Bill Text: TX HB4 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Left pending in committee [HB4 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4-Introduced.html
  86R8847 BRG-D
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 4
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in
  appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding
  reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE
  AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 605
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, for bond debt service payments,
  including appropriations subject to Rider 3, page I-48, 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 authority, are reduced by a total aggregate
  of $35,078,954. The authority shall identify the strategies and
  objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated and the amount
  of the reduction for each of those strategies and objectives.
         SECTION 2.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: FACILITIES COMMISSION.
  The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund to
  the Facilities Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2019, for lease payments are reduced by
  $17,589,128. The commission shall identify the strategies and
  objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated and the amount
  of the reduction for each of those strategies and objectives.
         SECTION 3.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION
  AGENCY; SUM-CERTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.
  (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School
  Fund No. 193 to the Texas Education Agency made by Chapter 605 (S.B.
  1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP -
  Equalized Operations, as listed in that Act, are reduced by
  $643,000,000.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Rider 3, page III-5, 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 Texas Education Agency, the sum-certain
  appropriation to the Foundation School Program for the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2019, is $21,919,735,602.
         SECTION 4.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: HEALTH AND HUMAN
  SERVICES COMMISSION. The unencumbered appropriations from the
  economic stabilization fund to the Health and Human Services
  Commission made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
  2019, for Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital Repairs and
  Renovations, as listed in that Act, and subject to Rider 221(b),
  page II-111, 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 authority, are reduced by
  $2,000,000.
         SECTION 5.  LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION: ADDITIONAL
  APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $4,400,000 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Library and
  Archives Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for renovating the Promontory Point
  Drive facility in the City of Austin, Texas, for the storage of
  public records.
         SECTION 6.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
  REPLACEMENT OF MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM
  HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $110,000,000
  is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health
  and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for Medicaid client services under Strategy
  A.1.5., Children, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), to replace money transferred from that
  strategy to disaster assistance programs to address needs resulting
  from Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 7.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID
  SHORTFALL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,100,000,000 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund, and $2,300,000,000 is
  appropriated from federal funds, to the Health and Human Services
  Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for
  Medicaid client services under Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 8.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE
  HOSPITALS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Health and
  Human Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for continuing improvements to state
  hospital facilities under Strategy G.4.2., Facility Capital
  Repairs and Renovations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), as follows:
               (1)  $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to
  construction of a new state hospital in the Panhandle region; and
               (2)  $1,000,000 for preplanning activities related to
  construction of a new state hospital in the Dallas area.
         SECTION 9.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  FOSTER CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $83,542,916 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of
  Family and Protective Services for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for foster care payments under Strategy B.1.9.,
  Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 10.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  RELATIVE CAREGIVER PAYMENTS. (a) In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2019, $6,833,593 is appropriated from the general revenue fund
  to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments
  under Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         (b)  The unencumbered appropriations from federal Temporary
  Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to the Department of
  Family and Protective Services made by Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of
  the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2019, for relative caregiver payments under
  Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, as listed in that
  Act, are reduced by $8,481,040.
         SECTION 11.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
  DAY CARE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $23,060,052 is
  appropriated from federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
  funds to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for day care payments
  under Strategy B.1.3., TWC Contracted Day Care, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 12.  TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: EXPENSES RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY.  (a)  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  the following amounts are appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1., FSP -
  Equalized Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the following purposes related to the
  increased state costs under the Foundation School Program resulting
  from Hurricane Harvey:
               (1)  $271,300,000 for:
                     (A)  increased student costs;
                     (B)  the reduction in school district property
  values; and
                     (C)  the reduction of the amount owed by school
  districts under Chapter 41, Education Code, due to disaster
  remediation costs as provided by Section 41.0931, Education Code;
  and
               (2)  $634,200,000 for the adjustment of school district
  property values under Section 42.2523, Education Code, and
  reimbursement to school districts for disaster remediation costs
  under Section 42.2524, Education Code.
         (b)  In addition to other amounts appropriated for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, $636,000,000 is appropriated
  from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency
  for that state fiscal year for the increased state costs under the
  Foundation School Program resulting from the reduction in school
  district property values associated with Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 13.  UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: EXPENSES RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $20,288,883
  is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
  University of Houston for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 14.  UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DOWNTOWN: EXPENSES
  RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $4,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the University of Houston - Downtown for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 15.  UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - VICTORIA: EXPENSES
  RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $1,703,828 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the University of Houston - Victoria for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 16.  UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE: EXPENSES
  RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $83,668 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
  University of Houston - Clear Lake for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 17.  LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM: EXPENSES RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $13,100,000
  is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Lone
  Star College System for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2019, for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 18.  TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: EXPENSES RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,582,439 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas A&M
  Forest Service for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for
  expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 19.  TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: WILDFIRES. In
  addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $54,923,481 is appropriated from
  the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest Service for the
  state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for expenses related to
  wildfires.
         SECTION 20.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPLACEMENT OF
  MONEY TRANSFERRED TO ADDRESS NEEDS RESULTING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY.
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2019, $38,600,000 is appropriated from
  the economic stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal
  Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for agency
  operations expenses under Strategy C.1.1., Correctional Security
  Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act), to replace money transferred from that strategy to disaster
  assistance programs to address needs resulting from Hurricane
  Harvey.
         SECTION 21.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
  MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $160,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the
  Department of Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for correctional managed health care under
  Strategy C.1.9., Hospital and Clinical Care, as listed in Chapter
  605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017
  (the General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 22.  DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
  OFFICER OVERTIME. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $30,000,000
  is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of
  Criminal Justice for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019,
  for correctional officer overtime under Strategy C.1.1.,
  Correctional Security Operations, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B.
  1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 23.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EXPENSES RELATED
  TO HURRICANE HARVEY. In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  the following amounts are appropriated from the economic
  stabilization fund to the Department of Public Safety for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the following strategies as
  listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for agency
  operations expenses related to Hurricane Harvey:
               (1)  $35,000,000 for Strategy A.1.1., Organized Crime;
               (2)  $60,000,000 for Strategy C.1.1., Traffic
  Enforcement; and
               (3)  $2,000,000 for Strategy G.1.3., Information
  Technology.
         SECTION 24.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CRIME
  LABORATORIES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $5,770,426 is
  appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Department of
  Public Safety for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for
  crime laboratory operations under Strategy E.1.1., Crime
  Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
  85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 25.  PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: EXPENSES RELATED
  TO HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019,
  $9,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to
  the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2019, for Strategy D.1.1., Improvements and Major
  Repairs, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations
  Act), for expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 26.  TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: EXPENSES RELATED TO
  HURRICANE HARVEY.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated
  for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $8,931,385 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas
  Workforce Commission for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2019, for Strategy A.2.1., Vocational Rehabilitation, as listed in
  Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), for vocational
  rehabilitation services expenses related to Hurricane Harvey.
         SECTION 27.  REIMBURSEMENT TO ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND.  
  If any state agency or public institution of higher education
  receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or
  another source for an expenditure paid from money appropriated by
  this Act:
               (1)  the agency or institution shall reimburse the
  state in an amount equal to the lesser of the amount appropriated
  under this Act and spent for that expenditure or the amount
  reimbursed by the other source for that expenditure; and
               (2)  the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit
  the amount of the reimbursement to the credit of the economic
  stabilization fund.
         SECTION 28.  EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Subject to Subsection (b)
  of this section, this Act takes effect immediately.
         (b)  Sections 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25,
  and 26 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.
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