande Legal Aid,
172172 Inc. for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in
173173 judgment.
174174 $658,084.35
175175 To pay claim number 95MT2305 to Brennan Center for Justice at
176176 NYU Law School for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
177177 expenses in judgment.
178178 $310,549.21
179179 To pay claim number 95MT2306 to Dechert LLP for attorney
180180 fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
181181 $1,517,193.59
182182 To pay claim number 95MT2307 to Lawyer's Committee for Civil
183183 Rights under Law for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
184184 expenses in judgment.
185185 $665,994.59
186186 To pay claim number 95MT2308 to Mexican American Legislative
187187 Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives for attorney fees and
188188 expenses in judgment.
189189 $41,366.04
190190 To pay claim number 95MT2309 to Texas State Conference of
191191 NAACP Branches for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
192192 $68,336.97
193193 To pay claim number 95MT2310 to Neil G. Baron for attorney
194194 fees and expenses in judgment.
195195 $130,658.33
196196 To pay claim number 95MT2311 to Brazil & Dunn for attorney
197197 fees and expenses in judgment.
198198 $1,096,842.19
199199 To pay claim number 95MT2312 to Campaign Legal Center for
200200 attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
201201 $805,172.36
202202 To pay claim number 95MT2313 to Derfner & Altman for attorney
203203 fees in judgment.
204204 $649,759.50
205205 SECTION 2. The following sums of money are appropriated out
206206 of the State Technology and Instructional Materials Fund No. 0003
207207 for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
208208 against the State of Texas:
209209 To pay claim number 95M20221 to Scholastic Inc. for
210210 replacement of void state technology & instruction material
211211 warrants.
212212 $86,270.75
213213 SECTION 3. The following sums of money are appropriated out
214214 of the State Highway Fund No. 0006 for payment of itemized claims
215215 and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
216216 To pay claim number 95M10139 to University of Texas Rio
217217 Grande Valley for the ocelot and jaguarundi monitoring project.
218218 $94,446.53
219219 To pay claim number 95M10340 to City of Lewisville for signal
220220 equipment and installation in City of Lewisville.
221221 $71,250.00
222222 To pay claim number 95M20199 to Montgomery County, Texas for
223223 land acquisition reimbursement parcel 64 FM 1097.
224224 $723,783.40
225225 To pay claim number 95M20200 to Montgomery County, Texas for
226226 land acquisition reimbursement parcel 65 FM 1097.
227227 $180,257.40
228228 To pay claim number 95M20286 to WSP USA, Inc. for labor
229229 charges incurred for contract 12-51DP5108.
230230 $82,880.70
231231 To pay claim number 95M20352 to City of Frisco for land
232232 acquisition sponsor reimbursement.
233233 $21,146.40
234234 To pay claim number 95M20454 to AECOM Technical Services,
235235 Inc. for construction phase services/managing contracted advance
236236 services.
237237 $117,976.83
238238 To pay claim number 95M23007 to AT&T for engineering and
239239 construction charges.
240240 $24,104.32
241241 SECTION 4. The following sums of money are appropriated out
242242 of the Veterans Financial Assistance Program Fund No. 0374 for
243243 payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
244244 against the State of Texas:
245245 To pay claim number 95M10254 to Luis Gonzales for replacement
246246 of a void refund of fees.
247247 $835.88
248248 SECTION 5. (a) Before any claim or judgment may be paid
249249 from money appropriated by this Act, the claim or judgment must be
250250 verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special fund
251251 or account against which the claim or judgment is to be charged and
252252 be approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
253253 accounts. Any claim or judgment itemized in this Act that has not
254254 been verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special
255255 fund or account and approved by the attorney general and the
256256 comptroller by August 31, 2025, may not be paid from money
257257 appropriated by this Act.
258258 (b) Each claim or judgment paid from money appropriated by
259259 this Act must contain such information as the comptroller of public
260260 accounts requires but at a minimum must contain the specific reason
261261 for the claim or judgment. If the claim is for a void warrant, the
262262 claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
263263 services, refunds, or other items for which the warrant was
264264 originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
265265 the original payee or the original payee's successors, heirs, or
266266 assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim or
267267 judgment is for unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by
268268 an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account
269269 and any other information that may be required by the comptroller.
270270 SECTION 6. Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
271271 this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller of
272272 public accounts is authorized and directed to issue one or more
273273 warrants on the state treasury, as soon as possible following the
274274 effective date of this Act, in favor of each of the individuals,
275275 firms, or corporations named or claim numbers identified in this
276276 Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set opposite their
277277 respective names or claim numbers and shall mail or deliver to each
278278 of the individuals, firms, or corporations associated with each
279279 claim one or more warrants in payment of all claims included in this
280280 Act.
281281 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.