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 |
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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. |