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2	2	By: Huffman S.B. No. 2192
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to state fiscal matters.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	ARTICLE 1. STATE FISCAL MATTERS RELATED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN
12	12	SERVICES AGENCIES AND STATE AGENCIES ADMINISTERING HEALTH AND HUMAN
13	13	SERVICES PROGRAMS
14	14	SECTION 1.01. (a) This section applies to any state agency
15	15	that receives an appropriation under Article II of the General
16	16	Appropriations Act and to any program administered by any of those
17	17	agencies.
18	18	(b) Notwithstanding any other statute of this state, each
19	19	state agency to which this section applies is authorized to reduce
20	20	or recover expenditures by:
21	21	(1) consolidating any reports or publications the
22	22	agency is required to make and filing or delivering any of those
23	23	reports or publications exclusively by electronic means;
24	24	(2) extending the effective period of any license,
25	25	permit, or registration the agency grants or administers;
26	26	(3) entering into a contract with another governmental
27	27	entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the agency's
28	28	duties;
29	29	(4) adopting additional eligibility requirements
30	30	consistent with federal law for persons who receive benefits under
31	31	any law the agency administers to ensure that those benefits are
32	32	received by the most deserving persons consistent with the purposes
33	33	for which the benefits are provided, including under the following
34	34	laws:
35	35	(A) Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code (child
36	36	health plan program);
37	37	(B) Chapter 31, Human Resources Code (Temporary
38	38	Assistance for Needy Families program);
39	39	(C) Chapter 32, Human Resources Code (Medicaid
40	40	program);
41	41	(D) Chapter 33, Human Resources Code
42	42	(supplemental nutrition assistance and other nutritional
43	43	assistance programs);
44	44	(E) Chapter 540, Government Code, as effective
45	45	April 1, 2025 (Medicaid managed care); and
46	46	(F) Chapter 540A, Government Code, as effective
47	47	April 1, 2025 (Medicaid Managed Transportation Services);
48	48	(5) providing that any communication between the
49	49	agency and another person and any document required to be delivered
50	50	to or by the agency, including any application, notice, billing
51	51	statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by
52	52	e-mail or through the Internet; and
53	53	(6) modifying and streamlining processes used in:
54	54	(A) the conduct of eligibility determinations
55	55	for programs listed in Subdivision (4) of this subsection by or
56	56	under the direction of the Health and Human Services Commission;
57	57	(B) the provision of child and adult protective
58	58	services by the Department of Family and Protective Services;
59	59	(C) the provision of community health services,
60	60	consumer protection services, and mental health services by the
61	61	Department of State Health Services; and
62	62	(D) the provision or administration of other
63	63	services provided or programs operated by the Health and Human
64	64	Services Commission or a health and human services agency, as
65	65	defined by Section 521.0001, Government Code, as effective April 1,
66	66	2025.
67	67	SECTION 1.02. Subchapter O, Chapter 540, Government Code,
68	68	as effective April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Sections 540.0715,
69	69	540.0716, and 540.0717 to read as follows:
70	70	Sec. 540.0715. CARE COORDINATION BENEFITS. (a) In this
71	71	section, "care coordination" means assisting recipients to develop
72	72	a plan of care, including a service plan, that meets the recipient's
73	73	needs and coordinating the provision of Medicaid benefits in a
74	74	manner that is consistent with the plan of care. The term is
75	75	synonymous with "case management," "service coordination," and
76	76	"service management."
77	77	(b) The commission shall streamline and clarify the
78	78	provision of care coordination benefits across Medicaid programs
79	79	and services for recipients receiving benefits under a managed care
80	80	delivery model. In streamlining and clarifying the provision of
81	81	care coordination benefits under this section, the commission shall
82	82	at a minimum:
83	83	(1) subject to Subsection (c), establish a process for
84	84	determining and designating a single entity as the primary entity
85	85	responsible for a recipient's care coordination;
86	86	(2) evaluate and eliminate duplicative services
87	87	intended to achieve recipient care coordination, including care
88	88	coordination or related benefits provided:
89	89	(A) by a Medicaid managed care organization;
90	90	(B) by a recipient's medical or health home;
91	91	(C) through a disease management program
92	92	provided by a Medicaid managed care organization;
93	93	(D) by a provider of targeted case management and
94	94	psychiatric rehabilitation services; and
95	95	(E) through a program of case management for
96	96	high-risk pregnant women and high-risk children established under
97	97	Section 22.0031, Human Resources Code;
98	98	(3) evaluate and, if the commission determines it
99	99	appropriate, modify the capitation rate paid to Medicaid managed
100	100	care organizations to account for the provision of care
101	101	coordination benefits by a person not affiliated with the
102	102	organization; and
103	103	(4) establish and use a consistent set of terms for
104	104	care coordination provided under a managed care delivery model.
105	105	(c) In establishing a process under Subsection (b)(1), the
106	106	commission shall ensure that:
107	107	(1) for a recipient who receives targeted case
108	108	management and psychiatric rehabilitation services, the default
109	109	entity to act as the primary entity responsible for the recipient's
110	110	care coordination under Subsection (b)(1) is the provider of
111	111	targeted case management and psychiatric rehabilitation services;
112	112	and
113	113	(2) for recipients other than those described by
114	114	Subdivision (1), the process includes an evaluation process
115	115	designed to identify the provider that would best meet the care
116	116	coordination needs of a recipient and that the commission
117	117	incorporates into Medicaid managed care program contracts.
118	118	Sec. 540.0716. CARE COORDINATOR CASELOAD STANDARDS. (a)
119	119	In this section:
120	120	(1) "Care coordination" has the meaning assigned by
121	121	Section 540.0715.
122	122	(2) "Care coordinator" means a person, including a
123	123	case manager, engaged by a Medicaid managed care organization to
124	124	provide care coordination benefits.
125	125	(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish
126	126	caseload standards for care coordinators providing care
127	127	coordination under the STAR+PLUS home and community-based services
128	128	supports (HCBS) program.
129	129	(c) The executive commissioner by rule may, if the executive
130	130	commissioner determines it appropriate, establish caseload
131	131	standards for care coordinators providing care coordination under
132	132	Medicaid programs other than the STAR+PLUS home and community-based
133	133	services supports (HCBS) program.
134	134	(d) In determining whether to establish caseload standards
135	135	for a Medicaid program under Subsection (c), the executive
136	136	commissioner shall consider whether implementing the standards
137	137	would improve:
138	138	(1) Medicaid managed care organization contract
139	139	compliance;
140	140	(2) the quality of care coordination provided under
141	141	the program;
142	142	(3) recipient health outcomes; and
143	143	(4) transparency regarding the availability of care
144	144	coordination benefits to recipients and interested stakeholders.
145	145	Sec. 540.0717. INFORMATION SHARING. (a) In this section:
146	146	(1) "Care coordination" has the meaning assigned by
147	147	Section 540.0715.
148	148	(2) "Care coordinator" has the meaning assigned by
149	149	Section 540.0716.
150	150	(b) To the extent permitted under applicable federal and
151	151	state law enacted to protect the confidentiality and privacy of
152	152	patients' health information, Medicaid managed care organizations
153	153	shall ensure the sharing of information, including recipient
154	154	medical records, among care coordinators and health care providers
155	155	as appropriate to provide care coordination benefits. For purposes
156	156	of implementing this section, a Medicaid managed care organization
157	157	may allow a care coordinator to share a recipient's service plan
158	158	with health care providers, subject to the limitations of this
159	159	section.
160	160	SECTION 1.03. Subchapter B, Chapter 137, Human Resources
161	161	Code, is amended by adding Section 137.061 to read as follows:
162	162	Sec. 137.061. GEOGRAPHIC RISK MAPPING FOR PREVENTION AND
163	163	EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. (a) The commission shall use
164	164	existing risk terrain modeling systems, predictive analytics, or
165	165	geographic risk assessments to:
166	166	(1) identify geographic areas that have high risk
167	167	indicators of child maltreatment and child fatalities resulting
168	168	from abuse or neglect; and
169	169	(2) target the implementation and use of prevention
170	170	and early intervention services to those geographic areas.
171	171	(b) The commission may not use data gathered under this
172	172	section to identify a specific family or individual.
173	173	SECTION 1.04. If before implementing any provision of this
174	174	article a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization
175	175	from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that
176	176	provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the
177	177	waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision
178	178	until the waiver or authorization is granted.
179	179	SECTION 1.05. This article takes effect September 1, 2025.
180	180	ARTICLE 2. FISCAL MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
181	181	SECTION 2.01. (a) This section applies to the Texas
182	182	Education Agency, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
183	183	Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Teacher Retirement
184	184	System of Texas.
185	185	(b) Notwithstanding any other statute of this state, each
186	186	entity to which this section applies is authorized to reduce or
187	187	recover expenditures by:
188	188	(1) consolidating any reports or publications the
189	189	entity is required to make and filing or delivering any of those
190	190	reports or publications exclusively by electronic means;
191	191	(2) extending the effective period of any license,
192	192	permit, or registration the entity grants or administers;
193	193	(3) entering into a contract with another governmental
194	194	entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the entity's
195	195	duties;
196	196	(4) modifying the services provided to and the
197	197	eligibility requirements, including the procedures to determine
198	198	eligibility, for persons who receive benefits under any federal or
199	199	state law the entity administers to ensure that those benefits are
200	200	received by the most deserving persons consistent with the purposes
201	201	for which the benefits are provided; and
202	202	(5) providing that any communication between the
203	203	entity and another person and any document required to be delivered
204	204	to or by the entity, including any application, notice, billing
205	205	statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by
206	206	e-mail or through the Internet.
207	207	SECTION 2.02. An employee of an entity described by Section
208	208	2.01 of this Act is not entitled to an amount from the state for
209	209	expenses, including office expenses or reimbursement of office
210	210	expenses, per diem, travel, or a salary or salary supplement that
211	211	exceeds the amount authorized for those purposes by the General
212	212	Appropriations Act.
213	213	SECTION 2.03. Section 21.4021(a), Education Code, is
214	214	amended to read as follows:
215	215	(a) Notwithstanding Section 21.401 and subject to Section
216	216	21.4022, the board of trustees of a school district may, in
217	217	accordance with district policy, implement a furlough program and
218	218	reduce the number of days of service otherwise required under
219	219	Section 21.401 by not more than seven [six] days of service during a
220	220	school year if the commissioner certifies in accordance with
221	221	Section 48.010 that the district will be provided with less state
222	222	and local funding for that year than was provided to the district
223	223	for the 2024-2025 [2010-2011] school year.
224	224	SECTION 2.04. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended
225	225	to read as follows:
226	226	(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school
227	227	district may not enroll more than a district-wide average of 23 [22]
228	228	students in [a] prekindergarten, kindergarten, first, second,
229	229	third, and [or] fourth grade classes [class]. That limitation does
230	230	not apply during:
231	231	(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by
232	232	the district, in the case of a district whose average daily
233	233	attendance is adjusted under Section 48.005(c); or
234	234	(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of
235	235	any other district.
236	236	SECTION 2.05. Section 28.053(i), Education Code, is amended
237	237	to read as follows:
238	238	(i) The commissioner shall analyze and adjust, as needed,
239	239	the sum of and number of awards to ensure that the purpose of the
240	240	program is realized and to account for any budgetary constraints.
241	241	SECTION 2.06. Section 48.010, Education Code, is amended to
242	242	read as follows:
243	243	Sec. 48.010. DETERMINATION OF FUNDING LEVELS. (a) Not
244	244	later than July 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine for
245	245	each school district whether the estimated amount of state and
246	246	local funding per student in weighted average daily attendance to
247	247	be provided to the district under the Foundation School Program for
248	248	maintenance and operations for the following school year is less
249	249	than the amount provided to the district for the 2024-2025
250	250	[2010-2011] school year. If the amount estimated to be provided is
251	251	less, the commissioner shall certify the percentage decrease in
252	252	funding to be provided to the district.
253	253	(b) In making the determinations regarding funding levels
254	254	required by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall:
255	255	(1) make adjustments as necessary to reflect changes
256	256	in a school district's maintenance and operations tax rate;
257	257	(2) for a district required to reduce its local
258	258	revenue level under Section 48.257, base the determinations on the
259	259	district's net funding levels after deducting any amounts required
260	260	to be expended by the district to comply with Chapter 49; and
261	261	(3) determine a district's weighted average daily
262	262	attendance in accordance with this chapter as it existed on January
263	263	1, 2025 [2011].
264	264	SECTION 2.07. Section 825.404(b), Government Code, is
265	265	amended to read as follows:
266	266	(b) Before November 15 [2] of each even-numbered year, the
267	267	board of trustees, in coordination with the Legislative Budget
268	268	Board, shall certify to the comptroller of public accounts for
269	269	review and adoption an estimate of the amount necessary to pay the
270	270	state's contributions to the retirement system for the following
271	271	biennium. For qualifying employees under Subsection (a-1)(1), the
272	272	board of trustees shall include only the amount payable by the state
273	273	under Subsection (a-1)(1) in determining the amount to be
274	274	certified.
275	275	SECTION 2.08. Section 1575.202(a), Insurance Code, is
276	276	amended to read as follows:
277	277	(a) Each state fiscal year, the state shall contribute to
278	278	the fund an amount equal to 1.23 [1.25] percent of the salary of
279	279	each active employee.
280	280	SECTION 2.09. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
281	281	repealed.
282	282	SECTION 2.10. (a) Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, and 2.06 of
283	283	this article apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
284	284	(b) Sections 2.07 and 2.08 of this article apply beginning
285	285	with the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2025.
286	286	ARTICLE 3. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
287	287	SECTION 3.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 441, Government Code,
288	288	is amended by adding Section 441.0135 to read as follows:
289	289	Sec. 441.0135. REPORT OF REPORTS. (a) Not later than January
290	290	1 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall submit to the
291	291	governor and the Legislative Budget Board a written report
292	292	regarding all statutorily required reports prepared by and
293	293	submitted to a state agency as defined by Section 441.180. The
294	294	commission may consult with other state agencies in preparing the
295	295	report. A state agency shall cooperate with the commission in
296	296	securing the information necessary for preparing the report. The
297	297	commission shall prescribe the method by which a state agency
298	298	transmits to the commission information necessary to prepare the
299	299	report, and may require the information to be submitted using the
300	300	state electronic Internet portal. The report must include for each
301	301	statutorily required report:
302	302	(1) the title of and the agency preparing the report;
303	303	(2) the statutory authority requiring the report;
304	304	(3) the recipient of the report;
305	305	(4) the deadline for submitting the report;
306	306	(5) a brief description of the report; and
307	307	(6) an assessment from each recipient of the report
308	308	whether the report is necessary.
309	309	(b) The report required by Subsection (a) must be:
310	310	(1) made available to the public; and
311	311	(2) indexed by preparing agency, title of report, and
312	312	report recipient.
313	313	SECTION 3.02. Section 466.105, Government Code, is amended
314	314	to read as follows:
315	315	Sec. 466.105. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. [(a) A contract
316	316	for the acquisition or provision of facilities, supplies,
317	317	equipment, materials, or services related to the operation of the
318	318	lottery is not subject to:
319	319	[(1) Chapter 2054 or 2254; or
320	320	[(2) Subtitle D, Title 10.
321	321	[(b)] Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 2, Utilities
322	322	Code, the commission may negotiate rates and execute contracts with
323	323	telecommunications service providers for the interexchange
324	324	services necessary for the operation of the lottery. The
325	325	commission may acquire transmission facilities by lease, purchase,
326	326	or lease-purchase. The acquisition of transmission facilities must
327	327	be done on a competitive bid basis if possible.
328	328	SECTION 3.03. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, as
329	329	amended by Chapters 109 (S.B. 2214), 765 (H.B. 4504), and 950 (S.B.
330	330	1727), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is
331	331	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
332	332	(b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and
333	333	notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, each of the
334	334	following state employees who is required to work on a national or
335	335	state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to
336	336	compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked
337	337	on the holiday:
338	338	(1) an employee of the Department of Family and
339	339	Protective Services [in the statewide intake division who receives
340	340	reports of abuse or neglect];
341	341	(2) a peace officer commissioned or appointed, as
342	342	applicable, by a state officer or state agency listed under Article
343	343	2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
344	344	(3) an employee of the Department of Public Safety
345	345	who:
346	346	(A) performs communications or dispatch services
347	347	related to traffic law enforcement; or
348	348	(B) is a public security officer, as that term is
349	349	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; [or]
350	350	(4) an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department
351	351	who performs communications and dispatch services to assist law
352	352	enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife
353	353	Commission in performing law enforcement duties;
354	354	(5) an employee of[, or who is employed by] the Texas
355	355	Juvenile Justice Department who:
356	356	(A) performs [to perform] communication service
357	357	duties for the incident reporting center; and
358	358	(B) assists [to assist] law enforcement officers
359	359	appointed by the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile
360	360	Justice Department in performing investigative duties; [,] or
361	361	(6) [who is employed as] a security officer providing
362	362	security and entry searches for secure correctional facilities
363	363	operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department[,].
364	364	SECTION 3.04. Subchapter A, Chapter 2176, Government Code,
365	365	is amended by adding Section 2176.007 to read as follows:
366	366	Sec. 2176.007. COMPTROLLER STUDY ON MAIL OPERATIONS. (a)
367	367	The comptroller shall conduct a study on the mail operations of each
368	368	state agency in the executive branch of state government that
369	369	receives an appropriation. The study must identify provisions of
370	370	law relating to the mailing requirements for the agency that impede
371	371	the efficient transmission and receipt of documents by the agency.
372	372	(b) In conducting the study, the comptroller shall
373	373	collaborate with other state agencies to consider the needs or
374	374	concerns specific to those agencies.
375	375	(c) Not later than November 1, 2026, the comptroller shall
376	376	post the findings of the study conducted under this section on the
377	377	comptroller's Internet website.
378	378	(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.
379	379	SECTION 3.05. Section 1951.003(a), Occupations Code, is
380	380	amended to read as follows:
381	381	(a) In this chapter, a person is engaged in the "business of
382	382	structural pest control" if the person performs, offers to perform,
383	383	or advertises for or solicits the person's performance of any of the
384	384	following services [for compensation], including services
385	385	performed as a part of the person's employment:
386	386	(1) identifying infestations or making inspections
387	387	for the purpose of identifying or attempting to identify
388	388	infestations of:
389	389	(A) arthropods, including insects, spiders,
390	390	mites, ticks, and related pests, wood-infesting organisms,
391	391	rodents, weeds, nuisance birds, and any other obnoxious or
392	392	undesirable animals that may infest households, railroad cars,
393	393	ships, docks, trucks, airplanes, or other structures or their
394	394	contents; or
395	395	(B) pests or diseases of trees, shrubs, or other
396	396	plantings in a park or adjacent to a residence, business
397	397	establishment, industrial plant, institutional building, or
398	398	street;
399	399	(2) making oral or written inspection reports,
400	400	recommendations, estimates, or bids with respect to an infestation
401	401	described by Subdivision (1); or
402	402	(3) making contracts, or submitting bids based on an
403	403	inspection for services or performing services designed to prevent,
404	404	control, or eliminate an infestation described by Subdivision (1)
405	405	by the use of insecticides, pesticides, rodenticides, fumigants,
406	406	allied chemicals or substances, or mechanical devices.
407	407	SECTION 3.06. Sections 23.1241(a)(1), (2), (7), and (9),
408	408	Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
409	409	(1) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the business in
410	410	this state of selling[, leasing, or renting] heavy equipment. The
411	411	term does not include a bank, savings bank, savings and loan
412	412	association, credit union, or other finance company. In addition,
413	413	for purposes of taxation of a person's inventory of heavy equipment
414	414	in a tax year, the term does not include a person who renders the
415	415	person's inventory of heavy equipment for taxation in that tax year
416	416	by filing a rendition statement or property report in accordance
417	417	with Chapter 22.
418	418	(2) "Dealer's heavy equipment inventory" means all
419	419	items of heavy equipment that a dealer holds for sale at retail [,
420	420	lease, or rent] in this state [during a 12-month period].
421	421	(7) "Sales price" means:
422	422	(A) the total amount of money paid or to be paid
423	423	to a dealer for the purchase of an item of heavy equipment; or
424	424	(B) for a purchase pursuant to a lease or rental
425	425	with an option to purchase, the total amount of the lease or rental
426	426	payments paid during the tax year in which the purchase occurs plus
427	427	any final consideration paid or to be paid to the dealer for the
428	428	purchase, excluding interest.
429	429	(9) "Total annual sales" means the total of the[:
430	430	[(A)] sales price for each sale from a dealer's
431	431	heavy equipment inventory in a 12-month period[; and
432	432	[(B) lease and rental payments received for each
433	433	lease or rental of heavy equipment inventory in a 12-month period].
434	434	SECTION 3.07. Section 23.1241, Tax Code, is amended by
435	435	adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
436	436	follows:
437	437	(a-1) For purposes of this section, an item of heavy
438	438	equipment is not included in a dealer's heavy equipment inventory
439	439	if:
440	440	(1) the item was included in the dealer's heavy
441	441	equipment inventory on January 1 of the preceding tax year and was
442	442	not sold by the dealer in that tax year; and
443	443	(2) for 30 days or more during the preceding tax year
444	444	the item was either leased or rented by the dealer to one or more
445	445	persons or used by any person for its intended purposes not related
446	446	to demonstrating or testing the equipment for sale, lease, or rent.
447	447	(e) A dealer is presumed to be an owner of a dealer's heavy
448	448	equipment inventory on January 1 if, in the 12-month period ending
449	449	on December 31 of the preceding year, the dealer sold[, leased, or
450	450	rented] an item of heavy equipment to a person other than a dealer.
451	451	The presumption is not rebutted by the fact that a dealer has no
452	452	item of heavy equipment physically on hand for sale from the
453	453	dealer's heavy equipment inventory on January 1.
454	454	SECTION 3.08. Sections 23.1242(b), (e), and (f), Tax Code,
455	455	are amended to read as follows:
456	456	(b) Except for an item of heavy equipment sold to a dealer,
457	457	an item of heavy equipment included in a fleet transaction, an item
458	458	of heavy equipment that is the subject of a subsequent sale, or an
459	459	item of heavy equipment that is subject to a lease or rental, an
460	460	owner or a person who has agreed by contract to pay the owner's
461	461	current year property taxes levied against the owner's heavy
462	462	equipment inventory shall assign a unit property tax to each item of
463	463	heavy equipment sold from a dealer's heavy equipment inventory.
464	464	[In the case of a lease or rental, the owner shall assign a unit
465	465	property tax to each item of heavy equipment leased or rented.] The
466	466	unit property tax of each item of heavy equipment is determined by
467	467	multiplying the sales price of the item [or the monthly lease or
468	468	rental payment received for the item, as applicable,] by the unit
469	469	property tax factor. [If the transaction is a lease or rental, the
470	470	owner shall collect the unit property tax from the lessee or renter
471	471	at the time the lessee or renter submits payment for the lease or
472	472	rental. The owner of the equipment shall state the amount of the
473	473	unit property tax assigned as a separate line item on an invoice.]
474	474	On or before the 20th day of each month the owner shall, together
475	475	with the statement filed by the owner as required by this section,
476	476	deposit with the collector an amount equal to the total of unit
477	477	property tax assigned to all items of heavy equipment sold[,
478	478	leased, or rented] from the dealer's heavy equipment inventory in
479	479	the preceding month to which a unit property tax was assigned. The
480	480	money shall be deposited by the collector to the credit of the
481	481	owner's escrow account for prepayment of property taxes as provided
482	482	by this section. An escrow account required by this section is used
483	483	to pay property taxes levied against the dealer's heavy equipment
484	484	inventory, and the owner shall fund the escrow account as provided
485	485	by this subsection.
486	486	(e) The comptroller by rule shall adopt a dealer's heavy
487	487	equipment inventory tax statement form. Each month, a dealer shall
488	488	complete the form regardless of whether an item of heavy equipment
489	489	is sold[, leased, or rented]. A dealer may use no other form for
490	490	that purpose. The statement may include the information the
491	491	comptroller considers appropriate but shall include at least the
492	492	following:
493	493	(1) a description of each item of heavy equipment
494	494	sold, [leased, or rented] including any unique identification or
495	495	serial number affixed to the item by the manufacturer;
496	496	(2) the sales price of [or lease or rental payment
497	497	received for] the item of heavy equipment[, as applicable];
498	498	(3) the unit property tax of the item of heavy
499	499	equipment, if any; and
500	500	(4) the reason no unit property tax is assigned if no
501	501	unit property tax is assigned.
502	502	(f) On or before the 20th day of each month, a dealer shall
503	503	file with the collector the statement covering the sale[, lease, or
504	504	rental] of each item of heavy equipment sold[, leased, or rented] by
505	505	the dealer in the preceding month. On or before the 20th day of a
506	506	month following a month in which a dealer does not sell[, lease, or
507	507	rent] an item of heavy equipment, the dealer must file the statement
508	508	with the collector and indicate that no sales[, leases, or rentals]
509	509	were made in the prior month. A dealer shall file a copy of the
510	510	statement with the chief appraiser and retain documentation
511	511	relating to the disposition of each item of heavy equipment sold
512	512	[and the lease or rental of each item of heavy equipment]. A chief
513	513	appraiser or collector may examine documents held by a dealer as
514	514	provided by this subsection in the same manner, and subject to the
515	515	same conditions, as provided by Section 23.1241(g).
516	516	SECTION 3.09. Section 156.251(d), Tax Code, is amended to
517	517	read as follows:
518	518	(d) An amount equal to the amount of revenue derived from
519	519	the collection of taxes imposed by this chapter at a rate of
520	520	one-half of one percent shall be allocated in the general revenue
521	521	fund to be used for:
522	522	(1) media advertising and other marketing activities
523	523	of the [Tourism Division of the] Texas Economic Development and
524	524	Tourism Office; and
525	525	(2) the seaport preliminary studies grant program
526	526	established under Section 55.0031, Transportation Code [Department
527	527	of Commerce. Section 403.094(h), Government Code, does not apply
528	528	to funds described in this section. This subsection takes effect
529	529	October 1, 1994].
530	530	SECTION 3.10. Section 55.002, Transportation Code, is
531	531	amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
532	532	(b-1) In addition to funding projects under Subsection (a),
533	533	the department by rule shall establish a grant program to fund port
534	534	security, transportation, or facility projects with money from the
535	535	general revenue accounts, bond proceeds if allowed by other law, or
536	536	any other money appropriated by the legislature.
537	537	SECTION 3.11. Chapter 55, Transportation Code, is amended
538	538	by adding Section 55.0031 to read as follows:
539	539	Sec. 55.0031. SEAPORT PRELIMINARY STUDIES GRANT PROGRAM.
540	540	The department by rule shall establish a program to provide grants
541	541	for use in conducting preliminary studies or obtaining permits that
542	542	may be required of the grant recipient to receive additional
543	543	financial assistance for a port security, transportation, or
544	544	facility project.
545	545	SECTION 3.12. Section 201.946(d), Transportation Code, is
546	546	amended to read as follows:
547	547	(d) To the extent money is on deposit in the fund in amounts
548	548	that are in excess of the money required by the proceedings
549	549	authorizing the obligations and credit agreements to be retained on
550	550	deposit, the commission:
551	551	(1) shall use the money to retire, before maturity,
552	552	the portion of the obligations that are callable; and
553	553	(2) may use the money for any purpose for which
554	554	obligations may be issued under this subchapter, other than for
555	555	toll roads.
556	556	SECTION 3.13. Section 23.1241(b-1), Tax Code, is repealed.
557	557	SECTION 3.14. The changes in law made by this article that
558	558	affect ad valorem taxes apply only to ad valorem taxes imposed for a
559	559	tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
560	560	SECTION 3.15. The changes in law made by this article
561	561	relating to the method of delivery or submission of a notice or
562	562	report apply only to a notice or report that is required to be
563	563	delivered or submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
564	564	A notice or report required to be delivered or submitted before the
565	565	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
566	566	date the notice or report was required to be delivered or submitted,
567	567	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
568	568	SECTION 3.16. To the extent of any conflict, this article
569	569	prevails over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session,
570	570	2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
571	571	enacted codes.
572	572	ARTICLE 4. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 403.095, GOVERNMENT CODE
573	573	SECTION 4.01. Effective September 1, 2025, Sections
574	574	403.095(b), (d), and (f), Government Code, are amended to read as
575	575	follows:
576	576	(b) Notwithstanding any law dedicating or setting aside
577	577	revenue for a particular purpose or entity, dedicated revenues that
578	578	on August 31, 2027 [2025], are estimated to exceed the amount
579	579	appropriated by the General Appropriations Act or other laws
580	580	enacted by the 89th [88th] Legislature are available for general
581	581	governmental purposes and are considered available for the purpose
582	582	of certification under Section 403.121.
583	583	(d) Following certification of the General Appropriations
584	584	Act and other appropriations measures enacted by the 89th [88th]
585	585	Legislature, the comptroller shall reduce each dedicated account as
586	586	directed by the legislature by an amount that may not exceed the
587	587	amount by which estimated revenues and unobligated balances exceed
588	588	appropriations. The reductions may be made in the amounts and at the
589	589	times necessary for cash flow considerations to allow all the
590	590	dedicated accounts to maintain adequate cash balances to transact
591	591	routine business. The legislature may authorize, in the General
592	592	Appropriations Act, the temporary delay of the excess balance
593	593	reduction required under this subsection. This subsection does not
594	594	apply to revenues or balances in:
595	595	(1) funds outside the treasury;
596	596	(2) trust funds, which for purposes of this section
597	597	include funds that may or are required to be used in whole or in part
598	598	for the acquisition, development, construction, or maintenance of
599	599	state and local government infrastructures, recreational
600	600	facilities, or natural resource conservation facilities;
601	601	(3) funds created by the constitution or a court; or
602	602	(4) funds for which separate accounting is required by
603	603	federal law.
604	604	(f) This section expires September 1, 2027 [2025].
605	605	ARTICLE 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
606	606	SECTION 5.01. Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
607	607	this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of
608	608	two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
609	609	Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not
610	610	receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes
611	611	effect on September 1, 2025.