Bill Text: TX HB500 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Appropriations [HB500 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB500-Introduced.html
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By: Bonnen | H.B. No. 500 |
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relating to 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: | ||
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITION. In this Act, "ARPA fund" means | ||
money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal | ||
Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the | ||
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited | ||
to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325. | ||
ARTICLE 2. GENERAL GOVERNMENT | ||
SECTION 2.01. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: IMPLEMENTING | ||
PRIOR LEGISLATION. (a) The amount of $165,600,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund 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 Chapter 940 (S.B. | ||
321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. | ||
(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 state | ||
fiscal year ending August 31, 2054, consistent with Chapter 940 | ||
(S.B. 321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2.02. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: UNFUNDED | ||
ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES. The amount of $1,000,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Employees | ||
Retirement System for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of amortizing the | ||
Employees Retirement System Retirement Program's unfunded | ||
actuarial liabilities. | ||
SECTION 2.03. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: OPIOID | ||
SETTLEMENT FUNDS. The amount of $26,846,996.60 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of public accounts | ||
for immediate deposit to the opioid abatement trust fund pursuant | ||
to Section 403.507(b)(2), Government Code, from money obtained | ||
under the statewide opioid settlement agreement in State of Texas | ||
v. McKinsey & Company, Inc., United States, No. D-1-GN-21-000551 | ||
(98th Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex., Feb. 4, 2021). | ||
SECTION 2.04. FISCAL PROGRAMS - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC | ||
ACCOUNTS: TEXAS GUARANTEED TUITION PLAN. The amount of | ||
$243,800,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to | ||
Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose | ||
of paying contract obligations and program expenses for the | ||
Guaranteed Tuition Plan/Texas Tomorrow Fund. | ||
SECTION 2.05. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: DEFERRED | ||
MAINTENANCE DEDICATION. Not later than August 31, 2023, the | ||
comptroller of public accounts shall transfer the amount of | ||
$400,000,000 from the general revenue fund to the deferred | ||
maintenance account number 5166 to be used for the purpose of | ||
addressing future maintenance of state buildings as directed by the | ||
legislature. | ||
SECTION 2.06. FACILITIES COMMISSION: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES | ||
COMMISSION FACILITY. (a) The amount of $210,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of constructing a new facility to be | ||
used by the Library and Archives Commission for records and archive | ||
storage. | ||
(b) The General Land Office, the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission, the Library and Archives Commission, and other | ||
necessary state agencies are directed to take all legal actions | ||
necessary to sell the Library and Archives Commission facility and | ||
adjacent state-owned land currently located on Shoal Creek in the | ||
City of Austin, Texas ("the Shoal Creek facility"). The proceeds | ||
from the sale of the Shoal Creek facility may be appropriated by a | ||
future legislature to defray costs of the construction of the new | ||
facility described by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the | ||
Texas Facilities Commission may require to achieve the purpose for | ||
which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section was | ||
made are reflected in the total number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the | ||
88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $210,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(e) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$210,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2.07. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: DEPARTMENT OF | ||
INFORMATION RESOURCES. The unencumbered appropriations from the | ||
ARPA fund and the related increase in capital budget authority made | ||
to the Department of Information Resources by Section 25, Chapter | ||
10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 | ||
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), for cybersecurity projects | ||
are reduced by $200,000,000. | ||
SECTION 2.08. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE | ||
AUTHORITY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1053 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2023, for bond debt service payments, | ||
including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-52, Chapter | ||
1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the | ||
appropriations to the Public Finance Authority, are reduced by a | ||
total of $18,466,179. | ||
(b) The Public Finance Authority shall identify the | ||
strategies and objectives out of which the reduction in | ||
appropriations described by Subsection (a) of this section are to | ||
be made and the amount of the reduction for each of those strategies | ||
and objectives. | ||
SECTION 2.09. PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY: CUSTOMER RATE | ||
RELIEF CHARGES RELATED TO WINTER STORM URI. Contingent on the | ||
enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2023, relating to the payment of gas customer rate relief charges | ||
imposed for costs related to Winter Storm Uri, the amount necessary | ||
to implement the provisions of that legislation (estimated to be | ||
$3,861,553,084) is appropriated from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Public Finance Authority for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act for the purpose of making a grant to | ||
the issuing financing entity created under Section 1232.1072, | ||
Government Code, to be used to pay the aggregate customer rate | ||
relief charges authorized by Subchapter I, Chapter 104, Utilities | ||
Code, on behalf of customers in lieu of monthly charges in order to | ||
assist with recovery from the impact of Winter Storm Uri. | ||
SECTION 2.10. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: ENDOWMENT FUND. | ||
Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023, relating to the creation of an endowment | ||
fund for the State Preservation Board to be held by the Texas | ||
Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, the amount of $200,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of | ||
public accounts for the period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act and ending August 31, 2023, to be deposited before August | ||
31, 2023, to the endowment fund for use by the State Preservation | ||
Board for the purposes described by that legislation. | ||
SECTION 2.11. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE FOR | ||
TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM. (a) The amount of $2,975,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the State | ||
Preservation Board for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of replacing the roof and | ||
boiler system of the Texas State History Museum. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $2,975,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by $2,975,000 for the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 2.12. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: FORT VELASCO | ||
HISTORICAL SITE. The amount of $500,000 is appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of making a grant for the maintenance and improvement of the | ||
Fort Velasco Historic Site. | ||
SECTION 2.13. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: ENDOWMENT FUND. | ||
Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023, relating to the creation of an endowment | ||
fund for the Texas Historical Commission to be held by the Texas | ||
Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, the amount of $300,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of | ||
public accounts for the period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act and ending August 31, 2023, to be deposited before August | ||
31, 2023, to the endowment fund for use by the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the purposes described by that legislation. | ||
SECTION 2.14. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: SAN JACINTO | ||
BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $102,700,000 | ||
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas | ||
Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of restoring the San | ||
Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and making improvements to | ||
the visitor center for the site. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $102,700,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$102,700,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2.15. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: BATTLESHIP | ||
TEXAS SITE RESTORATION. (a) The amount of $40,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of restoring the Battleship Texas site, | ||
including demolishing the battleship's slip and accessory | ||
structures and restoring the historic appearance of the entire | ||
site. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $40,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$40,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.16. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: OFFICE | ||
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. (a) The amount of $327,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of maintenance and repairs to the | ||
commission's complex in central Austin, Texas, including lead paint | ||
abatement and window repairs. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $327,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 2.17. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MAGOFFIN HOME | ||
STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $4,144,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of stabilizing and rebuilding the Magoffin Home in | ||
the City of El Paso, Texas. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $4,144,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$4,144,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.18. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: VARNER-HOGG | ||
PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $825,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of remediating damage to the foundation | ||
of Varner-Hogg Plantation structures caused by decades of flood | ||
events occurring at the plantation. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $825,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$825,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.19. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MAINTENANCE AT | ||
VARIOUS STATE HISTORIC SITES. (a) The amount of $2,875,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of undertaking maintenance projects at | ||
various state historic sites, which may include replacing roofs, | ||
stabilizing ruins, replacing heating, ventilation, and air | ||
conditioning (HVAC) systems, or other necessary maintenance | ||
projects. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $2,875,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$2,875,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.20. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE | ||
GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The amount of $45,000,000 is appropriated from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of the courthouse grant program, including grants for | ||
restorations and emergency planning projects. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $45,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$45,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.21. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN | ||
STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of land acquisition to restore the boundaries of the | ||
Levi Jordan plantation and develop a visitor center and exhibits | ||
for the plantation site. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $5,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$5,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.22. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: TRAVEL | ||
PUBLICATION REPRINTS. The amount of $522,240 is appropriated from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of reprinting: | ||
(1) the Statewide Heritage Travel Guide; | ||
(2) the African Americans in Texas brochure; | ||
(3) the Hispanic Texans brochure; | ||
(4) the Chisholm Trail guide; and | ||
(5) the Texas and the Great War guide. | ||
SECTION 2.23. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM | ||
OF THE PACIFIC WAR. (a) The amount of $7,500,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of making updates and modifications to modernize | ||
the George H. W. Bush Gallery and exhibits at the National Museum of | ||
the Pacific War. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $7,500,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$7,500,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.24. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: EISENHOWER | ||
BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $3,401,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the purpose of making site upgrades at the | ||
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, including a new visitor | ||
center, landscaping improvements, improved entry to the site, and | ||
enhancement to the overall appearance of the Eisenhower statue. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $3,401,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$3,401,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2.25. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: MONUMENT HILL | ||
STATE HISTORIC SITE. (a) The amount of $4,300,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of building a new visitor center and incorporating | ||
an open-air pavilion at the Monument Hill State Historic Site. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $4,300,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$4,300,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
ARTICLE 3. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | ||
SECTION 3.01. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
MEDICAID SHORTFALL. The amount of $2,935,300,000 is appropriated | ||
from the general revenue fund, and the amount of $5,500,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, for the | ||
purpose of Medicaid client services under Goal A, Medicaid Client | ||
Services, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act). | ||
SECTION 3.02. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE | ||
HOSPITALS AND CAPACITY. (a) The amount of $2,321,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of constructing state | ||
hospitals and increasing inpatient capacity. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by $2,321,000,000 for the appropriation made | ||
under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$2,321,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 3.03. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES: FOSTER CARE SHORTFALL. The amount of $12,581,246 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023, to address a budget shortfall associated with | ||
Strategy B.1.9, Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 1053 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 3.04. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) The amount of $250,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Family and Protective Services for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act to pay for information technology | ||
costs for the collection by children's advocacy centers of | ||
information from state agencies. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is increased by $250,000 for the appropriation | ||
made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 3.05. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: | ||
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS. The amount of $25,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the ARPA fund to the Department of State Health | ||
Services for use during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the Federally Qualified Health | ||
Center Incubator Program. | ||
ARTICLE 4. EDUCATION | ||
SECTION 4.01. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION | ||
AGENCY. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation | ||
School Fund No. 193 made to the Texas Education Agency by Chapter | ||
1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2023, for Strategy A.1.1, Foundation | ||
School Program - Equalized Operations, as listed in that Act, are | ||
reduced by $8,207,005,559. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, Chapter 1053 (S.B. | ||
1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (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, 2023, is $24,467,131,080. | ||
SECTION 4.02. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SCHOOL SAFETY. The | ||
amount of $600,000,000 is appropriated from the ARPA fund to the | ||
Texas Education Agency for use during the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act for Strategy B.2.2, Health and | ||
Safety, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2023 (the General Appropriations Act), to assist school districts | ||
in implementing school safety initiatives. | ||
SECTION 4.03. SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: | ||
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. The amount of $936,061 is appropriated from | ||
the general revenue fund to the School for the Blind and Visually | ||
Impaired for the period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
and ending August 31, 2024, for staff salary increases provided in | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022, to address staffing | ||
shortfalls, to be allocated as follows to the following strategies | ||
as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), or H.B. 1, | ||
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), as applicable: | ||
(1) Strategy A.1.1, Classroom Instruction, $146,856; | ||
(2) Strategy A.1.2, Residential Program, $237,279; | ||
(3) Strategy A.1.3, Short-term Programs, $18,134; | ||
(4) Strategy A.1.4, Related and Support Services, | ||
$343,206; | ||
(5) Strategy B.1.1, Technical Assistance, $47,170; | ||
(6) Strategy B.1.2, Professional Education in Visual | ||
Impairment, $2,322; | ||
(7) Strategy D.1.1, Central Administration, $120,380; | ||
and | ||
(8) Strategy D.1.2, Other Support Services, $20,714. | ||
SECTION 4.04. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: NATURAL DISASTERS. | ||
The amount of $146,080,058 is appropriated from the ARPA 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 4.05. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: TEXAS MEMORIAL | ||
MUSEUM. (a) The amount of $8,000,000 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 renovating the Texas Memorial Museum. | ||
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need | ||
for the appropriation of general revenue funds for the purpose of | ||
renovating the Texas Memorial Museum. The appropriation made by | ||
this section is contingent on approval by two-thirds of each | ||
chamber of the legislature, as required under Section 18(i), | ||
Article VII, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 4.06. LAMAR INSTITUTIONS: DISASTER RESILIENCY | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE. The following amounts totaling $24,500,000 are | ||
appropriated from the ARPA fund to the following institutions for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
the purpose of creating disaster resiliency infrastructure at those | ||
institutions: | ||
(1) Lamar University: $10,000,000; | ||
(2) Lamar State College - Port Arthur: $4,000,000; | ||
(3) Lamar Institute of Technology: $4,000,000; and | ||
(4) Lamar State College - Orange: $6,500,000. | ||
SECTION 4.07. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: BENEFIT | ||
ENHANCEMENT. Contingent on the enactment of legislation by the | ||
88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to providing a | ||
benefit enhancement for retired employees under the Teacher | ||
Retirement System, and contingent on compliance with the | ||
requirements regarding the amortization period of the unfunded | ||
actuarial liabilities of the Teacher Retirement System under | ||
Section 821.006, Government Code, the amount of $1,000,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Teacher | ||
Retirement System for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing a benefit | ||
enhancement. | ||
ARTICLE 5. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | ||
SECTION 5.01. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: AGENCY | ||
OPERATIONS. The amount of $237,200,000 is appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of correctional security operations, staffing | ||
adjustments, resumption of services at the Bradshaw State Jail, and | ||
other agency operations expenses. | ||
SECTION 5.02. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: | ||
CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. The amount of $141,770,855 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Criminal Justice for use during the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2023, for correctional managed health care under | ||
Strategy C.1.9, Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter | ||
1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 5.03. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: | ||
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SECURITY PROJECTS. (a) The amount of | ||
$23,762,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of | ||
addressing previously deferred maintenance of correctional | ||
facilities' security. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by $23,762,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$23,762,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 5.04. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: | ||
TRAINING FACILITY. (a) The amount of $35,000,000 is appropriated | ||
from the ARPA fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
the purpose of constructing a training facility on land owned by the | ||
department. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by $35,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$35,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 5.05. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: | ||
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM. The amount of $600,000 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department | ||
of Criminal Justice for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of implementing the | ||
provisions of Chapter 1014 (H.B. 2352), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to an educational and | ||
vocational training pilot program to assist certain offenders in | ||
finding jobs on release from incarceration or community | ||
supervision. | ||
SECTION 5.06. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: BORDER | ||
SECURITY. The amount of $47,300,000 is appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Public Safety for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
the purpose of supporting the border security deployment for | ||
Operation Lone Star. | ||
SECTION 5.07. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: | ||
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. The amount of $9,720,960 is | ||
appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of reimbursing counties | ||
for the costs of holding juveniles for whom the department does not | ||
have adequate capacity. | ||
ARTICLE 6. NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
SECTION 6.01. COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: | ||
HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE REMEDIATION. (a) Rider 24, page VI-24, | ||
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern | ||
of the appropriations to the Commission on Environmental Quality is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
24. Appropriations and Unexpended Balances: [ |
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Recovery for Site Remediation and Cleanups. (a) In addition to | ||
amounts appropriated above, any unobligated and unexpended | ||
balances as of August 31, 2021, (estimated to be $0) remaining in | ||
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account No. 550 which | ||
were received from responsible parties as cost recovery payments | ||
for site remediation and cleanups undertaken by the Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are appropriated to the TCEQ for the | ||
biennium beginning September 1, 2021. The funds shall be used to | ||
pay the cost of site cleanups and remediation during the biennium. | ||
(b) In addition to amounts appropriated above, any | ||
additional revenues generated from cost recovery fees (Revenue | ||
Object Code 3802) during the biennium beginning September 1, 2021, | ||
are appropriated from the Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee | ||
Account No. 550 to the TCEQ for that biennium for site remediation | ||
and cleanups. | ||
(c) In addition to amounts appropriated above, $3,755,606 | ||
is appropriated from Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee | ||
Account No. 550 to the TCEQ for the biennium beginning September 1, | ||
2021, for site remediation and cleanups. | ||
(b) Any unobligated and unexpended balances remaining as of | ||
August 31, 2023, from appropriations made under Rider 24, page | ||
VI-24, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern | ||
of the appropriations to the Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6.02. RAILROAD COMMISSION: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION | ||
AND STORAGE OF NATURAL AND OTHER GASES. (a) The amount of $541,000 | ||
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Railroad | ||
Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for Strategy B.1.1, Ensure Pipeline Safety, as listed in | ||
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of | ||
the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), to implement rule changes adopted by the | ||
United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous | ||
Materials Safety Administration. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the commission to employ | ||
during that period, the Railroad Commission may employ out of money | ||
appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section 10.0 full-time | ||
equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
SECTION 6.03. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: PARK | ||
ACQUISITION. (a) The amount of $100,000,000 is appropriated from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
Strategy D.1.2, Land Acquisition, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. | ||
1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), and H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), to acquire real property for use as state parks. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $100,000,000 for the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
$100,000,000 for the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 6.04. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: FLOOD MITIGATION. | ||
(a) The amount of $400,000,000 is appropriated from the ARPA fund | ||
to the comptroller of public accounts for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act for immediate deposit to | ||
the credit of the flood infrastructure fund number 194. | ||
(b) The amount of $400,000,000 is appropriated from the | ||
flood infrastructure fund number 194 to the Water Development Board | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for Strategy B.1.1, State and Federal Financial Assistance | ||
Programs, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), and Strategy C.1.1, State and Federal Financial Assistance | ||
Programs, as listed in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), to provide grants | ||
for flood mitigation. | ||
SECTION 6.05. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: DATA CENTER | ||
SERVICES. (a) The amount of $1,501,282 is appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Water Development Board for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
Strategy D.1.2, Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 1053 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), and Strategy E.1.2, Information | ||
Resources, as listed in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for data | ||
center services. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Water Development | ||
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by $1,501,282 for the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Water Development | ||
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by $1,501,282 for the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
ARTICLE 7. BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||
SECTION 7.01. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: CERTAIN | ||
RIDERS. (a) Section 17.43, Article IX, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is repealed. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the bill pattern of the appropriations | ||
to the Department of Transportation in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), the department may use $15,000,000 of the | ||
amount appropriated for Strategy C.5.1, Aviation Services, as | ||
listed in that Act, for the state fiscal year ending August 31, | ||
2023, for any strategy or strategies for which money is | ||
appropriated to the department under that Act. | ||
ARTICLE 8. UNEXPENDED AND UNOBLIGATED BALANCES | ||
SECTION 8.01. PENSION REVIEW BOARD: DATA MIGRATION | ||
BALANCES. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of | ||
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
35(c)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Pension Review Board for the purpose | ||
of 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 (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the | ||
board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.02. PENSION REVIEW BOARD: SELF-SERVICE PORTAL. | ||
(a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the | ||
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
35(c)(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Pension Review Board for the purpose | ||
of 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 (estimated to be $276,000) are | ||
appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Pension Review Board | ||
in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is increased by the | ||
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.03. FACILITIES COMMISSION: CAPITOL COMPLEX PHASE | ||
I. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the | ||
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 3, | ||
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Facilities Commission 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 Strategy A.2.1, | ||
Facilities Design and Construction, and Strategy B.2.1, Facilities | ||
Operation, as listed in Chapter 1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), and for full-time equivalent positions for building an | ||
information modeling and management system (estimated to be | ||
$22,816,298) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the | ||
Texas Facilities Commission may require to achieve the purpose for | ||
which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section was | ||
made are reflected in the total full-time equivalent (FTE) | ||
employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act). | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the | ||
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.04. FACILITIES COMMISSION: FLEX-SPACE BUILDING | ||
PROJECT. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 43, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Facilities Commission | ||
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 (estimated to be $40,000,000) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the | ||
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.05. FACILITIES COMMISSION: DEFERRED SAFETY AND | ||
MAINTENANCE TO STATE BUILDINGS. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 55(a)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Texas Facilities Commission for the purpose of health and | ||
safety improvements and remediation of deferred maintenance of | ||
state buildings (estimated to be $62,147,713) are appropriated to | ||
the commission for the same purpose for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the | ||
amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.06. FACILITIES COMMISSION: PERMIAN BASIN | ||
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, all unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of | ||
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
26, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA | ||
fund to the Texas Facilities Commission for the purpose of | ||
constructing a 100-bed comprehensive behavioral health center to | ||
serve the Permian Basin region (estimated to be $40,000,000) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
is contingent on the completion of a signed agreement between the | ||
Texas Facilities Commission and the Ector County and Midland County | ||
Hospital Districts guaranteeing the ongoing operations of the | ||
comprehensive behavioral health center described by that | ||
subsection to ensure the construction and operation of the health | ||
center will provide a continuing benefit to the residents of this | ||
state. | ||
(c) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, all gifts or | ||
grants made to the Texas Facilities Commission to support the | ||
construction of the comprehensive behavioral health center | ||
described by Subsection (a) of this section (estimated to be | ||
$50,000,000) are appropriated to the commission for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
construction of the center. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriations made under this | ||
section. | ||
(e) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities | ||
Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriations made under this section. | ||
SECTION 8.07. COMMISSION ON STATE EMERGENCY | ||
COMMUNICATIONS: NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1 SERVICE FUND. All unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this | ||
Act from appropriations made by Section 30, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the | ||
Commission on State Emergency Communications for deposit into the | ||
Next Generation 9-1-1 Service Fund No. 0195 and for use by the | ||
commission as authorized by other law for the deployment and | ||
reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 service, including | ||
equipment and administration costs (estimated to be | ||
$136,025,272.41), are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.08. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED | ||
MAINTENANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 6, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for deferred maintenance projects 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), (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for | ||
the same purposes for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.09. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED | ||
MAINTENANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 55(a)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Texas | ||
Historical Commission for remediation of deferred maintenance of | ||
state buildings (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.10. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM | ||
OF THE PACIFIC WAR. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 4(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Texas Historical Commission for capital projects at the National | ||
Museum of the Pacific War as described by Subsection (a) of that | ||
section (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for | ||
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.11. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE | ||
PRESERVATION GRANTS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 5(a), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from amounts previously appropriated by | ||
Section 8, Chapter 465 (S.B. 500), Acts of the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission | ||
for the purpose of making 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), (estimated to be $107,764) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of | ||
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
5(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission for | ||
courthouse preservation grants (estimated to be $300,218) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Texas Historical | ||
Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amounts of the appropriations made under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.12. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: | ||
WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS STATE HISTORIC SITE. All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 23, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Texas Historical | ||
Commission for the purpose of providing funding for the | ||
commission's capital plan project for the Washington-on-the-Brazos | ||
State Historic Site (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.13. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN | ||
STATE HISTORIC SITE. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 7, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Texas Historical Commission for the purpose of continuing | ||
development of the Levi Jordan State Historic Site, 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, as listed | ||
in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), (estimated to be | ||
$0) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.14. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: CAPITOL AND | ||
EXTENSION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 9(a), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the State Preservation Board 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, (estimated to be $33,605,000) are | ||
appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 8.15. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: TEXAS STATE HISTORY | ||
MUSEUM. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 9(b), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the State Preservation Board for | ||
the purpose of performing repairs and renovations to the Texas | ||
State History Museum (estimated to be $2,465,000) are appropriated | ||
to the board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 8.16. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: STATE CEMETERY | ||
MASTER PLAN. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 55(a)(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the State | ||
Preservation Board for the state cemetery master plan (estimated to | ||
be $0) are appropriated to the board for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.17. STATE PRESERVATION BOARD: MAINTENANCE AND | ||
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 47, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the State Preservation | ||
Board for the purpose of maintenance and capital improvement | ||
projects (estimated to be $10,352,200) are appropriated to the | ||
board for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the State Preservation | ||
Board in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal biennium | ||
beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 8.18. SECRETARY OF STATE: LEGACY SYSTEM | ||
MODERNIZATION. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 35(a)(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Secretary | ||
of State for the legacy system modernization project (estimated to | ||
be $0) are appropriated to the Secretary of State for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.19. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
ENDPOINT DETECTION AND RESPONSE. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 35(e)(9), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Department of Information Resources for cybersecurity endpoint | ||
detection and response (estimated to be $11,302,238) are | ||
appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.20. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
ENDPOINT DETECTION AND RESPONSE. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 12(a)(1), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Department of Information Resources for the purpose of | ||
providing cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically | ||
for endpoint detection and response, (estimated to be $6,534,350) | ||
are appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ | ||
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may | ||
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for endpoint detection and | ||
response. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.21. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 12(a)(2), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the | ||
Department of Information Resources for the purpose of providing | ||
cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically for the | ||
security operations center, (estimated to be $2,670,231) are | ||
appropriated to the department for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ | ||
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may | ||
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
seven full-time equivalent (FTE) employees for the security | ||
operations center. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.22. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES: | ||
MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION EXPANSION. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 12(a)(3), Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Department of Information Resources for the purpose of | ||
providing cybersecurity enhancements for the state, specifically | ||
for multifactor authentication expansion, (estimated to be | ||
$3,690,438) are appropriated to the department for the same purpose | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the department to employ | ||
during that period, the Department of Information Resources may | ||
employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
one full-time equivalent (FTE) employee for the multifactor | ||
authentication expansion. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Department of | ||
Information Resources in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.23. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: RIO | ||
GRANDE VALLEY LABORATORY. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from the | ||
appropriations made by Section 16, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Department of State | ||
Health Services for the purpose of upgrading existing laboratory | ||
facilities associated with a level 1 trauma facility in Hidalgo | ||
County and new laboratory infrastructure in Starr County (estimated | ||
to be $0) are appropriated to the department for the same purpose | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.24. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
BUILDING. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 10, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
master lease purchase revenue bonds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission to address deferred maintenance needs at state | ||
supported living centers and state hospitals as described by that | ||
section (estimated to be $23,675,095) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.25. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HOSPITALS. All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 11, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission for projects that have been | ||
approved under the provisions of Rider 221, page II-110, Chapter | ||
605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), to the bill pattern of the | ||
appropriations to the commission and appropriated again by Chapter | ||
1353 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act), (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
MIGRATION OF CERTAIN SYSTEMS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 35(a)(6), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission for the migration of CLASS, | ||
CLASSMate, and Public and Provider systems from the Texas | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services to the commission | ||
(estimated to be $5,324,542) are appropriated to the commission for | ||
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.27. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION AND PROCUREMENT AND | ||
TRANSITION PHASE 1. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(a)(7), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal | ||
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission for phase 1 of the | ||
management information systems modernization and procurement and | ||
transition (estimated to be an aggregate of $258,322,269, of which | ||
$29,708,530 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund and | ||
$228,613,739 is estimated to be from federal funds) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.28. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: VENDOR | ||
DRUG PROGRAM PHARMACY BENEFITS SERVICES MODERNIZATION. (a) All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(a)(8), | ||
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the | ||
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the vendor drug program pharmacy benefits | ||
services modernization (estimated to be an aggregate of | ||
$25,213,488, of which $2,928,372 is estimated to be from the | ||
general revenue fund and $22,285,116 is estimated to be from | ||
federal funds) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.29. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: HYBRID | ||
CLOUD SYSTEM. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(a)(9), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal | ||
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission 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 (estimated to be an | ||
aggregate of $7,038,000, of which $4,777,553 is estimated to be | ||
from the general revenue fund and $2,260,447 is estimated to be from | ||
federal funds) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.30. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
SYSTEMWIDE BUSINESS ENABLEMENT PLATFORM PROJECT. (a) All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(c)(5), | ||
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the | ||
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the systemwide business enablement | ||
platform project (estimated to be an aggregate of $9,616,099, of | ||
which $6,037,560 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund | ||
and $3,578,539 is estimated to be from federal funds) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.31. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
END-OF-LIFE/END-OF-SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT. (a) All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 35(c)(6), | ||
Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the | ||
general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission 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, (estimated to be an aggregate of $24,760,758, of which | ||
$17,825,269 is estimated to be from the general revenue fund and | ||
$6,935,489 is estimated to be from federal funds) are appropriated | ||
to the commission for the same purpose for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.32. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
RESTORING REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. | ||
(a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the | ||
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
35(c)(7), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund and federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission to restore reductions for certain information | ||
technology projects (estimated to be $5,135,578 from the general | ||
revenue fund) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.33. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: FIBER | ||
AND CABLING PROJECT UPGRADES AT STATE HOSPITALS AND STATE SUPPORTED | ||
LIVING CENTERS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(c)(8), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission for infrastructure upgrades to fiber | ||
and cabling projects at state hospitals and state supported living | ||
centers (estimated to be $3,106,672) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.34. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DATA | ||
CENTER CONSOLIDATION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(d)(5), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and federal | ||
funds to the Health and Human Services Commission to provide for | ||
data center consolidation (estimated to be an aggregate of | ||
$4,519,412, of which $2,595,271 is estimated to be from the general | ||
revenue fund and $1,924,141 is estimated to be from federal funds) | ||
are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.35. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: DATA | ||
CENTER CONSOLIDATION. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(d)(6), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund, interagency | ||
contract receipts, and federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission to provide for data center consolidation | ||
(estimated to be an aggregate of $24,947,262, of which $12,666,241 | ||
is estimated to be from the general revenue fund, $1,660,625 is | ||
estimated to be from interagency contract receipts, and $10,620,396 | ||
is estimated to be from federal funds) are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.36. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MOTOR | ||
VEHICLES. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 37(a)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission for the purchase of motor vehicles | ||
(estimated to be $7,060,888) are appropriated to the commission for | ||
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.37. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
CROSS-BIENNIA TRANSFERS FOR STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 54, Chapter 995 | ||
(H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization | ||
fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for continuing | ||
improvements to state hospital facilities (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.38. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: WINTERS | ||
DATA CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 55(a)(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission for the Winters Data Center | ||
(estimated to be $755,896) are appropriated to the commission for | ||
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.39. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: WINTERS | ||
DATA CENTER. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 55(b)(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from federal funds to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the Winters Data Center (estimated to be | ||
$744,104) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.40. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: AUSTIN | ||
STATE HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 64(1), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission to finish construction of a | ||
240-bed replacement campus of the Austin State Hospital (estimated | ||
to be $9,599,400) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.41. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: SAN | ||
ANTONIO STATE HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 64(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission to finish construction of a | ||
300-bed replacement campus of the San Antonio State Hospital | ||
(estimated to be $152,400,000) are appropriated to the commission | ||
for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.42. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 64(3), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission to begin preplanning and | ||
planning efforts of a new state hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth | ||
metropolitan area, including the acquisition of land for that | ||
purpose (estimated to be $4,475,000), are appropriated to the | ||
commission for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.43. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOSPITAL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 11, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the purpose of construction of a state | ||
hospital in Dallas (estimated to be $22,800,000) are appropriated | ||
to the commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the purpose of construction of a new | ||
state hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), is increased by the amount of the appropriation made under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), for the | ||
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is increased by | ||
the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 8.44. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (a) All unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this | ||
Act from appropriations made by Section 64(4), Chapter 995 (H.B. | ||
2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Health and Human Services Commission for one full-time | ||
equivalent (FTE) employee to oversee the construction projects | ||
described by Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of that section | ||
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission may require to achieve the | ||
purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section was made are reflected in the total number of full-time | ||
equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, | ||
Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 8.45. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RURAL | ||
HOSPITALS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of | ||
the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
12, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA | ||
fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the purpose of | ||
providing funding for grants to support rural hospitals that have | ||
been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.46. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
INTERNET PORTAL. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 13, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the | ||
purpose of providing funding for the creation of a consolidated | ||
Internet portal for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance | ||
Program medical services provider data (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.47. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
TECHNOLOGY UPDATES. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 14, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding for | ||
technology updates to the Medicaid eligibility computer system | ||
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the commission for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.48. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: TEXAS | ||
CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 15, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding for | ||
COVID-19 related expenses incurred by the Texas Civil Commitment | ||
Office related to consumable supplies and travel (estimated to be | ||
$0) are appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.49. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: SUNRISE | ||
CANYON HOSPITAL. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 22, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the | ||
purpose of providing funding for the expansion of capacity of | ||
Sunrise Canyon Hospital (estimated to be $14,843,738) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.50. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
STAFFING NEEDS. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 33, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission for the purpose of providing funding to | ||
administer one-time grants related to providing critical staffing | ||
needs resulting from frontline health care workers affected by | ||
COVID-19 as described by that section (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section is | ||
subject to all the restrictions, reporting requirements, and | ||
statements of legislative intent provided by Section 33, Chapter 10 | ||
(S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 | ||
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 8.51. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON: MARITIME | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. (a) All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 59, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to Texas A&M | ||
University at Galveston 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) (estimated to be $10,000,000) are | ||
appropriated to the university for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The legislature finds that there is a demonstrated need | ||
for the appropriation of general revenue funds for the purpose | ||
described by Subsection (a) of this section. The appropriation made | ||
by this section is contingent on approval by two-thirds of each | ||
chamber of the legislature, as required by Section 18(i), Article | ||
VII, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 8.52. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: TEXAS | ||
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 8, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board for the purpose of supporting the operations and | ||
expansion of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium to | ||
expand mental health initiatives for children, pregnant women, and | ||
women who are up to one year postpartum (estimated to be | ||
$56,541,442) are appropriated to the coordinating board for the | ||
same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(b) At the direction of the Texas Child Mental Health Care | ||
Consortium, the Higher Education Coordinating Board shall transfer | ||
money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this section to | ||
health-related institutions of higher education through | ||
interagency contracts for: | ||
(1) enhancements and expansion of the Child Psychiatry | ||
Access Network; | ||
(2) enhancements and expansion of the Texas Child | ||
Access Through Telemedicine program; | ||
(3) expansion of the child and adolescent mental | ||
health workforce; and | ||
(4) administrative expenses. | ||
(c) The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may | ||
transfer money allocated for a purpose described by Subsection | ||
(b)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to any other purpose described | ||
by those subdivisions, except that a transfer of more than 10 | ||
percent of the money allocated for one of those purposes may be made | ||
only with the prior approval for the transfer and expenditure from | ||
the Legislative Budget Board. A request for approval of the | ||
transfer and expenditure by the consortium is considered approved | ||
unless the Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval | ||
within 10 business days of the receipt and review of the request by | ||
the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
(d) Out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this | ||
section, the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium may enhance | ||
the Child Psychiatry Access Network to improve perinatal mental | ||
health services. | ||
SECTION 8.53. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: STATE | ||
OPERATIONS CENTER. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 9, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Texas Division of | ||
Emergency Management for the purpose of the acquisition of land | ||
for, and construction of, a state operations center (estimated to | ||
be $0) are appropriated to the division for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.54. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | ||
AT HOUSTON: TEXAS EPIDEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE. All unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this | ||
Act from appropriations made by Section 17, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to The | ||
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the | ||
purpose of operating the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute | ||
(estimated to be $12,275,876) are appropriated to the center for | ||
the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.55. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTIONAL | ||
ENHANCEMENTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 40(1), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), | ||
from the ARPA fund to Texas Tech University for institutional | ||
enhancement (estimated to be $12,000,000) are appropriated to the | ||
university for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.56. HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD: RURAL | ||
VETERINARIANS GRANT PROGRAM. All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 46, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board for the purpose of providing funding for the | ||
rural veterinarians grant program (estimated to be $1,000,000) are | ||
appropriated to the coordinating board for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.57. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: MAINTENANCE OF STATE | ||
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 13(a)(2), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Texas Education Agency to be used 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, (estimated to be $74,600,000) are | ||
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.58. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: PROGRAM | ||
ENHANCEMENTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 44, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Texas Education Agency for the purpose of | ||
providing funding for the big brothers and big sisters program | ||
technological staff enhancements (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.59. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL | ||
CURRICULUM. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from the appropriations made by | ||
Section 10, Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 2nd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Texas Education Agency for the | ||
purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter 9 (S.B. 3), 87th | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021, (estimated to be $0) are | ||
appropriated to the agency for the same purpose for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.60. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS | ||
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: BOND LEGISLATION. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from the appropriations made by Section 14, Chapter 7 (H.B. 5), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund and the General | ||
Revenue-Dedicated Statewide Electronic Filing System Account | ||
No. 5157 to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
Council for the purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter | ||
11 (S.B. 6), 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021, (estimated | ||
to be $0 from the general revenue fund and $0 from the General | ||
Revenue-Dedicated Statewide Electronic Filing System Account | ||
No. 5157) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the | ||
Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council may require | ||
to achieve the purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section was made are reflected in the total number of | ||
full-time equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the office in | ||
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 8.61. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS | ||
JUDICIAL COUNCIL. (a) All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from the | ||
appropriations made by Section 1(a), Chapter 8 (H.B. 9), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the general revenue fund to the Office of | ||
Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council for the purpose of | ||
providing funding for indigent legal representation, foreign | ||
language interpreters for courts, increased staff functions, | ||
equipment purchases, and program administration costs (estimated | ||
to be $116,453) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the | ||
Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council may require | ||
to achieve the purpose for which the appropriation under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section was made are reflected in the total number of | ||
full-time equivalent (FTE) employees authorized for the office in | ||
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act). | ||
(c) Consistent with Section 8, Chapter 8 (H.B. 9), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), the Office of Court Administration, Texas | ||
Judicial Council shall report all budgeted and expended amounts and | ||
performance indicator results for border security relating to the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section to the | ||
Legislative Budget Board. | ||
SECTION 8.62. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, JUDICIARY | ||
SECTION: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(1), | ||
Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA | ||
fund to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Judiciary Section for | ||
the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, including to | ||
pay for visiting judges and support staff (estimated to be | ||
$7,000,000), are appropriated to the judiciary section for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.63. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS | ||
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. (a) | ||
All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the | ||
effective date of this Act from appropriations made by Section | ||
29(a)(2)(A), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
Council for the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, | ||
including information technology support, (estimated to be | ||
$1,520,000) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during | ||
that period, the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial | ||
Council may employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of | ||
this section eight full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of the Office of Court | ||
Administration, Texas Judicial Council in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriation made under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(d) The capital budget authority of the Office of Court | ||
Administration, Texas Judicial Council in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made under Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 8.64. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS | ||
JUDICIAL COUNCIL: APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(2)(B), | ||
Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called | ||
Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA | ||
fund to the Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council | ||
for deposit into the Fair Defense Account No. 5073 and for use by | ||
the office for the purpose of addressing the backlog in court cases, | ||
as authorized by other law (estimated to be $0), are appropriated to | ||
the office for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.65. OFFICE OF CAPITAL AND FORENSIC WRITS: | ||
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SHORTFALL IN COURT FEES. (a) All unexpended and | ||
unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act | ||
from appropriations made by Section 29(a)(3), Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Office | ||
of Capital and Forensic Writs for the purpose of addressing the | ||
backlog in court cases and paying costs related to the coronavirus | ||
disease pandemic (estimated to be $15,000) are appropriated to the | ||
office for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) During the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent | ||
(FTE) employees other law authorizes the office to employ during | ||
that period, the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs may employ out | ||
of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section one | ||
full-time equivalent (FTE) employee. | ||
SECTION 8.66. RAILROAD COMMISSION: MAINFRAME | ||
TRANSFORMATION. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 62, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund and the Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup | ||
Account No. 5155 to the Railroad Commission for the purpose of | ||
phase two of an information technology mainframe computer | ||
transformation project (estimated to be $10,737,824) are | ||
appropriated to the commission for the same purpose for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.67. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: NUTRITION | ||
ASSISTANCE. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as | ||
of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 28, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the general revenue fund to the Department of Agriculture to be used | ||
for Texans Feeding Texans - Home Delivered Meals Program and Texans | ||
Feeding Texans - Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program | ||
(estimated to be $0) are appropriated to the department for the same | ||
purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.68. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ALAMO. All unexpended | ||
and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective date of this | ||
Act from appropriations made by Section 29, Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), | ||
Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the economic stabilization | ||
fund to the General Land Office for the purposes authorized by | ||
Subchapter I, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code, (estimated to be | ||
$50,000,000) are appropriated to the office for the same purpose | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.69. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION AND | ||
OUTREACH GRANTS. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 36, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose | ||
of providing funding for grants throughout this state as authorized | ||
by other law and consistent with Strategy C.2.1, Outreach and | ||
Education, as listed in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), (estimated to be $40,000,000) are appropriated to the | ||
department for the same purpose for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.70. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: TEXAS STATE | ||
AQUARIUM CENTER. All unexpended and unobligated balances remaining | ||
as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations made by | ||
Section 42, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd | ||
Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from | ||
the ARPA fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose | ||
of providing funding to the Texas State Aquarium Center for | ||
wildlife research (estimated to be $3,000,000) are appropriated to | ||
the department for the same purpose for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.71. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: PRESIDIO | ||
CUSTOMS INSPECTION STATION. All unexpended and unobligated | ||
balances remaining as of the effective date of this Act from | ||
appropriations made by Section 31, Chapter 10 (S.B. 8), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the Department of | ||
Transportation for the purpose of providing funding for a customs | ||
inspection station on the South Orient Rail Line in Presidio, Texas | ||
(estimated to be $0), are appropriated to the department for the | ||
same purpose for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.72. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES: ACCOUNTS | ||
RECEIVABLE SYSTEM PROJECT. All unexpended and unobligated balances | ||
remaining as of the effective date of this Act from appropriations | ||
made by Section 35(c)(11), Chapter 995 (H.B. 2), Acts of the 87th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the Supplemental | ||
Appropriations Act), from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles | ||
fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the Accounts | ||
Receivable System Project (estimated to be $0) are appropriated to | ||
the department for the same purpose for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8.73. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: FOOD BANKS. All | ||
unexpended and unobligated balances remaining as of the effective | ||
date of this Act from appropriations made by Section 7, Chapter 10 | ||
(S.B. 8), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 | ||
(the Supplemental Appropriations Act), from the ARPA fund to the | ||
Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing supplemental | ||
funding to food banks in response to the coronavirus pandemic | ||
(estimated to be $72,600,000) are appropriated to the department | ||
for the purpose of providing supplemental funding to food banks for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
ARTICLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||
SECTION 9.01. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) In | ||
this section, "salary increase" means: | ||
(1) a 5.0 percent increase in monthly salary with a | ||
minimum increase of $250 per month, effective July 1, 2023; and | ||
(2) any related employee benefits costs associated | ||
with the salary increase described by Subdivision (1) of this | ||
subsection, including contributions required by Sections 17.03, | ||
page IX-79, and 17.06, page IX-80, Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of | ||
the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
(b) The amount necessary to pay for a salary increase for | ||
all employee positions for state agencies paid according to the | ||
Classification Salary Schedules listed in Section 2.01, Article IX, | ||
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), including employee | ||
positions for the Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas A&M | ||
University System service agencies, and agencies funded under | ||
Article X of that Act, for the period beginning July 1, 2023, and | ||
ending August 31, 2023 (estimated to be an aggregate of | ||
$99,157,791, of which $63,860,952 is estimated to be from the | ||
general revenue fund, $5,713,926 is estimated to be from general | ||
revenue dedicated accounts, $11,390,274 is estimated to be from | ||
other state funds and accounts, and $18,192,639 is estimated to be | ||
from federal funds), is appropriated to the comptroller of public | ||
accounts for that period for the purpose of making those salary | ||
increases. | ||
(c) The amount appropriated under Subsection (b) of this | ||
section includes money from the general revenue fund, general | ||
revenue dedicated accounts, and other funds that is intended to | ||
provide the salary increase described by that subsection for | ||
certain employee positions currently paid from federal funds that | ||
are not available for this purpose. | ||
(d) Money appropriated under Subsection (b) of this section | ||
may not be used to provide a salary increase for statewide elected | ||
officials, justices or judges of the appellate and district courts, | ||
district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, county attorneys | ||
performing the duties of a district attorney, line item exempt | ||
(non-classified) employees, employees of institutions of higher | ||
education (other than employees of the Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board or a Texas A&M University System service | ||
agency), or the compensatory per diem of board or commission | ||
members. | ||
(e) The provisions of Section 6.08, Article IX, Chapter 1053 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), requiring salaries and benefits to be | ||
paid proportionally from each source of funding are incorporated | ||
into this section by reference and apply to the appropriation made | ||
under Subsection (b) of this section. Each agency shall pay the | ||
salary increase described by that subsection from funds held in the | ||
state treasury and from local funds in the same proportion as the | ||
employee's regular compensation is paid, unless the employee's | ||
salary is paid from federal funds that are not available for that | ||
purpose. | ||
(f) The comptroller of public accounts shall adopt rules as | ||
necessary to administer this section. The comptroller shall | ||
allocate money appropriated under Subsection (b) of this section to | ||
each agency, and to the appropriate employee benefit appropriation | ||
items, in accordance with those rules. | ||
(g) A state agency that receives money appropriated under | ||
Subsection (b) of this section may not increase fees or taxes to | ||
offset the appropriation. The amount necessary to provide the | ||
salary increase described by that subsection for employees of a | ||
state agency subject to a provision in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), limiting the amount appropriated to the agency | ||
to revenues collected by the agency, is included in the amount | ||
appropriated under that subsection. This subsection does not apply | ||
to the Texas Department of Insurance. | ||
(h) The salary increase provided under Subsection (b) of | ||
this section applies to part-time employees hired pursuant to | ||
Section 658.009, Government Code. For purposes of this section, in | ||
computing the salary increase described by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section for those part-time employees, the amount provided for each | ||
employee must be proportional to the number of hours the employee | ||
works per week as compared to a 40-hour work week. | ||
(i) This section: | ||
(1) applies to: | ||
(A) all staff positions at the Windham School | ||
District and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and | ||
(B) the non-instructional staff positions at the | ||
School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind and Visually | ||
Impaired; and | ||
(2) does not apply to the instructional staff | ||
positions at the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind | ||
and Visually Impaired whose salaries are statutorily tied to the | ||
salary schedule at the Austin Independent School District. | ||
(j) It is the intent of the legislature that if this Act | ||
becomes effective after July 1, 2023, the salary increase described | ||
by Subsection (b) of this section should be calculated for the month | ||
of July at a percentage that yields a 5.0 percent increase in each | ||
employee position's salary for the month of July compared to the | ||
employee position's salary for the month of June. | ||
(k) The amount of a salary increase provided under this | ||
section may not be considered in determining the amount of a salary | ||
increase provided in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
SECTION 9.02. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES. (a) The following | ||
amounts are appropriated from the specified sources to the | ||
following agencies for use during the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act for the purpose of purchasing motor | ||
vehicles for the agency's use as authorized by general law: | ||
(1) Office of the Attorney General: $170,000 from the | ||
ARPA fund, and $330,000 from federal funds; | ||
(2) Texas Historical Commission: $1,966,983 from the | ||
ARPA fund; | ||
(3) Secretary of State: $30,000 from the ARPA fund; | ||
(4) Department of State Health Services: $965,539 from | ||
the ARPA fund; | ||
(5) Health and Human Services Commission: $7,850,000 | ||
from the ARPA fund; | ||
(6) Texas A&M Forest Service: $2,056,918 from the | ||
Texas Department of Insurance operating account number 0036; | ||
(7) Texas Division of Emergency Management: | ||
$13,300,000 from the ARPA fund; | ||
(8) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission: $2,699,050 | ||
from the ARPA fund; | ||
(9) Texas Department of Criminal Justice: $43,587,907 | ||
from the ARPA fund; | ||
(10) Texas Juvenile Justice Department: $540,800 from | ||
the ARPA fund; | ||
(11) Commission on Law Enforcement: $1,791,342 from | ||
the ARPA fund; | ||
(12) Texas Military Department: $250,000 from the ARPA | ||
fund; | ||
(13) Texas Department of Public Safety: $119,524,563 | ||
from the ARPA fund, $10,142,500 from federal funds, and $493,086 | ||
from appropriated receipts (other funds); | ||
(14) Department of Agriculture: $1,047,346 from the | ||
ARPA fund; | ||
(15) Animal Health Commission: $1,780,000 from the | ||
ARPA fund; | ||
(16) Commission on Environmental Quality: a total of | ||
$882,655 from the following general revenue dedicated accounts: | ||
(A) Clean Air Account No. 0151: $452,561; | ||
(B) Water Resource Management Account No. 0153: | ||
$129,357; | ||
(C) Watermaster Administration Account No. 0158: | ||
$160,000; | ||
(D) Waste Management Account No. 0549: $51,200; | ||
and | ||
(E) Operating Permit Fees Account No. 5094: | ||
$89,537; | ||
(17) General Land Office: a total of $150,000 from the | ||
following accounts: | ||
(A) Coastal Protection Account No. 0027: | ||
$55,000; | ||
(B) Veterans Land Program Administration Fund | ||
No. 0522 (other funds): $50,000; and | ||
(C) Permanent School Fund No. 0044 (other | ||
funds): $45,000; | ||
(18) Parks and Wildlife Department: a total of | ||
$23,834,647 from the following sources: | ||
(A) $9,714,457 from the State Parks Account | ||
No. 0064; | ||
(B) $18,560 from the Texas Recreation and Parks | ||
Account No. 0467; | ||
(C) $13,440 from the Large County and Municipal | ||
Recreation and Parks Account No. 5150; | ||
(D) $1,957,920 from the general revenue fund; and | ||
(E) $12,130,270 from the Game, Fish, and Water | ||
Safety Account No. 0009; | ||
(19) Railroad Commission: a total of $9,500,451 from | ||
the following sources: | ||
(A) $6,928,829 from the ARPA fund; | ||
(B) $1,482,922 from the Oil and Gas Regulation | ||
and Cleanup Account No. 5155; and | ||
(C) $1,088,700 from federal funds; | ||
(20) Water Development Board: $300,000 from the ARPA | ||
fund; | ||
(21) Department of Motor Vehicles: $158,000 from the | ||
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Fund No. 0010 (other funds); | ||
(22) Department of Transportation: $31,009,632 from | ||
the State Highway Fund No. 0006 (other funds); | ||
(23) Workforce Commission: a total of $717,977 from | ||
the following sources: | ||
(A) $42,103 from the ARPA fund, including $1,719 | ||
from the Career Schools and Colleges No. 8013 and $1,890 from the GR | ||
Match for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | ||
Administration No. 8014; | ||
(B) $2,750 from the Unemployment Compensation | ||
Special Administration Account No. 0165; and | ||
(C) $673,124 from federal funds; | ||
(24) Department of Licensing and Regulation: $440,000 | ||
from the ARPA fund; | ||
(25) Board of Plumbing Examiners: $48,000 from the | ||
general revenue fund; and | ||
(26) Texas Department of Insurance: $450,000 from the | ||
Texas Department of Insurance operating account number 0036. | ||
(b) The capital budget authority of each agency listed under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the | ||
87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), is increased by the amount of the | ||
appropriation made to the agency under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section. | ||
(c) The capital budget authority of each agency listed under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section in H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, is | ||
increased by the amount of the appropriation made to the agency | ||
under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 9.03. LIMITATION, REPORTING, AND TRANSFER | ||
PROVISIONS OF GAA INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The provisions | ||
relating to limitations, reporting, or transfer of Article IX, | ||
Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), and of Article IX, | ||
H.B. 1, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the | ||
General Appropriations Act), are incorporated into this Act by | ||
reference and apply to the appropriations made by this Act. | ||
ARTICLE 10. EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 10.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsections | ||
(b) and (c) of this section, this Act takes effect immediately. | ||
(b) Sections 8.03, 8.04, 8.08, 8.10, 8.11, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, | ||
8.25, 8.37, 8.40, 8.41, 8.42, and 8.68 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 4.05 and 8.51 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. |