88R13164 KBB-F
	By: Bonnen	H.B. No. 4041

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
	miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
	designated by this Act; making appropriations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
	of the General Revenue Fund No. 0001 for payment of itemized claims
	and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
	To pay claim number 55M26159 to a confidential payee for
	overtime.
	$23,058.11
	To pay claim number 55M26161 to a confidential payee for
	overtime.
	$23,267.52
	To pay claim number 55M26177 to a confidential payee for
	overtime.
	$18,157.51
	To pay claim number 95M10063 to Concepcion Flores for
	replacement of a void Aid to Families with Dependent Children
	warrant.
	$158.00
	To pay claim number 95M10201 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
	$70.08
	To pay claim number 95M10202 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
	$52.56
	To pay claim number 95M10203 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void workers' compensation benefits warrant.
	$122.64
	To pay claim number 95M10218 to Patricia Young for
	replacement of void foster care aid warrants.
	$2,000.00
	To pay claim number 95M10285 to Harold Sager, Independent
	Executor for the Estate of Lenard O. Sager for replacement of a void
	unclaimed property warrant.
	$52,391.22
	To pay claim number 95M10286 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
	$21,346.79
	To pay claim number 95M10314 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void payroll warrant.
	$5,255.83
	To pay claim number 95M10377 to Dallas County Southwestern
	Institute of Forensic Sciences for expert consult/biological
	analysis.
	$3,802.00
	To pay claim number 95M10388 to Centre for Neuro Skills for
	physical therapy services.
	$8,880.00
	To pay claim number 95M20031 to Yolanda Patricia Aguilar for
	replacement of a void unclaimed property warrant.
	$56,549.11
	To pay claim number 95M20066 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void sales and use tax refund warrant.
	$11,208.22
	To pay claim number 95M20076 to Management & Training
	Corporation for replacement of a canceled off-site medical
	healthcare warrant.
	$152,214.45
	To pay claim number 95M20109 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
	$26,901.71
	To pay claim number 95M20118 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
	$131,524.46
	To pay claim number 95M20140 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of void franchise tax refund warrants.
	$4,160.85
	To pay claim number 95M20159 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
	$84,209.37
	To pay claim number 95M20173 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
	$32,182.80
	To pay claim number 95M20209 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void insurance premium refund warrant.
	$181,834.12
	To pay claim number 95M20212 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
	$157.75
	To pay claim number 95M20267 to the University of Houston
	Treasurer's Office for Title IV-E training - direct and indirect
	costs.
	$112,013.08
	To pay claim number 95M20395 to Trulight127 for foster care
	services.
	$60,499.34
	To pay claim number 95M20470 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void sales tax refund warrant.
	$155.35
	To pay claim number 95M23005 to Zoom Counseling and Rehab,
	Inc. for replacement of canceled psychological services warrants.
	$294,965.15
	To pay claim number 95M23027 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax refund warrant.
	$90,496.21
	To pay claim number 95M23038 to Hidalgo County for foster
	care Title IV-E contract.
	$7,026.22
	To pay claim number 95M23039 to Hidalgo County for foster
	care Title IV-E legal services.
	$23,370.30
	To pay claim number 95M23151 to Veterans Land Board DBA Frank
	M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
	$134,358.75
	To pay claim number 95M23152 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
	services.
	$80,941.14
	To pay claim number 95M23157 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
	services.
	$321,707.76
	To pay claim number 95M23158 to Veterans Land Board DBA Clyde
	W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
	$118,449.47
	To pay claim number 95M23159 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
	services.
	$202,449.31
	To pay claim number 95M23160 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
	$111,563.04
	To pay claim number 95M23167 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home
	services.
	$331,574.04
	To pay claim number 95M23168 to Veterans Land Board DBA
	Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home for nursing home services.
	$374,248.56
	To pay claim number 95M23207 to a confidential payee for
	replacement of a void franchise tax warrant.
	$49,059.50
	To pay claim number 95M23237 to Coastal Bend Regional
	Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
	invoices.
	$67,472.38
	To pay claim number 95M23239 to North Central Texas Trauma
	Regional Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical
	Task Force invoices.
	$136,078.89
	To pay claim number 95M23240 to Capital Area Trauma Regional
	Advisory Council for reimbursement for Emergency Medical Task Force
	invoices.
	$392,640.00
	To pay claim number 95M23243 to Stability Staffing and
	Consulting, LLC for reimbursement of medical staffing invoices and
	supplements.
	$86,880.51
	To pay claim number 95M23250 to Angel Staffing, Inc. for
	reimbursement for supplemental medical staffing invoices.
	$3,666,785.98
	To pay claim number 95M23289 to Angels of God Home Health, LLC
	for community care.
	$473.53
	To pay claim number 95MT2301 to NAACP Legal Defense &
	Educational Fund, Inc. for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
	$445,927.90
	To pay claim number 95MT2302 to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
	and Dorr, LLP for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
	$368,975.63
	To pay claim number 95MT2303 to Rolando L. Rios & Associates
	for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
	$166,444.37
	To pay claim number 95MT2304 to Texas RioGrande Legal Aid,
	Inc. for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in
	judgment.
	$658,084.35
	To pay claim number 95MT2305 to Brennan Center for Justice at
	NYU Law School for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
	expenses in judgment.
	$310,549.21
	To pay claim number 95MT2306 to Dechert LLP for attorney
	fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
	$1,517,193.59
	To pay claim number 95MT2307 to Lawyer's Committee for Civil
	Rights under Law for attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and
	expenses in judgment.
	$665,994.59
	To pay claim number 95MT2308 to Mexican American Legislative
	Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives for attorney fees and
	expenses in judgment.
	$41,366.04
	To pay claim number 95MT2309 to Texas State Conference of
	NAACP Branches for attorney fees and expenses in judgment.
	$68,336.97
	To pay claim number 95MT2310 to Neil G. Baron for attorney
	fees and expenses in judgment.
	$130,658.33
	To pay claim number 95MT2311 to Brazil & Dunn for attorney
	fees and expenses in judgment.
	$1,096,842.19
	To pay claim number 95MT2312 to Campaign Legal Center for
	attorney fees, appellate attorney fees, and expenses in judgment.
	$805,172.36
	To pay claim number 95MT2313 to Derfner & Altman for attorney
	fees in judgment.
	$649,759.50
	SECTION 2.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
	of the State Technology and Instructional Materials Fund No. 0003
	for payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
	against the State of Texas:
	To pay claim number 95M20221 to Scholastic Inc. for
	replacement of void state technology & instruction material
	warrants.
	$86,270.75
	SECTION 3.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
	of the State Highway Fund No. 0006 for payment of itemized claims
	and judgments plus interest, if any, against the State of Texas:
	To pay claim number 95M10139 to University of Texas Rio
	Grande Valley for the ocelot and jaguarundi monitoring project.
	$94,446.53
	To pay claim number 95M10340 to City of Lewisville for signal
	equipment and installation in City of Lewisville.
	$71,250.00
	To pay claim number 95M20199 to Montgomery County, Texas for
	land acquisition reimbursement parcel 64 FM 1097.
	$723,783.40
	To pay claim number 95M20200 to Montgomery County, Texas for
	land acquisition reimbursement parcel 65 FM 1097.
	$180,257.40
	To pay claim number 95M20286 to WSP USA, Inc. for labor
	charges incurred for contract 12-51DP5108.
	$82,880.70
	To pay claim number 95M20352 to City of Frisco for land
	acquisition sponsor reimbursement.
	$21,146.40
	To pay claim number 95M20454 to AECOM Technical Services,
	Inc. for construction phase services/managing contracted advance
	services.
	$117,976.83
	To pay claim number 95M23007 to AT&T for engineering and
	construction charges.
	$24,104.32
	SECTION 4.  The following sums of money are appropriated out
	of the Veterans Financial Assistance Program Fund No. 0374 for
	payment of itemized claims and judgments plus interest, if any,
	against the State of Texas:
	To pay claim number 95M10254 to Luis Gonzales for replacement
	of a void refund of fees.
	$835.88
	SECTION 5.  (a)  Before any claim or judgment may be paid
	from money appropriated by this Act, the claim or judgment must be
	verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special fund
	or account against which the claim or judgment is to be charged and
	be approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
	accounts. Any claim or judgment itemized in this Act that has not
	been verified and substantiated by the administrator of the special
	fund or account and approved by the attorney general and the
	comptroller by August 31, 2025, may not be paid from money
	appropriated by this Act.
	(b)  Each claim or judgment paid from money appropriated by
	this Act must contain such information as the comptroller of public
	accounts requires but at a minimum must contain the specific reason
	for the claim or judgment. If the claim is for a void warrant, the
	claim must include a specific identification of the goods,
	services, refunds, or other items for which the warrant was
	originally issued. In addition, it must include a certification by
	the original payee or the original payee's successors, heirs, or
	assigns that the debt is still outstanding. If the claim or
	judgment is for unpaid goods or services, it must be accompanied by
	an invoice or other acceptable documentation of the unpaid account
	and any other information that may be required by the comptroller.
	SECTION 6.  Subject to the conditions and restrictions in
	this Act and provisions stated in the judgments, the comptroller of
	public accounts is authorized and directed to issue one or more
	warrants on the state treasury, as soon as possible following the
	effective date of this Act, in favor of each of the individuals,
	firms, or corporations named or claim numbers identified in this
	Act, in an amount not to exceed the amount set opposite their
	respective names or claim numbers and shall mail or deliver to each
	of the individuals, firms, or corporations associated with each
	claim one or more warrants in payment of all claims included in this
	Act.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.