Bill Text: TX SB89 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to border security and giving direction regarding those appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-31 - Co-author authorized [SB89 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB89-Introduced.html
| By: Nelson | S.B. No. 89 | |
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| relating to making supplemental appropriations relating to border | ||
| security and giving direction regarding those appropriations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS JUDICIAL | ||
| COUNCIL. (a) The amount of $32,486,125 is appropriated 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 during 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 six full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 2. MILITARY DEPARTMENT. The amount of $301,007,231 | ||
| is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Military | ||
| Department for the purpose of providing funding for additional | ||
| personnel to support border security operations during the two-year | ||
| period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The amount of | ||
| $133,506,725 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| for 52 weeks of Operation Lone Star surge costs incurred during the | ||
| two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The amount of $3,411,000 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the | ||
| purpose of providing funding to purchase tactical marine unit | ||
| vessels during the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| (c) The amount of $17,872,349 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the | ||
| purpose of providing funding for additional full-time equivalent | ||
| (FTE) employees during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (d) 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 Public Safety may employ out | ||
| of money appropriated by Subsection (c) of this section 79 | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The amount of | ||
| $273,700,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| for correctional security operations during the two-year period | ||
| beginning on the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS. (a) The amount of | ||
| $214,785 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the | ||
| Commission on Jail Standards for the purpose of providing funding | ||
| to pay additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, increased | ||
| employee overtime compensation costs, and increased travel | ||
| expenses during 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 commission to employ | ||
| during that period, the Commission on Jail Standards may employ out | ||
| of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section three | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 6. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
| GOVERNOR. (a) The amount of $1,020,290,860 is appropriated from | ||
| the general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office | ||
| of the Governor for the purpose of providing funding for border | ||
| security operations through the making of border security grants | ||
| during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The amount of $3,765,000 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of | ||
| the Governor for the purpose of providing funding for additional | ||
| full-time equivalent (FTE) employees and for additional training | ||
| regarding the handling of misdemeanor crimes for district and | ||
| county attorneys during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (c) 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 Trusteed Programs within the Office of the | ||
| Governor may employ out of money appropriated by Subsection (b) of | ||
| this section 27 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. | ||
| SECTION 7. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. (a) The | ||
| amount of $5,450,976 is appropriated from the general revenue fund | ||
| to the Department of State Health Services for the purpose of | ||
| purchasing two ambulances during the two-year period beginning on | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) The amount of $10,901,952 is appropriated from the | ||
| general revenue fund to the Department of State Health Services for | ||
| the purpose of purchasing ambulances for use at two border security | ||
| processing centers during the two-year period beginning on the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately. | ||
