Bill Text: TX SR842 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 500.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR842 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR842-Enrolled.html
By: Nelson | S.R. No. 842 |
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BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE Senate of the State of Texas, that | ||
Senate Rule 12.03 and 12.04, be suspended in part as provided by | ||
Senate Rule 12.08 to enable consideration of, and action on, the | ||
following specific matters which may be contained in the | ||
Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 500. | ||
A. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows: | ||
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 $22,589,128. 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. | ||
B. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: OFFICE OF THE | ||
ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that | ||
the Texas Child Support Enforcement System 2.0 project be | ||
canceled as of the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The unencumbered appropriations from the general | ||
revenue fund to the Office of the Attorney General 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 | ||
B.1.1., Child Support Enforcement, as listed in that Act, are | ||
reduced by $21,799,752, including $11,370,987 from the Child | ||
Support Retained Collection Account. | ||
C. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 6. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE | ||
GOVERNOR: SURGE OPERATIONS. (a) In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019, $100,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Trusteed Programs Within the Office of | ||
the Governor for the two-year period beginning on the effective | ||
date of this Act for surge operations necessary to secure the | ||
border under Strategy B.1.3., Homeland Security, as listed in | ||
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). Funds | ||
appropriated under this subsection may be allocated as | ||
authorized by Section 421.072, Government Code. | ||
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the Trusteed | ||
Programs Within the Office of the Governor work with the United | ||
States Department of Homeland Security to secure full federal | ||
reimbursement for funds appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, to be deposited to the credit of the economic | ||
stabilization fund as provided by Section 88 of this Act. | ||
D. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 8. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: NATIONAL MUSEUM | ||
OF THE PACIFIC WAR. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $2,149,600 is appropriated from the economic stabilization | ||
fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act for capital projects | ||
at the National Museum of the Pacific War 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), including: | ||
(1) updates to the electrical, security, and | ||
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; | ||
(2) projects to address accessibility issues; | ||
(3) exterior, roofing, and structural repairs to | ||
the Nimitz Barn maintenance area; | ||
(4) refurbishment of the Bush Gallery to address | ||
wear and tear from visitor volume; and | ||
(5) technology upgrades to exhibits in the Bush | ||
Gallery. | ||
E. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 9. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: COURTHOUSE | ||
PRESERVATION GRANTS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $25,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Texas Historical Commission for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
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). | ||
F. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 10. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: DEFERRED | ||
MAINTENANCE. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition | ||
to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following amounts | ||
are appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Texas Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act 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 | ||
deferred maintenance projects: | ||
(1) $300,000 for Strategy A.1.1., Architectural | ||
Assistance; and | ||
(2) $2,586,250 for Strategy A.1.4., Historic Sites. | ||
G. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 11. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: LEVI JORDAN | ||
PLANTATION. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in addition | ||
to other amounts appropriated by this Act, $2,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas | ||
Historical Commission for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for historic site planning at the Levi | ||
Jordan Plantation, including architectural, engineering, | ||
interpretive, and site survey services and collections | ||
conservation and acquisition to develop museum exhibits, 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). | ||
H. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 12. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES: FOSTER CARE. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $88,585,541 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). | ||
I. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 14. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES: DAY CARE. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $5,000,000 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). | ||
J. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 15. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES: PURCHASED CLIENT SERVICES. In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019, the following amounts are appropriated from the | ||
general revenue fund to the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services 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 purchased client services: | ||
(1) $4,908,619 for Strategy B.1.4., Adoption | ||
Purchased Services; | ||
(2) $10,550,475 for Strategy B.1.7., Substance | ||
Abuse Purchased Services; and | ||
(3) $5,792,750 for Strategy B.1.8., Other CPS | ||
Purchased Services. | ||
K. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 16. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: X-ALD | ||
NEWBORN SCREENING. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $7,927,458 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to | ||
the Department of State Health Services for the two-year period | ||
beginning on the effective date of this Act for screening | ||
newborns for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) under | ||
Strategy A.4.1., Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter 605 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
L. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 17. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: | ||
EMERGENCY GENERATOR. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $12,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Department of State Health Services for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for an emergency generator for the Austin laboratory to continue | ||
laboratory functions during a power outage under Strategy | ||
A.4.1., Laboratory Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), | ||
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
M. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 18. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: TRAUMA | ||
CAPACITY AND RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) In addition to | ||
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2019, $17,000,000 is appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Department of State Health | ||
Services for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for increasing trauma capacity and improving related | ||
trauma response infrastructure under Strategy B.2.1., EMS and | ||
Trauma Care Systems, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of | ||
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
(b) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, $2,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in | ||
accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to | ||
trauma service area regional advisory councils for improving | ||
emergency management services. | ||
(c) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, $15,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in | ||
accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to | ||
hospitals that demonstrate regional need and the ability to | ||
efficiently and effectively increase trauma capacity and improve | ||
related trauma response infrastructure. The Department of State | ||
Health Services shall allocate: | ||
(1) at least 40 percent of that amount to provide | ||
funding to hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley, prioritizing, to | ||
the extent consistent with general law, primary teaching | ||
hospitals in that region with a general surgery residency program | ||
pursuing designation as a level I trauma facility; and | ||
(2) not more than 40 percent of that amount to | ||
provide funding to hospitals located in a region directly | ||
affected by Hurricane Harvey. | ||
(d) Any funding provided to an entity under Subsection | ||
(b) or (c) of this section that is not spent for the purpose for | ||
which the funding was provided must be returned to the state. | ||
(e) The unexpended balance of money allocated as provided | ||
by Subsection (b) or (c) of this section as of August 31, 2020, is | ||
appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose for | ||
which it was allocated. | ||
N. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 19. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
MEDICAID SHORTFALL. (a) In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $2,000,000,000 is appropriated from the general revenue | ||
fund, and $2,150,000,000 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). | ||
(b) Of the amounts appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
transfer the following amounts from Goal A, Medicaid Client | ||
Services, to the following strategies as listed in Chapter 605 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act): | ||
(1) $5,500,000 to Strategy D.2.3., Community Mental | ||
Health Crisis Services; and | ||
(2) $2,000,000 to Strategy D.2.2., Community Mental | ||
Health Services - Children. | ||
O. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (3) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to exceed the highest or be less than the lowest of | ||
items of appropriation that are contained in the House and Senate | ||
versions of the bill in different amounts to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 22. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE | ||
HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $445,354,363 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) $90,054,363 for construction of a 100-bed | ||
non-maximum security unit at Rusk State Hospital; | ||
(2) $165,000,000 to begin construction of a 240-bed | ||
replacement campus of Austin State Hospital; and | ||
(3) $190,300,000 to begin construction of a 300-bed | ||
replacement campus of San Antonio State Hospital. | ||
P. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to exceed the amount of an item of appropriation | ||
contained in one version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 28. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STATE | ||
SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $10,100,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund | ||
to the Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2019, for state supported living centers | ||
under Strategy G.1.1., State Supported Living Centers, as listed | ||
in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
Q. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 29. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: | ||
REPURPOSE OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. Notwithstanding Section 20 of | ||
the Special Provisions Relating to All Health and Human Services | ||
Agencies, page II-124, Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations | ||
Act), the Health and Human Services Commission may use | ||
$63,832,747 of the amount appropriated under that Act to the | ||
commission for Goal A, Medicaid Client Services, as listed in | ||
that Act and designated under that rider for use only for the | ||
health insurance providers fee, for Medicaid client services. | ||
R. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (3) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to exceed the highest or be less than the lowest of | ||
items of appropriation that are contained in the House and Senate | ||
versions of the bill in different amounts to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (1) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to change, alter, or amend text which is not in disagreement to | ||
read as follows: | ||
SECTION 30. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION | ||
AGENCY; SUM-CERTAIN APPROPRIATION FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. | ||
(a) The unencumbered appropriations from the Foundation School | ||
Fund, general revenue account number 0193, 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 $903,300,000. | ||
(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 $21,495,735,602. | ||
S. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 31. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: SPECIAL EDUCATION | ||
SUPPORTS AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL | ||
EDUCATION. (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 two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
following purposes: | ||
(1) $33,302,428 to offset federal funds withheld or | ||
expected to be withheld as a result of a failure to maintain state | ||
financial support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section | ||
1412(a)(18) during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012; | ||
(2) $74,626,551 to negotiate a settlement agreement | ||
with the federal government to prevent the withholding of federal | ||
funds as a result of a failure to maintain state financial | ||
support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section | ||
1412(a)(18) during the state fiscal years ending August 31, 2017 | ||
(estimated to be $41,594,326), and August 31, 2018 (estimated to | ||
be $33,032,225); and | ||
(3) $111,625,833 for the following strategies as | ||
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act), to | ||
prevent a failure to maintain state financial support for special | ||
education under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18) during the state | ||
fiscal year ending August 31, 2019: | ||
(A) $50,000,000 for Strategy A.2.3., Students | ||
with Disabilities, for grants to reimburse school districts for: | ||
(i) providing extended school year | ||
services to students enrolled in a special education program | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code; | ||
(ii) costs related to identification of | ||
students eligible to participate in a school district's special | ||
education program under Section 29.003, Education Code, | ||
including full individual and initial evaluations and | ||
independent education evaluations; and | ||
(iii) compensatory services costs | ||
related to the provision of services to students under the | ||
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
1400 et seq.); | ||
(B) $478,500 for information technology needs | ||
related to special education supports under Strategy B.3.5., | ||
Information Systems - Technology; and | ||
(C) $61,147,333 for special education funding | ||
under Strategy A.1.1., FSP - Equalized Operations. | ||
(b) The amount appropriated under Subsection (a)(1) of | ||
this section must be used in the same manner and for the same | ||
purposes as the withheld federal funds would have been provided. | ||
(c) The amounts appropriated under Subsections (a)(2) | ||
and (3)(C) of this section must be used to provide funding for | ||
public schools under 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), to be distributed for each full-time equivalent student in | ||
average daily attendance in a special education program under | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, in proportion to the | ||
applicable weight for the student under the public school finance | ||
system. | ||
(d) Not later than December 31, 2020, the Texas Education | ||
Agency shall report to the Legislative Budget Board and the | ||
office of the governor regarding the use of funds appropriated | ||
under Subsection (a)(3)(A) of this section. | ||
T. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 32. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: POST-DISASTER SCHOOL | ||
SAFETY. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $10,930,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas | ||
Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act to provide a grant to a school district | ||
that experienced a school shooting resulting in one or more | ||
fatalities that occurred during the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019. | ||
(b) The Texas Education Agency may provide a grant to a | ||
school district with funding appropriated under Subsection (a) | ||
of this section only for uses relating to necessary and | ||
appropriate post-disaster recovery approved by the agency in | ||
accordance with procedures adopted under general law. | ||
U. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 33. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: ADDITIONAL | ||
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019, $100,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Texas Education Agency for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide | ||
funding to public schools, including the School for the Blind and | ||
Visually Impaired and the School for the Deaf, under Strategy | ||
B.2.2., Health and Safety, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), | ||
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), for: | ||
(1) exterior doors with push bars; | ||
(2) metal detectors at school entrances; | ||
(3) erected vehicle barriers; | ||
(4) security systems that monitor and record school | ||
entrances, exits, and hallways; | ||
(5) campus-wide active shooter alarm systems that | ||
are separate from fire alarms; | ||
(6) two-way radio systems; | ||
(7) perimeter security fencing; | ||
(8) bullet-resistant glass or film for school | ||
entrances; and | ||
(9) door-locking systems. | ||
V. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 34. 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 | ||
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) $535,200,000 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, 2019, $636,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Texas | ||
Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act for the increased state costs under | ||
the Foundation School Program resulting from the reduction in | ||
school district property values associated with Hurricane | ||
Harvey. | ||
W. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 53. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: SURVEILLANCE | ||
CAMERAS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $26,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Department of Criminal Justice for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act for surveillance cameras under | ||
Strategy C.1.2., Correctional Support Operations, as listed in | ||
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
X. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 54. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONS | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM PROJECT. In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019, $24,164,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal Justice for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for | ||
corrections information technology system projects under | ||
Strategy G.1.4., Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 605 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
Y. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 55. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPAIR AND | ||
REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. In addition to | ||
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2019, $54,000,000 is appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Department of Criminal | ||
Justice for the two-year period beginning on the effective date | ||
of this Act for the repair and rehabilitation of buildings and | ||
facilities under Strategy D.1.1., Major Repair of Facilities, as | ||
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
Z. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 56. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL | ||
MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $190,000,000 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). | ||
AA. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 59. JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: SURVEILLANCE | ||
CAMERAS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $7,547,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Juvenile Justice Department for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act for surveillance cameras under | ||
Strategy F.1.2., Information Resources, as listed in Chapter 605 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
AB. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 60. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: HELICOPTER | ||
REPLACEMENT. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $6,229,489 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
Department of Public Safety for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act for the replacement of one | ||
helicopter under Strategy A.1.2., Criminal Interdiction, as | ||
listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
AC. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (1) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change, alter, or amend text which is not in | ||
disagreement to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 62. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EXPENSES | ||
RELATED TO HURRICANE HARVEY AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS. 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 and other | ||
natural disasters: | ||
(1) $34,954,409 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. | ||
AD. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 66. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: 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 General Land Office for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
following strategies as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of | ||
the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act), to remove vessels and repair or replace | ||
structures or equipment damaged by Hurricane Harvey: | ||
(1) $696,921 for Strategy A.2.1., Asset Management; | ||
(2) $20,459,797 for Strategy B.1.1., Coastal | ||
Management; | ||
(3) $430,000 for Strategy B.1.2., Coastal Erosion | ||
Control Grants; and | ||
(4) $2,047,454 for Strategy B.2.1., Oil Spill | ||
Response. | ||
(b) Contingent on the nonrenewal by the effective date of | ||
this Act of federal grant funding awarded by the Federal | ||
Emergency Management Agency for the building of emergency | ||
short-term housing, in addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $2,108,755 is appropriated from the economic stabilization | ||
fund to the General Land Office for the two-year period beginning | ||
on the effective date of this Act for full-time equivalent | ||
employees (FTEs) assigned to build emergency short-term housing | ||
under Strategy D.1.1., Rebuild Housing, as listed in Chapter 605 | ||
(S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 | ||
(the General Appropriations Act). | ||
AE. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 67. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: ABANDONED VESSEL | ||
REMOVAL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the | ||
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $2,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the Coastal Protection Account, general | ||
revenue dedicated account number 27, to the General Land Office | ||
for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this | ||
Act for the removal of vessels abandoned as a result of Hurricane | ||
Harvey. | ||
AF. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 70. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: BATTLESHIP | ||
"TEXAS." (a) Contingent on Senate Bill No. 1511 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to the operation of the Battleship "Texas" becoming law, | ||
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 Parks | ||
and Wildlife Department for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act 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 the | ||
Battleship "Texas": | ||
(1) $35,000,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Improvements | ||
and Major Repairs; and | ||
(2) $500,000 for Strategy B.1.1., State Park | ||
Operations. | ||
(b) The amount appropriated under Subsection (a)(2) may | ||
be used only to conduct a curatorial study of artifacts | ||
associated with the Battleship "Texas." | ||
AG. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 72. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: PURCHASE OF | ||
INTEROPERABLE RADIOS. In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $5,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization | ||
fund to the Parks and Wildlife Department for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2019, for the purchase of interoperable | ||
radios under Strategy C.1.1., Enforcement Programs, as listed in | ||
Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017 (the General Appropriations Act). | ||
AH. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 75. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: MATCHING FUNDS FOR | ||
FEMA HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In addition to | ||
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2019, $273,000,000 is appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of providing matching funds for projects | ||
sponsored by municipalities and counties in this state and | ||
approved for the Hazard Mitigation Grant program administered by | ||
the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | ||
(b) Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood | ||
planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law: | ||
(1) the appropriation of money made in Subsection | ||
(a) of this section has no effect; and | ||
(2) in addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
$273,000,000 is appropriated from the Texas infrastructure | ||
resiliency fund to the Water Development Board for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of providing matching funds for projects sponsored by | ||
municipalities and counties in this state and approved for the | ||
Hazard Mitigation Grant program administered by the Federal | ||
Emergency Management Agency. | ||
AI. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 76. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: MATCHING FUNDS FOR | ||
FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In addition to | ||
amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium | ||
ending August 31, 2019, $365,000,000 is appropriated from the | ||
economic stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for | ||
the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act | ||
for the purpose of providing matching funds for projects | ||
sponsored by municipalities and counties in this state and | ||
approved for the Public Assistance grant program administered by | ||
the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | ||
(b) Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood | ||
planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law: | ||
(1) the appropriation of money made in Subsection | ||
(a) of this section has no effect; and | ||
(2) in addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, | ||
$365,000,000 is appropriated from the Texas infrastructure | ||
resiliency fund to the Water Development Board for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
purpose of providing matching funds for projects sponsored by | ||
municipalities and counties in this state and approved for the | ||
Public Assistance grant program administered by the Federal | ||
Emergency Management Agency. | ||
(c) Out of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) | ||
or (b) of this section, as applicable, $30,000,000 may be used | ||
only to provide a grant to Harris County to remove accumulated | ||
siltation and sediment deposits located at the confluence of the | ||
San Jacinto River and Lake Houston. | ||
AJ. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 77. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: STATE FLOOD RISK | ||
MAPS AND STATE FLOOD PLAN. (a) In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, and in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, | ||
the following amounts are appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act 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 developing or updating flood risk maps | ||
in the state, using current data and technology standards, to | ||
support development of a state flood plan: | ||
(1) $43,970,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform | ||
Community Assistance Related to NFIP; | ||
(2) $1,330,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central | ||
Administration; and | ||
(3) $1,700,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information | ||
Resources. | ||
(b) Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood | ||
planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law: | ||
(1) the appropriation of money made in Subsection | ||
(a) of this section has no effect; and | ||
(2) in addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in | ||
addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following | ||
amounts are appropriated from the floodplain management account | ||
0330 in the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund to the Water | ||
Development Board for the two-year period beginning on the | ||
effective date of this Act 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 developing | ||
or updating flood risk maps in the state, using current data and | ||
technology standards, to support development of a state flood | ||
plan: | ||
(A) $43,970,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform | ||
Community Assistance Related to NFIP; | ||
(B) $1,330,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central | ||
Administration; and | ||
(C) $1,700,000 for Strategy D.1.2., | ||
Information Resources. | ||
(c) Using money appropriated by Subsection (a) or (b) of | ||
this section, as applicable, the Water Development Board may | ||
employ 22.0 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) during the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, and 36.0 FTEs during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, in addition to the | ||
number of FTEs the board is authorized by other law to employ | ||
during those state fiscal years. | ||
AK. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 78. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: FLOOD | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. (a) In addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, and in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, | ||
the following amounts are appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Water Development Board for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act 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 infrastructure projects related to | ||
drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control and for necessary | ||
and reasonable expenses of the board in administering those | ||
projects: | ||
(1) $790,750,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform | ||
Community Assistance Related to NFIP; | ||
(2) $995,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central | ||
Administration; and | ||
(3) $1,255,000 for Strategy D.1.2., Information | ||
Resources. | ||
(b) Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood | ||
planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law | ||
and the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, providing for the creation | ||
of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of | ||
drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects being | ||
approved by the voters: | ||
(1) the appropriation of money made in Subsection | ||
(a) of this section has no effect; and | ||
(2) in addition to amounts previously appropriated | ||
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, and in | ||
addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the following | ||
amounts are appropriated from the flood infrastructure fund to | ||
the Water Development Board for the two-year period beginning on | ||
the effective date of this Act 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 | ||
infrastructure projects related to drainage, flood mitigation, | ||
or flood control and for necessary and reasonable expenses of the | ||
board in administering those projects: | ||
(A) $790,750,000 for Strategy A.4.1., Perform | ||
Community Assistance Related to NFIP; | ||
(B) $995,000 for Strategy D.1.1., Central | ||
Administration; and | ||
(C) $1,255,000 for Strategy D.1.2., | ||
Information Resources. | ||
(c) Using money appropriated by Subsection (a) or (b) of | ||
this section, as applicable, the Water Development Board may | ||
employ 9.0 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) during the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2020, and 15.0 FTEs during | ||
the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, in addition to the | ||
number of FTEs the board is authorized by other law to employ | ||
during those state fiscal years to administer the project | ||
funding. | ||
AL. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 80. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: EMERGENCY AND | ||
FIRST RESPONDER AIRPORT FACILITIES. In addition to amounts | ||
previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending | ||
August 31, 2019, $5,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the Department of Transportation for the | ||
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to | ||
expand an airport hangar at the South Texas International Airport | ||
used by the Department of Public Safety for emergency and first | ||
responders, including facilities used for Department of Public | ||
Safety aircraft staging and storage purposes, under Strategy | ||
C.5.1., Aviation Services, as listed in Chapter 605 (S.B. 1), | ||
Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the General | ||
Appropriations Act). | ||
AM. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 81. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS: | ||
AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING IN CERTAIN AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL | ||
DISASTERS. 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 | ||
Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the two-year | ||
period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the | ||
provision of affordable rental housing in areas of the state most | ||
affected by natural disasters. | ||
AN. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 84. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: ADDITIONAL | ||
PAYMENT. 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, in addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $589,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization 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 one-time additional payment to certain | ||
annuitants. | ||
AO. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (2) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to change items of appropriation that are the same in | ||
both versions to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 85. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM: STATE | ||
CONTRIBUTION. Contingent on Senate Bill No. 12 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to the contributions and benefits under the Teacher | ||
Retirement System becoming law, 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 Teacher Retirement System for | ||
the following periods for the purpose of immediately depositing | ||
that amount as a state contribution in the Teacher Retirement | ||
System Trust Account number 0960: | ||
(1) $263,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2020; and | ||
(2) $261,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2021. | ||
AP. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 86. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: TEXAS | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. (a) Contingent on Senate Bill | ||
No. 7 or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019, relating to flood control planning and the funding | ||
of flood planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects | ||
becoming law, in addition to amounts previously appropriated for | ||
the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, $857,000,000 is | ||
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal year ending | ||
August 31, 2019, for the purpose of immediately depositing that | ||
amount to the credit of the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund. | ||
(b) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit at | ||
least $47,000,000 to the credit of the floodplain management | ||
account 0330 in the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund. | ||
AQ. Suspend Senate Rule 12.04 (5) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add an item of appropriation that is not in either | ||
version of the bill to read as follows; | ||
Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference Committee | ||
to add text on any matter which is not included in either the | ||
House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 87. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: FLOOD | ||
INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. Contingent on Senate Bill No. 7 or similar | ||
legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood | ||
planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects becoming law | ||
and the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, providing for the creation | ||
of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of | ||
drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects being | ||
approved by the voters, in addition to amounts previously | ||
appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, | ||
2019, $793,000,000 is appropriated from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, for the purpose of | ||
immediately depositing that amount to the credit of the flood | ||
infrastructure fund. | ||
AR. Suspend Senate Rule 12.03 (4) to allow the Conference | ||
Committee to add text on any matter which is not included in | ||
either the House or Senate version of the bill to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 88. 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. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2019, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |