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Issue Docket
Conference Committee on House Bill 1
2016-17 General Appropriations Bill
Article IX
Page 1 of 40
Biennial
Agency/Item 2016 2017 2016 2017 Difference Explanation
ARTICLE IX
House Sec. 18.02.
APPROPRIATION FOR A
SALARY INCREASE
Senate Sec. 18.07
CONTINGENCY FOR SENATE
BILL 1941
195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ -$ House appropriates $276,200,156 from
GR, $18,781,528 from GR-D, $55,697,356
from federal funds, $3,392,652 from other
funds, and $36,131,794 from State Highway
Fund to provide for a 2.5% pay increase for
state employees who contribute to
Employees Retirement System. House
appropriation is contingent on HB 9 and
increase in employee retirement contribution
rate.
Senate appropriates same amounts
contingent of SB 1941.
See Supplemental information on ERS.
Senate Sec. 18.02 REASONING
MIND
-$ -$ 2,000,000$ 2,000,000$ 4,000,000$ This item is located in the Public Education
Issue Docket.
Senate Sec. 18.03. ADVANCED
RADIATION THERAPY
-$ -$ 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 2,000,000$ This item is located in the Higher Education
Issue Docket.
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS
ISSUE DOCKETConference Committee on General Appropriations Bill
House Senate
IX-76
Rider Packet, Page IX-18
IX-83
Rider Packet, Page IX-29
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-19
ADOPTED IN ART III
ADOPTED IN ART III
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Biennial
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House Senate
House Sec. 18.03.
APPROPRIATION FOR C.O. at
T.D.C.J. SALARY INCREASE
138,238,909$ 138,238,909$ -$ -$ 276,477,818$ House appropriates $276,477,818 for 10%
pay increase for TDCJ correctional and
parole officers.
Senate appropriates $88.9 million in Art. V
for a 2.5% pay increase each year of the
biennium.
This item is located in the Article V Issue
Docket with 8% pay increase.
House Sec. 18.04.
CONTINGENCY FOR
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
101,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 101,000,000$ Contingent on legislation, House provides
for elimination of the Texas Emerging
Technology Fund and allocates balances to
the Governor's Office (research initiative)
and Higher Education (TRIP and TRUF).
Contingent on legislation, Senate in Article I
and III also provides for the elimination of
the Fund, and allocates balances to Texas
Enterprise Fund and Higher Education
Coordinating Board (research initiative).
This item is located in Article I Issue Docket.
See supplemental materials.
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
IX-77
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
IX-77
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
ADOPTED IN ART V
ADOPTED IN ART I
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Biennial
Agency/Item 2016 2017 2016 2017 Difference Explanation
House Senate
Senate Sec. 18.04.
DOWNWARD EXPANSION
-$ -$ 2,750,000$ 2,750,000$ 5,500,000$ This item is located in the Higher Education
Issue Docket.
Senate Sec. 18.05.
APPROPRIATION FOR
FACILITIES
-$ -$ 469,965,423$ -$ 469,965,423$ Senate appropriates funding for facilities in
Article IX, in addition to Articles I-VIII.
House appropriates funding for facilities in
Articles I-VIII.
See supplemental materials.
House Sec. 18.05.
APPROPRIATION TO
ENTERPRISE FUND
50,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 50,000,000$ House provides an appropriation from
balances and from new funds to the Texas
Enterprise Fund.
This item is located in the Article I Issue
Docket.
See supplemental materials.
IX-78
Rider Packet, Page IX-24
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-21
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-22
ADOPTED IN ART III
ADOPTED IN ART I-VIII
ADOPTED IN ART I
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House Senate
House Sec. 18.06.
CONTINGENCY FOR HOUSE
BILL 7
258,343,968$ 119,649,969$ -$ -$ 377,993,937$ House appropriates $162,247,000 to Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality for
the TERP and LIRAP programs.
Senate provides the same amounts in
Article VI.
This is located in the Article VI Issue
Docket.
House appropriates the following,
contingent on House Bill 7:
$9,900,000 to the Department of Public
Safety in GR-D 5010.
$205,846,937 to the Department of State
Health Services in GR-D 5111 and GR-D
5137 (Trauma).
House Sec. 18.07. TEXAS
STATE AQUARIUM
9,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 9,000,000$ Senate provides $3 million for this purpose
in Article VI.
This Item is located in the Article VI Issue
Docket.
IX-77
Rider Packet, Page IX-25
IX-80
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
aD
GRD 5010 ADOPTED IN
ART V AT THESE
AMOUNTS
ADOPTED IN ART II
ADOPTED IN ART VI
TERP/LIRAP ADOPTED IN
ART VI AT THESE
AMOUNTS
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Agency/Item 2016 2017 2016 2017 Difference Explanation
House Senate
Sec. 18.08. APPROPRIATION
FOR CAPPS
23,566,697$ 20,344,810$ 23,328,086$ 17,575,792$ 3,007,629$
Both chambers make appropriations and
authorize FTEs for CAPPS at the
Comptroller of Public Accounts and
participating agencies.
See supplemental material on CAPPS.
25,475,282$ 20,652,078$
Number of Full Time Equivalents
(FTEs) associated with CAPPS
appropriation
39.0 40.0 38.0 42.0
Sec. 18.09. ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS FOR FTE
INCREASE
12,899,448$ 20,867,249$ 11,507,941$ 13,480,950$ 8,777,806$ Both chambers make appropriations for
additional FTEs authorized in other Articles
of the GAA.
Technical Adjustments &
Rider Amendments
Sec. 6.01 Unexpended Balance
ADOPT
Revision would clarify legislative intent that
estimated unexpended balances
appropriations are adjusted to equal the
actual unexpended balance.
IX-27 IX-29
IX-80
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
IX-83
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-32
IX-84
Rider Packet, Page IX-32
HOUSE plus $2,215,852 and 4
FTEs for DPS.
CONFORMS TO DECISIONS MADE IN ART
I-VIII
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House Senate
Sec. 6.24 Deposit and Approval
Requirement for Certain
RESTORE Act Fund.
ADOPT
Revision clarifies reporting requirements.
Sec. 7.04 Contract Notification:
Amounts Greater than $50,000ADOPT
Revision would change definition of contract
to align with Section 7.12.
Sec. 7.12 Notification of Certain
Purchases or Contract Awards,
Amendments, and Extensions
ADOPT
Revision is consistent with and contingent
on failure of new legislation.
Sec. 8.02 Reimbursements and
Payments and 8.03 Surplus
Property
ADOPT
Revision would make appropriation for
failed charter school property.
Sec. 8.15 Cost Recovery of FeesADOPT
Provisions would clarify cost recovery fee
appropriations and deposits.
Sec. 9.08 Computer Inventory
ReportADOPT
Revision exempts institutions of higher
education and courts.
Sec. 14.04 Disaster Related
Transfer AuthorityADOPT
Revision is consistent with current law.
Sec. 16.04 Judgments and
SettlementsADOPT
Revision would require Attorney General to
report only information that may be
disclosed to the public under state or federal
law.
Sec. 18.02 Appropriation for a
Salary Increase for General
State Employees ADOPT
Revision would apply to House
appropriation and would clarify that the
provision applies to all employees who
contribute to the ERS system and does not
apply to other employees.
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House Senate
Use of the Sporting Good Sales
Tax Transfer to the General
Revenue-Dedicated State Parks
Account No. 64
ADOPT
Rider would move from Art. VI to Art. IX and
clarify that amounts are not estimated.
Analysis of Certain Healthcare
DataADOPT
Provision requires analysis of healthcare
data.
Appropriation for Volunteer
Firemen MonumentADOPT
Appropriates $95,000 for repair of Capitol
monument.
House and Senate Rider
Differences
Sec. 6.25. Pre-Approval for
Certain Expenditures Related to
Mitigation of Adverse
Environmental Impacts.
HOUSE AS
AMENDED
House rider requires LBB pre-approval for
certain expenditures related to mitigation of
adverse environmental impacts.
Renumbered as Sec. 7.13.
Sec. 7.11. Border Security.
SENATEHouse rider defines border security less
broadly than Senate with fewer crimes and
fewer agencies reporting.
Sec. 9.04. Information
Technology Replacement.
(House section heading).
See Article I Issue Docket.
Sec. 9.07. Payments to
Department of Information
Resources.
See Article I Issue Docket.
Sec. 9.11. Cybersecurity
Initiatives.
See Article I Issue Docket.
IX-46
Rider Packet, Page IX-4
IX-48
Rider Packet, Page IX-4
IX-47
Rider Packet, Page IX-5
IX-49
Rider Packet, Page IX-5
IX-48
Rider Packet, Page IX-7
IX-51
Rider Packet, Page IX-7
IX-35
Rider Packet, Page IX-1
IX-39
Rider Packet, Page IX-2
IX-41
Rider Packet, Page IX-2
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House Senate
Sec. 9.12. Surplus Information
Technology Hardware.
See Article I Issue Docket.
Sec. 10.04 Statewide Behavioral
Health and Substance Abuse
Services. SENATE AS
AMENDED
Senate provides for coordinated statewide
behavioral health strategic planning with
LBB pre-approval required for fiscal year
2017 expenditures. See Senate riders
following bill pattern of each agency listed in
rider.
Sec. 10.05. Funding for Autism
Services. SENATE
This provision will be conformed to
decisions made in Articles II & III.
Sec. 11.05. State Agency
Emergency Leases.ADOPT
Senate provides an exemption to the
Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 11.07. Efficient Use of
State Property to House State
Facilities.
ADOPT
Senate rider requires identification of state
owned property before leasing additional
property.
Sec. 13.02. Report of Additional
Funding.
ADOPT
House rider requires notice to all members
of the legislature in addition to LBB if federal
funds received exceed budgeted amount by
more than $10 million.
Sec. 16.06. Legal
Representation for Legislative
Entity or Official.
HOUSE AS
AMENDED
House rider allows legislative branch to
select a legal representative.
IX-56
Rider Packet, Page IX-15
IX-61
Rider Packet, Page IX-15
IX-72
Rider Packet, Page IX-16
IX-56
Rider Packet, Page IX-11
IX-54
Rider Packet, Page IX-13
IX-58
Rider Packet, Page IX-13
IX-59
Rider Packet, Page IX-14
IX-52
Rider Packet, Page IX-8
IX-51
Rider Packet, Page IX-9
IX-54
Rider Packet, Page IX-9
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House Senate
Sec. 17.09. Border Security -
Informational Listing.SENATE AS
AMENDED
House does not include this informational
rider. If the House had this rider the
information would be different.
Sec. 18.02. Appropriation for a
Salary Increase for General
State Employees.
ADOPT
See funding decision on Sec. 18.02 (House)
/18.07 (Senate). Language would conform
to that decision.
Sec. 18.02. Reasoning Mind.ADOPT
This item located in the Public Education
Issue Docket.
Sec. 18.03. Center for Advanced
Radiation Therapy. ADOPTThis item located in the Higher Education
Issue Docket.
Sec. 18.03. Appropriation for a
Salary Increase for Certain
Employees of the Department of
Criminal Justice.
ADOPTED IN
ART V
This item located in the Article V Issue
Docket.
Sec. 18.04. Contingency for
Emerging Technology Fund
Legislation.
HOUSE AS
AMENDED
This item located in the Article I Issue
Docket.
Sec. 18.04. Downward
Expansion.ADOPTED IN
ART III
This item located in the Higher Education
Issue Docket.
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-19
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
IX-77
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
IX-77
Rider Packet, Page IX-20
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-21
IX-80
Rider Packet, Page IX-17
IX-76
Rider Packet, Page IX-18
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House Senate
Sec.18.05. Identified State
Agency Deferred Maintenance
Needs. ADOPTED IN
ART I-VIII
Senate contingency for Senate Bill 2004,
identifying deferred maintenance
appropriations and implementing capital
authority and oversight provisions of the
legislation. Also see funding decision on
page 3.
Sec.18.05. Appropriation to
Trusteed Programs within the
Office of the Governor.
ADOPTED IN
ART I
This item located in the Article I Issue
Docket.
Sec. 18.06. Appropriation of
General Revenue-Dedicated
Accounts, Including Contingency
for House Bill 7.
HOUSE AS
AMENDED
Provision will be conformed to funding
decisions made elsewhere.
Sec. 18.06. Funding Contingent
upon the Passage of Legislation.ADOPT
Senate expresses intent to consider funding
for bills that have passed one chamber by
the time of conference committee's
conclusion of deliberations.
Sec. 18.07. Contingency for
Senate Bill 1941 or Similar
Legislation. ADOPT
See funding decision on Sec. 18.02
(House)/ 18.07 (Senate). Language would
conform to that decision.
Sec.18.07. Texas State
Aquarium. ADOPTED IN
ART VI
This item located in Article VI Issue Docket.
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-22
IX-78
Rider Packet, Page IX-24
IX-76
Rider Packet, Page IX-25
IX-83
Rider Packet, Page IX-29
IX-83
Rider Packet, Page IX-29
IX-80
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
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House Senate
Sec. 18.08. Centralized
Accounting and Payroll
Personnel System Deployments.
HOUSE AS
AMENDED
Both chambers make appropriation and
authorize FTEs. Senate appropriations are
less than the House.
Sec. 18.09. Additional Benefits
for FTE Increases.
CONFORMS TO
DECISIONS
FROM ART I-VIII
Both chambers make appropriations for
additional FTEs authorized in other Articles
of the GAA.
Sec. 18.10. Coordination with
Joint Oversight Committee on
Government Facilities.
ADOPTSenate requires agencies to provide notice
to oversight committee contingent of SB
2004.
Sec. 18.10. No Destruction of
Human Embryos for Research
Purposes.
ADOPT
House prohibits any funds appropriated by
GAA from being used in research that
destroys human embryos.
Sec. 18.11. Study of Traffic and
Economic Impact Related to
Increased Traffic Enforcement in
Border Region.
ADOPT
House requires Comptroller, Workforce
Comm., and Dept. of Public Safety to study
and report on economic impact of increased
traffic law enforcement in border region.
Sec. 18.12. Grants to Certain
Peace Officer Organizations. ADOPT
House prohibits grants to peace officer
organizations if the organization lobbies for
or provides legal representation to its
members.
IX-85
Rider Packet, Page IX-33
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-33
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-33
IX-82
Rider Packet, Page IX-34
IX-80
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
IX-83
Rider Packet, Page IX-30
IX-81
Rider Packet, Page IX-32
IX-84
Rider Packet, Page IX-32
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Tec
hn
ical C
han
ge
Article IX
Id
entified
State A
gen
cy D
eferred M
ainten
ance N
eeds
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
5/2
1/2
01
5
Overv
iew
Prep
are a rider to
pro
vid
e an ap
pro
priatio
n fo
r the d
eferred m
ainten
ance n
eeds o
f
mu
ltiple state ag
encies.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On
the ap
pro
priate p
age o
f Article IX
, add
the fo
llow
ing
rider:
Sec. 1
8.0
5. Id
entified
Sta
te Agen
cy D
eferred
Ma
inte
na
nce N
eeds.
(a) Ap
pro
pria
tion
.
(1)(A
) Co
ntin
gen
t on th
e enactm
ent b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, o
f Sen
ate
Bill 2
004 o
r similar leg
islation relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f the d
eferred m
ainten
ance fu
nd
accou
nt fo
r state facilities, appro
priatio
ns are m
ade fro
m th
e deferred
main
tenan
ce fund
accou
nt created
by th
at legislatio
n to
the ag
encies an
d in
the am
ou
nts as listed
by
Subsectio
n (c) o
f this S
ection.
(B) C
on
ting
ent o
n th
e enactm
ent b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, o
f Sen
ate Bill
20
04
or sim
ilar legislatio
n relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f the d
eferred m
ainten
ance fu
nd
accou
nt fo
r state facilities an ap
pro
priatio
n is m
ade fro
m F
ederal F
un
ds an
d th
e Gen
eral
Rev
enu
e Fu
nd to
the d
eferred m
ainten
ance fu
nd
accou
nt created
by th
at legislatio
n to
be
used
to p
rovid
e for th
e appro
priatio
n m
ade b
y S
ub
section
(a)(1)(A
) of th
is Sectio
n.
(2) C
on
ting
ent o
n th
e failure b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, to
enact S
enate B
ill
20
04
or sim
ilar legislatio
n relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f the d
eferred m
ainten
ance fu
nd
accou
nt fo
r state facilities, appro
priatio
ns are m
ade fro
m F
ederal F
un
ds an
d th
e Gen
eral
Rev
enu
e Fu
nd to
the ag
encies an
d in
the am
ou
nts listed
by S
ub
section
(c) of th
is Sectio
n.
(1)T
he fo
llow
ing is an
info
rmatio
nal list o
f amo
un
ts app
rop
riated elsew
here in
this A
ct
for d
eferred m
ainten
ance p
rojects to
agen
cies from
the G
eneral R
even
ue F
un
d fo
r the
20
16-1
7 b
ienniu
m:
(A) T
exas F
acilities Co
mm
ission
- $2
17
,15
6,3
48
;
(B) T
exas M
ilitary D
epartm
ent - $
19
,56
2,5
00
; and
(C) T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Crim
inal Ju
stice - $6
0,0
00
,00
0.
(2) T
he fo
llow
ing is an
info
rmatio
nal list o
f amo
un
ts app
rop
riated elsew
here in
this A
ct
to th
e Tex
as Park
s and W
ildlife D
epartm
ent fo
r deferred
main
tenan
ce pro
jects for th
e
20
16-1
7 b
ienniu
m:
(A) $
51,4
50,7
34
from
the G
eneral R
even
ue F
un
d;
(B) $
24
,00
0,0
00 fro
m th
e Sportin
g G
oo
ds S
ales Tax
transfer to
the S
tate Park
s
Acco
un
t No
. 64
;
(C) $
6,6
07
,266 fro
m th
e Spo
rting
Go
od
s Sales T
ax tran
sfer to th
e Co
nserv
ation
and
Cap
ital Acco
unt N
o. 5
004; an
d
(D) $
8,9
42
,00
0 fro
m th
e Gam
e, Fish
, and
Water S
afety A
ccou
nt N
o. 0
09
.
Page 13 of 40
(3) T
he fo
llow
ing is an
info
rmatio
nal list o
f capital b
ud
get au
tho
rity p
rov
ided
elsewh
ere
in th
is Act fo
r deferred
main
tenan
ce pro
jects to ag
encies fo
r the 2
01
6-1
7 b
ienn
ium
:
(A) D
epartm
ent o
f Pu
blic S
afety - $
21
,00
0,0
00
; and
(B) T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Tran
spo
rtation
- $2
00
,00
0,0
00
.
(b) P
roject S
ub
missio
n a
nd
Ap
pro
va
l Pro
cess. S
B 2
00
4 C
on
ting
ency
.
(1) C
on
tingen
t on th
e enactm
ent b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, o
f Sen
ate Bill
20
04
or sim
ilar legislatio
n relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f a Join
t Ov
ersigh
t Co
mm
ittee on
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee to p
rov
ide o
versig
ht fo
r the ap
pro
priatio
ns
or au
tho
rity p
rovid
ed b
y S
ubsectio
ns (a),(c), an
d (d
) of th
is Sectio
n, th
e app
rop
riation
s or
auth
ority
pro
vid
ed b
y S
ubsectio
ns (a),(c), an
d (d
) of th
is Sectio
n are su
bject to
the
follo
win
g tw
o-step
pre-ap
pro
val p
rocess, as allo
wed
by A
rticle 16
, Sectio
n 6
9, T
exas
Constitu
tion:
(A) in
step 1
of th
e two
step p
re-app
rov
al pro
cess the Jo
int O
versig
ht C
om
mittee o
n
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee created to
pro
vid
e ov
ersigh
t for th
e
app
rop
riation
s or au
tho
rity p
rov
ided
by S
ub
section
s (a),(c), and
(d) o
f this S
ection
may
receive, rev
iew, rev
ise, and
forw
ard a p
rop
osal p
rov
ided
by th
e agen
cies listed b
y
Su
bsectio
ns (c) an
d (d
) of th
is Sectio
n fo
r the u
se of th
e app
rop
riation
s or au
tho
rity
pro
vid
ed b
y S
ubsectio
ns (a),(c), an
d (d
) of th
is Sectio
n; an
d
(B) in
step 2
of th
e two
step p
re-app
rov
al pro
cess the L
egislativ
e Bu
dg
et Bo
ard m
ay
app
rov
e or d
isapp
rov
e the p
rop
osal fo
rward
by th
e Join
t Ov
ersigh
t Co
mm
ittee on
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee created to
pro
vid
e ov
ersigh
t for th
e
app
rop
riation
s or au
tho
rity p
rov
ided
by S
ub
section
s (a),(c), and
(d) o
f this S
ection
.
(2) C
on
ting
ent o
n th
e failure b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, to
enact S
enate B
ill
20
04
or sim
ilar legislatio
n relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f a Join
t Ov
ersigh
t Co
mm
ittee on
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee to p
rov
ide o
versig
ht fo
r the ap
pro
priatio
ns
or au
tho
rity p
rovid
ed b
y S
ubsectio
ns (a),(c), an
d (d
) of th
is Sectio
n, th
e Leg
islative
Bu
dg
et Bo
ard m
ay receiv
e, review
, and
app
rov
e or d
isapp
rov
e a pro
po
sal pro
vid
ed b
y th
e
agen
cies listed b
y S
ub
section
(c) or S
ub
section
(d) o
f this S
ection fo
r the u
se of th
e
app
rop
riation
s or au
tho
rity p
rov
ided
by S
ub
section
s (a),(c), and
(d) o
f this S
ection
.
Contin
gen
t on th
e enac
tmen
t by th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, o
f Sen
ate Bill 2
004
or sim
ilar legislatio
n relatin
g to
the creatio
n o
f the d
eferred m
ainten
ance fu
nd
accou
nt fo
r
state facilities and th
e Join
t Oversig
ht C
om
mittee o
n G
ov
ernm
ent F
acilities, the
follo
win
g tak
es effect:
(1) T
he ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade elsew
here in
this A
ct from
Gen
eral Rev
enu
e fun
ds at th
e
agen
cies and
amo
un
ts iden
tified in
Su
bsectio
n (a)(1
) and
(a)(2) o
f this p
rov
ision
are to b
e
transferred
to th
e deferred
main
tenan
ce fun
d acco
un
t and
app
rop
riated fro
m th
e deferred
main
tenan
ce fund acco
unt to
the ag
encies in
the am
ou
nts listed
in S
ub
section
s (a)(1) an
d
(a)(2) o
f this p
rov
ision
. Affected
agen
cies bill p
atterns an
d cap
ital bu
dg
et auth
ority
shall
be am
end
ed acco
rdin
gly
.
(2) T
he ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade in
Su
bsectio
n (b
)(1), id
entified
in S
ub
section
s (a)(3) an
d
any
match
ing
federal fu
nd
s related to
the ap
pro
priatio
ns o
f this p
rov
ision
are sub
ject to
the fo
llow
ing tw
o-step
pre-ap
pro
val p
rocess, as allo
wed
by A
rticle 16
, Sectio
n 6
9, T
exas
Constitu
tion:
(A) in
step 1
of th
e two
step p
re-app
rov
al pro
cess the Jo
int O
versig
ht C
om
mittee o
n
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee may receiv
e, review
, revise, an
d fo
rward
a
pro
po
sal pro
vid
ed b
y th
e agen
cies listed b
y S
ub
section
(a) of th
is pro
visio
n fo
r the u
se of
the ap
pro
priatio
ns o
r auth
ority
pro
vid
ed o
r iden
tified b
y S
ub
section
s (a) this p
rov
ision;
and
Page 14 of 40
(B) in
step 2
of th
e two
step p
re-app
rov
al pro
cess the L
egislativ
e Bu
dg
et Bo
ard m
ay
app
rov
e or d
isapp
rov
e the p
rop
osal fo
rward
ed b
y th
e Join
t Ov
ersigh
t Co
mm
ittee on
Go
vern
men
t Facilities o
r a similar co
mm
ittee .
(3) C
on
ting
ent o
n th
e failure b
y th
e 84
th Leg
islature, R
egu
lar Sessio
n, to
enact S
enate B
ill
20
04
or sim
ilar legislatio
n, th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
shall receiv
e, review
, and
app
rov
e or d
isapp
rove a p
roposal p
rov
ided
by th
e agen
cies listed in
Su
bsectio
n (a) o
f this
pro
visio
n fo
r the u
se of th
e appro
priatio
ns o
r auth
ority
iden
tified in
Su
bsectio
n (a).
(c) Ag
encie
s an
d A
mo
un
ts.
(1) T
exas F
acilities Co
mm
ission
$2
55
,02
8,9
54
in G
eneral R
even
ue;
(2) T
exas M
ilitary D
epartm
ent $
19
,56
2,5
00
in G
eneral R
even
ue an
d $
29,1
87,5
00 in
Fed
eral Fu
nds;
(3) T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Crim
inal Ju
stice $6
9,1
86
,46
9 in
Gen
eral Rev
enu
e; and
(4) T
exas P
arks an
d W
ildlife D
epartm
ent $
97
,00
0,0
00
in G
eneral R
even
ue.
(d) C
ap
ital A
uth
ority
an
d O
ver
sigh
t.
Su
bject to
the p
re-appro
val p
rocess p
rov
ided
by S
ub
section
(b) o
f this S
ection
, the
follo
win
g ag
encies are p
rovid
ed cap
ital bu
dg
et auth
ority
in th
e follo
win
g am
ou
nts fo
r the
app
rop
riation
s mad
e un
der o
ther A
rticles of th
is Act:
(1) D
epartm
ent o
f Pu
blic S
afety $
21,0
00
,00
0; an
d
(2) T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Tran
spo
rtation
$2
00
,00
0,0
00
.
(e)(c) Ap
proval.
Th
e requ
est for ap
pro
val o
f the L
egislativ
e Bu
dg
et Bo
ard o
utlin
ed b
y S
ub
section
(b)(1
)
(B) (b
)(2)(B
) and (b
)(2)(3
) of th
is Sectio
np
rov
ision
shall b
e sub
mitted
in a tim
ely m
anner
with
adeq
uate in
form
ation
for ev
aluatin
g th
e requ
est. An
y ad
ditio
nal in
form
ation
requ
ested b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
mu
st be su
bm
itted p
rom
ptly
and
in a m
ann
er
prescrib
ed b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
. Th
e requ
est shall b
e con
sidered
to b
e
app
rov
ed u
nless th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
issues a w
ritten d
isapp
rov
al with
in 3
0
bu
siness d
ays after th
e date th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
staff con
clud
es its review
of th
e
requ
est and
forw
ards th
e review
to th
e Ch
air of th
e Ho
use A
pp
rop
riation
s Co
mm
ittee,
Ch
air of th
e Sen
ate Fin
ance C
om
mittee, S
peak
er of th
e Ho
use, an
d L
ieuten
ant G
ov
ernor.
An
y req
uests fo
r additio
nal in
form
ation
mad
e by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
interru
pts
the co
untin
g o
f the 3
0 b
usin
ess days.
(f) Ap
plic
atio
n o
f Cap
ital T
ran
sfer Lim
its.(d) L
imita
tion
on
Tra
nsfers o
f Fu
nd
s
No
part o
f Sec. 1
4.0
3 o
f this A
rticle IX, L
imitatio
n o
n E
xp
end
itures –
Cap
ital Bu
dg
et,
app
lies to th
e fun
ds m
ade su
bject to
this S
ection
18
.05.
(g) P
roject A
pp
rov
al T
hresh
old
.
Th
e Pro
ject Sub
missio
n an
d A
ppro
val P
rocess sp
ecified b
y S
ub
section
(b) o
f this S
ection
app
lies on
ly to
pro
jects hav
ing
total p
roject co
sts of m
ore th
an $
1 m
illion
.
(e) Am
end
ed P
roje
ct Ap
pro
val T
hresh
old
.
(1) F
ollo
win
g in
itial appro
val p
rov
ided
by S
ub
section
(b)(2
), any p
roject ch
ang
e less than
$1
millio
n is su
bject to
the ap
pro
val o
f the Jo
int O
versig
ht C
om
mittee o
n G
ov
ernm
ent
Facilities in
accord
ance w
ith th
e pro
visio
ns o
f SB
20
04
.
(2) F
ollo
win
g in
itial appro
val, an
y p
roject ch
ang
e that ex
ceed
s $1
millio
n is su
bject to
app
rov
al pro
cess un
der S
ub
section
(b)(2
) of th
is pro
visio
n.
(h)(f) C
om
ptro
ller Relea
se of F
un
ds.
No
agen
cy fu
ndsap
pro
priatio
ns o
r auth
ority
pro
vid
ed o
r iden
tified cap
ital bu
dg
et
auth
ority
by th
is Sectio
nS
ubsectio
n (a) o
f this p
rov
ision
18
. (inclu
din
g th
e Su
bsectio
n (d
)
fun
ds o
f the D
epartm
ent o
f Public S
afety an
d T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Tran
spo
rtation
) may
be released
by th
e Co
mptro
ller to b
e used
for an
y p
urp
ose w
itho
ut sp
ecific written
app
rov
al by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
.
Page 15 of 40
(g) U
nex
pen
ded
Bala
nce A
uth
ority
A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
and u
noblig
ated b
alances fro
m ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade o
r iden
tified h
erein
as of A
ug
ust 3
1, 2
016 are ap
pro
pria
ted to
each resp
ective ag
ency fo
r the fiscal y
ear
beg
inn
ing
Sep
tember 1
, 201
6 fo
r the sa
me p
urp
ose.
Page 16 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Mu
ltiple A
gen
cies, A
rticle IX
Pro
posed
Fu
nd
ing a
nd
Rid
er
Cen
tralized
Acco
un
ting a
nd
Payro
ll/Perso
nn
el Syste
m (C
AP
PS
) Dep
loym
ents
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
5/2
1/2
015
Overv
iew
Rev
ise Article IX
, Sectio
n 1
8.0
8, C
entralized
Acco
untin
g an
d P
ayro
ll/Perso
nnel S
ystem
s
Dep
loym
ents, to
inclu
de ap
pro
priatio
ns o
f $2,2
15,8
53
in G
eneral R
even
ue an
d an
increase o
f 4.0
FT
Es to
the D
epartm
ent o
f Public S
afety fo
r the p
urp
ose o
f assisting d
eplo
ym
ent o
nto
the
Cen
tralized A
ccountin
g an
d P
ayro
ll/Perso
nnel S
ystem
(CA
PP
S). A
lso rev
ise the p
rovisio
n to
restrict appro
priatio
ns m
ade in
the p
rovisio
n so
lely fo
r purp
oses o
f the C
AP
PS
and to
remov
e the
Board
of N
ursin
g fro
m req
uirem
ents to
coord
inate w
ith th
e Com
ptro
ller’s office fo
r dep
loym
ent
efforts d
urin
g th
e 2016
-17 b
ienniu
m.
Req
uired
Actio
n
In A
rticle IX o
f House B
ill 1, A
s Engro
ssed, rev
ise the fo
llow
ing sectio
n, in
cludin
g ren
um
berin
g
subsectio
ns acco
rdin
gly
:
18.0
8 C
entra
lized A
ccou
ntin
g a
nd
Payro
ll/Perso
nn
el Syste
ms D
eplo
ym
ents.
(a) Appro
priatio
ns m
ade to
the C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts elsew
here in
this A
ct are
increased
by $
21,2
13,4
85 in
fiscal year 2
016 an
d $
18,2
04,1
85 in
fiscal year 2
017 o
ut o
f
Gen
eral Rev
enue F
unds fo
r the p
urp
ose o
f op
erating an
d m
aintain
ing th
e Cen
tralized
Acco
untin
g an
d P
ayro
ll/Perso
nnel S
ystem
(CA
PP
S) an
d d
eplo
yin
g ag
encies o
nto
CA
PP
S.
In ad
ditio
n, th
e “Num
ber o
f Full-T
ime-E
quiv
alents (F
TE
)” is increased
by 2
1.0
in fiscal
year 2
016 an
d 2
5.0
in fiscal y
ear 2017.
(b) In
additio
n to
appro
priatio
ns m
ade elsew
here in
this A
ct, appro
priatio
ns an
d “N
um
ber o
f
Full-T
ime-E
quiv
alents (F
TE
)” are increased
for ag
encies listed
belo
w fo
r the so
le purp
ose
of assistin
g d
eplo
ym
ent o
f Com
ptro
ller’s CA
PP
S fo
r either o
r both
finan
cial and h
um
an
resources/p
ayro
ll functio
nality
durin
g th
e 2016
-17
bien
niu
m an
d are n
ot av
ailable fo
r any
oth
er purp
ose:
F
Y 2
016
F
Y 2
017
Gen
era
l
Rev
enu
e
FT
Es
Gen
era
l
Rev
enu
e
FT
Es
Bien
nia
l
Tota
l
Article I
Lib
rary an
d A
rchiv
es
Com
missio
n
$250,0
00
2.0
$250,0
00
2.0
$500,0
00
Veteran
s Com
missio
n
$125,0
00
0.0
$82,0
00
0.0
$207,0
00
Article III
Hig
her E
ducatio
n C
oord
inatin
g
Board
$640,3
76
4.0
$750,0
24
4.0
$1,3
90,4
00
Article IV
Office o
f Court A
dm
inistratio
n
$432,7
69
2.0
$370,6
69
2.0
$803,4
38
Article V
Alco
holic B
everag
e Com
missio
n
$105,9
67
1.0
$132,2
77
1.0
$238,2
44
Military
Dep
artmen
t $334,4
87
3.0
$334,4
87
3.0
$668,9
74
Dep
artmen
t of P
ublic S
afety
$1,9
08,5
85
4.0
$307,2
68
4.0
$2,2
15,8
53
Article V
I
Anim
al Health
Com
missio
n
$41,0
55
1.0
$41,0
55
1.0
$82,1
10
Article V
III
State O
ffice of A
dm
inistrativ
e
Hearin
gs
$342,0
00
4.0
$125,5
59
1.0
$467,5
59
Dep
artmen
t of L
icensin
g an
d
$81,5
58
1.0
$54,5
54
$136,1
12
Page 17 of 40
Reg
ulatio
n
1.0
Tota
l
$2,3
53,2
12
4,2
61,7
97
18.0
22.0
$2,1
40,6
25
2,4
47,8
93
15.0
19.0
$4,4
93,8
37
6,7
09,6
90
(c) In acco
rdan
ce with
§210
1.0
36, G
overn
men
t Code, ag
encies id
entified
in su
bsectio
n (b
) in
this sectio
n an
d th
ose listed
belo
w in
this su
bsectio
n o
ut o
f funds ap
pro
priated
elsewhere
in th
is Act sh
all coord
inate w
ith th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts fo
r the p
urp
ose o
f
dep
loyin
g eith
er or b
oth
finan
cial and h
um
an reso
urces/p
ayro
ll fun
ctionality
of C
AP
PS
durin
g th
e 2016
-17 b
ienn
ium
:
Can
cer Prev
entio
n an
d R
esearch In
stitute o
f Tex
as
Dep
artmen
t of H
ousin
g an
d C
om
munity
Affairs
Com
missio
n o
n L
aw E
nfo
rcemen
t
Dep
artmen
t of P
ublic S
afety
Railro
ad C
om
missio
n
Dep
artmen
t of In
suran
ce
Board
of N
ursin
g
Board
of P
harm
acy
State A
udito
r’s Office
(d) N
otw
ithstan
din
g au
thority
pro
vid
ed in
Article IX
, Sectio
n 1
4.0
3, L
imitatio
n o
n
Ex
pen
ditu
res – C
apital B
udget, ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade in
this sectio
n to
the C
om
ptro
ller of
Public A
ccounts an
d to
agen
cies iden
tified in
subsectio
n (b
) are availab
le only
for th
e
purp
oses id
entified
in su
bsectio
ns (a) an
d (b
), respectiv
ely, an
d are n
ot av
ailable fo
r any
oth
er purp
ose.
(e) An
y u
nex
pen
ded
and u
noblig
ated b
alances o
ut o
f the ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade in
this sectio
n
remain
ing as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
016 are ap
pro
priated
for th
e fiscal year b
egin
nin
g S
eptem
ber
1, 2
016 fo
r the sam
e pu
rpose.
(f) E
ach ag
ency id
entified
in th
is section sh
all subm
it semian
nual rep
orts to
the L
egislativ
e
Bud
get B
oard
that id
entifies b
udgeted
and ex
pen
ded
amounts fo
r the p
urp
ose o
f
dep
loyin
g eith
er or b
oth
finan
cial and h
um
an reso
urces/p
ayro
ll fun
ctionality
of C
AP
PS
in
a form
at prescrib
ed b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
. The rep
orts sh
all be su
bm
itted n
ot
later than
April 1
for th
e first six m
onth
perio
d o
f the fiscal y
ear and b
y O
ctober 1
for th
e
second six
month
perio
d o
f the fiscal y
ear.
(g) O
n o
r befo
re Octo
ber 1
, 201
6, th
e agen
cies iden
tified in
this sectio
n sh
all subm
it a join
t
report to
the L
egislativ
e Bud
get B
oard
iden
tifyin
g an
y in
form
ation tech
nolo
gy sy
stems
which
hav
e retired o
r are pro
jected to
be retired
as a result o
f dep
loym
ent o
f CA
PP
S,
inclu
din
g an
y co
st savin
gs o
r pro
jected co
st savin
gs resu
lting fro
m th
ose sy
stems’
retiremen
ts. The rep
ort sh
all be in
a form
at prescrib
ed b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
.
Page 18 of 40
Pro
posed
Tech
nica
l Am
end
men
ts S
ec. 6.0
1. U
nex
pen
ded
Balan
ce[Defin
itions].
(a) In th
is Act "u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ce" or th
e abb
reviatio
n "U
B" m
eans th
e unoblig
ated b
alance
remain
ing in
an ap
pro
priatio
n, i.e., o
nly
that p
art of an
appro
priatio
n, if an
y, th
at has n
ot b
een set
apart b
y th
e incu
rring o
f an o
blig
ation, co
mm
itmen
t, or in
deb
tedness b
y th
e state agen
cy
auth
orized
to sp
end th
e appro
priatio
n. A
reference in
this A
ct to "u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ce" or "U
B"
is a reference to
the u
nob
ligated
balan
ce of an
amount ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act fo
r the fiscal y
ear
endin
g A
ugust 3
1, 2
016, u
nless an
oth
er mean
ing is clearly
indicated
.
(b) F
or an
y estim
ated U
B ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act, sh
ould
the actu
al amoun
t of th
e UB
be
differen
t than
the estim
ate iden
tified in
this A
ct, the ap
pro
priatio
n is ad
justed
to eq
ual th
e actual
UB
, subject to
any o
ther restrictio
ns to
that ap
pro
priatio
n m
ade elsew
here in
this A
ct.
Page 19 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Article
IX
Pro
po
sed
Rid
er
Ap
proval R
ider fo
r A
gen
cie
s Ad
min
isterin
g R
ES
TO
RE
Act F
un
ds
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 5
/20
/15
Ov
erv
iew
Mo
dify
a rider th
at requires an
y ag
ency th
at inten
ds to
exp
end
at least $1
millio
n p
er pro
ject or
pro
gram
from
funds related
to th
e RE
ST
OR
E A
ct to su
bm
it an ap
pro
val req
uest to
the L
egislativ
e
Bu
dget B
oard
and O
ffice of th
e Govern
or. T
he rid
er is on
ly ap
plicab
le to R
ES
TO
RE
Act fu
nd
s, and
it exem
pts fu
nds ad
min
istered b
y th
e Gu
lf Co
ast Eco
system
Resto
ration
Co
uncil fro
m th
e app
roval
requ
iremen
t.
Req
uir
ed
Actio
n
In A
rticle IX, m
odify
the fo
llow
ing rid
er:
Sec. 6
.24
. Dep
osit a
nd
Ap
pro
va
l Req
uirem
ent fo
r Certa
in D
eepw
ater H
orizo
n O
il Sp
ill RE
ST
OR
E
Act F
un
ds. F
un
ds related
to th
e Reso
urces an
d E
cosy
stems S
ustain
ability
, Tourist O
pportu
nities, an
d
Rev
ived
Eco
no
mies o
f the G
ulf C
oast S
tates Act (R
ES
TO
RE
Act) sh
all be d
eposited
to th
e State T
reasury
in a d
esignated
accoun
t to b
e determ
ined
by th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts. A
ny ag
ency
that in
tends
to ex
pen
d at least $
1 m
illion
for a p
roject o
r pro
gram
usin
g fu
nds related
to th
e Reso
urces an
d E
cosy
stems
Sustain
ability
, To
urist O
ppo
rtunities, an
d R
eviv
ed E
conom
ies of th
e Gulf C
oast S
tates RE
ST
OR
E A
ct, or
any fu
nds related
to th
e Deep
water H
orizo
n o
il spill th
at are dep
osited
to th
e State T
reasury
, shall su
bm
it
an ex
pen
ditu
re requ
est in a tim
ely m
ann
er to th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and O
ffice of th
e Govern
or fo
r
appro
val p
rior to
mak
ing an
y su
ch ex
pen
ditu
re. RE
ST
OR
E A
ct funds aw
arded
by th
e Gulf C
oast
Eco
system
Resto
ration
Coun
cil are exem
pt fro
m th
e appro
val req
uirem
ent. If an
agen
cy receiv
es such
funds fro
m an
oth
er agen
cy, th
e agen
cy th
at finally
expen
ds th
e funds sh
all subm
it the ex
pen
ditu
re requ
est.
Any ad
ditio
nal in
form
ation req
uested
by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
or th
e Govern
or m
ust b
e subm
itted
pro
mptly
and in
a man
ner p
rescribed
by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
or th
e Govern
or. If after th
e 30
th
busin
ess day
after com
pletio
n o
f a review
by L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
staff and fo
rward
ing o
f a
recom
men
datio
n to
the C
hair o
f the H
ou
se Appro
priatio
ns C
om
mittee, C
hair o
f the S
enate F
inan
ce
Com
mittee, S
peak
er of th
e Ho
use, an
d L
ieuten
ant G
overn
or th
ere is no n
otificatio
n o
f disap
pro
val issu
ed
to th
e agen
cy b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
or th
e Govern
or, th
e expen
ditu
re request is ap
pro
ved
. An
y
requests fo
r add
itional in
form
ation
mad
e by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
shall in
terrupt th
e countin
g o
f
the 3
0 b
usin
ess day
s. Fu
nd
s related to
the N
ational F
ish an
d W
ildlife F
oundatio
n o
r Natu
ral Reso
urce
Dam
age A
ssessmen
t are not su
bject to
this rid
er.
Page 20 of 40
Article
IX
Pro
posed
Rid
er
Notifica
tion
Rid
er for C
ertain
RE
ST
OR
E A
ct Fu
nd
s
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 5
/21
/15
Overv
iew
Modify
a rider th
at requires an
y ag
ency th
at inten
ds to
expen
d at least $
1 m
illion p
er pro
ject or
pro
gram
from
the R
ES
TO
RE
Act D
irect Com
ponen
t to su
bm
it notificatio
n to
the L
egislativ
e
Bud
get B
oard
. Th
e rider is o
nly
applicab
le to th
e RE
ST
OR
E A
ct Direct C
om
ponen
t.
Req
uired
Actio
n
In A
rticle IX, m
odify
the fo
llow
ing rid
er:
Sec. 6
.24
. D
epo
sit an
d A
pp
rova
l Notifica
tion
Req
uirem
ent fo
r Certa
in D
eepw
ater H
orizo
n O
il
Sp
ill RE
ST
OR
E A
ct Fu
nd
s. Funds related
to th
e Reso
urces an
d E
cosy
stems S
ustain
ability
,
To
urist O
ppo
rtun
ities, and
Rev
ived
Eco
nom
ies of th
e Gulf C
oast S
tates Act (R
ES
TO
RE
Act)
shall b
e dep
osited
to th
e State T
reasury
in a d
esignated
account to
be d
etermin
ed b
y th
e
Co
mp
troller o
f Pu
blic A
ccou
nts.
A
ny ag
ency
that in
tends to
expen
d at least $
1 m
illion fo
r a pro
ject or p
rogram
usin
g fu
nd
s
related to
the R
esources an
d E
cosy
stems S
ustain
ability
, Tourist O
pportu
nities, an
d R
eviv
ed
Eco
no
mies o
f the G
ulf C
oast S
tates RE
ST
OR
E A
ct Direct C
om
ponen
t, or an
y fu
nds related
to th
e Deep
water H
orizo
n o
il spill th
at are dep
osited
to th
e State T
reasury
, shall su
bm
it an
exp
enditu
re request in
no
tify in
a timely
man
ner th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and O
ffice of
the G
overn
or fo
r app
roval in
a timely
man
ner p
rior to
makin
g an
y su
ch ex
pen
ditu
re. Th
e
no
tification
shall in
clude in
form
ation d
escribin
g th
e pro
ject or p
rogram
and its co
st.
If an
agen
cy receiv
es such
fun
ds fro
m an
oth
er agen
cy, th
e agen
cy th
at finally
expen
ds th
e
fun
ds sh
all sub
mit th
e exp
enditu
re request n
otificatio
n. A
ny ad
ditio
nal in
form
ation req
uested
by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
or th
e Govern
or m
ust b
e subm
itted p
rom
ptly
and in
a
man
ner p
rescribed
by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
or th
e Govern
or. If after th
e 30
th b
usin
ess
day
after com
pletio
n o
f a review
by L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
staff and fo
rward
ing o
f a
recom
men
datio
n to
the C
hair o
f the H
ouse A
ppro
priatio
ns C
om
mittee, C
hair o
f the S
enate
Fin
ance C
om
mittee, S
peak
er of th
e House, an
d L
ieuten
ant G
overn
or th
ere is no n
otificatio
n
of d
isappro
val issu
ed to
the ag
ency
by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
or th
e Govern
or, th
e
exp
enditu
re request is ap
pro
ved
. Any req
uests fo
r additio
nal in
form
ation m
ade b
y th
e
Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
shall in
terrupt th
e countin
g o
f the 3
0 b
usin
ess day
s. Fu
nd
s related
to th
e Na
tion
al F
ish a
nd
Wild
life Fou
nd
atio
n o
r Natu
ral R
esou
rce Dam
age A
ssessmen
t
are n
ot su
bject to
this rid
er.
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Sec. 7
.04. C
on
tract N
otifica
tion
: Am
ou
nts G
reater th
an
$50,0
00.
(a) In th
is section "co
ntract" in
cludes a co
ntract o
r gran
t or, ag
reemen
t, inclu
din
g an
interag
ency
gran
t or ag
reemen
t or an
interlo
cal gran
t agreem
ent, p
urch
ase ord
er or o
ther w
ritten ex
pressio
n o
f
terms o
f agreem
ent o
r an am
endm
ent, m
odificatio
n, ren
ewal, o
r exten
sion o
f such
for th
e
purch
ase or sale o
f goods o
r services th
at was en
tered in
to o
r paid
for, eith
er in w
hole o
r in p
art,
by a state ag
ency o
r institu
tion o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n d
urin
g a fiscal y
ear. (b
) In th
is section
a con
tract does n
ot in
clud
e: (1
) a co
ntract th
at has b
een rep
orted
to th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
under §
§2054.0
08, 2
166.2
55
1,
2254.0
06, o
r 225
4.0
30
1, G
overn
men
t Co
de;
(2)
a purch
ase ord
er; (3
) an
interag
ency
con
tract; (4
) an
interlo
cal agreem
ent;
(5)
a contract w
ith a v
alue o
f less than
or eq
ual to
$50,0
00; o
r (6
) a co
ntract p
aid o
nly
with
fun
ds n
ot ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act.
(c) Befo
re Octo
ber 1
of each
fiscal year, a state ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n sh
all report to
the L
egislativ
e Bu
dget B
oard
in th
e man
ner p
rescribed
by L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
all contracts to
which
the ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n w
as a party
du
ring th
e prio
r fiscal year.
Page 21 of 40
Pro
posed
Tech
nica
l Am
end
men
ts S
ec. 7.1
2. N
otifica
tion
of C
ertain
Pu
rch
ases o
r Con
tract A
ward
s, Am
en
dm
ents, a
nd
Exten
sion
s.
(a) Until p
rovid
ing n
otice th
at satisfies the req
uirem
ents o
f this S
ec. 7.1
2, an
agen
cy o
r
institu
tion o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n ap
pro
priated
funds in
this A
ct may
not ex
pen
d fu
nds to
mak
e a
pay
men
t on a co
ntract o
r purch
ase expen
d an
y fu
nds to
award
a contract o
r mak
e a purch
ase if if
the ex
pected
amount o
f the co
ntract o
r purch
ase, inclu
din
g an
y su
bseq
uen
t amen
dm
ents o
r
chan
ges to
such
a contract o
r purch
ase, exceed
s or m
ay reaso
nab
ly b
e expected
to ex
ceed eith
er:
of th
e follo
win
g th
reshold
s:
(1) $
10 m
illion; o
r
(2) $
1 m
illion in
the case o
f a contract o
r purch
ase:
(A) aw
arded
or m
ade as a resu
lt of an
emerg
ency o
r follo
win
g an
emerg
ency
pro
cedure allo
wed
by statu
te; or
(B) aw
arded
or m
ade w
ithout issu
ing a req
uest fo
r pro
posal, req
uest fo
r bid
, or
oth
er
similar p
rocess co
mm
on to
particip
ation in
the co
mpetitiv
e bid
din
g p
rocesses
required
by statu
te, rule, o
r ord
inary
and co
mm
only
recognized
state policies
and p
roced
ures.
(b) A
n ag
ency o
r institu
tion o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n m
ay n
ot ex
pen
d fu
nds to
mak
e a paym
ent o
n a
contract o
r pu
rchase o
rder in
(a)(1) o
r (a)(2) u
ntil th
e notice req
uired
in th
is Sectio
n 7
.12 is
pro
vid
ed to
exceed
the th
reshold
s pro
vid
ed u
nder S
ubsectio
n (a) o
f this S
ec. 7.1
2 after p
rovid
ing
a written
notice to
the L
egislativ
e Bud
get B
oard
. Such
notice sh
all be p
rov
ided
to th
e Leg
islative
Bud
get B
oard
:
(1) at least 1
0 b
usin
ess day
s prio
r to m
akin
g su
ch a p
aym
ent; o
r:
(1) m
eeting all o
f the req
uirem
ents o
f Subsectio
n (c) o
f this S
ec. 7.1
2 a m
inim
um
of 3
0
busin
ess day
s prio
r to th
e earlier of th
e date o
f:
(A) th
e purch
ase; or
(B) th
e execu
tion o
r issuan
ce of a co
ntract; o
r
(2) w
ithin
48 h
ours o
f mak
ing su
ch a p
aym
ent if th
e contract o
r purch
ase ord
er was m
ade
as a result o
f an em
ergen
cy o
r follo
win
g an
emerg
ency p
roced
ure allo
wed
by statu
te.
Such
a purch
ase must b
e necessary
to av
oid
a hazard
to life, h
ealth, safety
or th
e welfare
of h
um
ans, o
r to av
oid
a hazard
to p
roperty
. (2) co
ntain
ing a clear statem
ent o
f the
emerg
ency an
d n
ecessity fo
r mak
ing th
e contract o
r purch
ase, a min
imum
of 2
4 h
ou
rs
prio
r to th
e earlier to o
ccur o
f the em
ergen
cy p
urch
ase or th
e emerg
ency ex
ecutio
n o
r
issuan
ce of a co
ntract an
d th
en as so
on as p
ossib
le thereafter p
rovid
ing w
ritten n
otice
meetin
g all o
f the req
uirem
ents o
f Subsectio
n (c) o
f this S
ec. 7.1
2.
(c) A n
otice req
uired
by th
is Sec. 7
.12 m
ust in
clude:
(1) in
form
ation reg
ardin
g th
e natu
re, and term
, amount, an
d v
endor(s) aw
arded
of th
e
contract o
r pu
rchase an
d th
e ven
dor(s) aw
arded
the co
ntract o
r purch
ase;
(2) (A
) certification sig
ned
by th
e execu
tive d
irector o
f the ag
ency o
r oth
er similar
agen
cy o
r institu
tion ad
min
istrator o
r desig
nee o
f the ag
ency o
r institu
tion o
f hig
her
educatio
n statin
g th
at the p
rocess u
sed to
award
the co
ntract o
r purch
ase com
plies w
ith o
r
is consisten
t with
the fo
llow
ing:
(i) State o
f Tex
as Contract M
anag
emen
t Guid
e;
(ii) State o
f Tex
as Pro
curem
ent M
anual; an
d
(iii) all applicab
le statutes, ru
les, policies an
d p
roced
ures related
to th
e
pro
curem
ent an
d co
ntractin
g o
f goods an
d serv
ices, inclu
din
g co
mplian
ce
with
conflict o
f interest d
isclosu
re requirem
ents; o
r
(B) if th
e pro
cess to aw
ard th
e contract o
r pro
curem
ent d
id n
ot co
mply
with
the
requ
iremen
ts of S
ubsectio
n (c)(2
) (A)(i), (ii) an
d (iii), th
e agen
cy o
r institu
tion o
f hig
her
educatio
n sh
all pro
vid
e an ex
plan
ation fo
r the altern
ative p
rocess u
tilized, leg
al
justificatio
n fo
r the altern
ative p
rocess, an
d id
entify
the in
div
idual(s) d
irecting th
e use o
f
an altern
ative p
rocess;
Page 22 of 40
(3) certificatio
n b
y th
e execu
tive d
irector o
f the ag
ency o
r oth
er similar ag
ency
or
institu
tion
adm
inistrato
r or d
esign
ee of th
e agen
cy o
r institu
tion o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n
that th
e agen
cy o
r institu
tion h
as a pro
cess for:
(A) v
erification o
f ven
do
r perfo
rman
ce and d
eliverab
les;
(B) p
aym
ent fo
r goods an
d serv
ices only
with
in th
e scope o
f the co
ntrac
t or
pro
curem
ent o
rder;
(C) calcu
lation an
d co
llection o
f any liq
uid
ated d
amag
es associated
with
ven
dor
perfo
rman
ce; and
(4) an
y o
ther in
form
ation
requested
by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
befo
re or after th
e
Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
receives th
e notice as req
uired
by th
is Sec. 7
.12.
(d) T
his sectio
n sh
all app
ly w
ithout reg
ard to
the so
urce o
f funds asso
ciated w
ith th
e
expen
ditu
res and w
ithout reg
ard to
the m
ethod o
f finan
ce associated
with
the ex
pen
ditu
res.
(e) The C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts sh
all not allo
w th
e expen
ditu
re of fu
nds if th
e
Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
pro
vid
es notificatio
n to
the C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts th
at the
requirem
ents o
f this p
rov
ision h
ave n
ot b
een satisfied
.
(f) In th
is section th
e term:
(1) "co
ntract" in
clud
es:
(A) an
orig
inal co
ntract o
r gran
t;
(B) a co
ntract o
r gran
t amen
dm
ent;
(C) a co
ntract o
r gran
t exten
sion;
(D) a p
urch
ase ord
er;
(E) an
interag
ency g
rant o
r agreem
ent; o
r
(F) an
interlo
cal gran
t agreem
ent.
(2) "p
urch
ase" inclu
des an
y acq
uisitio
n m
ethods co
vered
by T
itle 10, G
ov
ernm
ent C
ode,
inclu
din
g C
hap
ters 2155, 2
156, o
r 2157, G
overn
men
t Code . o
r Sectio
n 5
1.9
33
5 o
r
Sectio
n 7
3.1
15 o
f the E
ducatio
n C
ode.
(g) It is th
e inten
t of th
e legislatu
re that a w
ritten n
otice certified
as required
by th
is Sec. 7
.12
should
be co
nsid
ered a "g
overn
men
tal record
" as defin
ed u
nder C
hap
ter 37
, Pen
al Code.
(h) (1
) This S
ection 7
.12 d
oes n
ot m
ake an
app
rop
riation b
ut d
oes p
rovid
e detailed
directio
n to
agen
cies and in
stitutio
ns o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n reg
ardin
g th
e use o
f funds ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act
and p
laces limitatio
ns o
n th
e use o
f funds ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act.
(2) N
o p
art of th
is Sectio
n 7
.12 tak
es effect if both
Sen
ate Bill 2
0 relatin
g to
state agen
cy
contractin
g; au
thorizin
g fees; creatin
g an
offen
se or sim
ilar legislatio
n en
acted b
y th
e Eig
hty
-
fourth
Leg
islature, R
egular S
ession an
d H
ouse B
ill 15 relatin
g to
the m
anag
emen
t and o
versig
ht
of state co
ntracts, in
cludin
g co
ntracts fo
r info
rmatio
n tech
nolo
gy co
mm
odity
items o
r similar
legislatio
n en
acted b
y th
e Eig
hty
-fou
rth L
egislatu
re, Reg
ular S
ession b
ecom
e law an
d tak
e effect
on o
r befo
re Sep
tember 1
, 2015.
Page 23 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Article IX
:
Pro
posed
Rid
er Am
end
men
t
Reim
bu
rsem
ents a
nd
Paym
ents, a
nd
Su
rplu
s Pro
perty
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, M
ay 1
5, 2
015
Overv
iew
The p
roposed
revisio
n w
ould
iden
tify an
y state aid
funds o
r pro
ceeds fro
m th
e sale of real
pro
perty
or o
ther state p
roperty
recovered
from
a charter sch
ool th
at has b
een clo
sed u
nder th
e
pro
visio
ns o
f Tex
as Educatio
n C
ode, C
hap
ter 12
, and reap
pro
priate th
ose fu
nds to
the T
exas
Educatio
n A
gen
cy to
assist in th
e man
agem
ent an
d clo
sure o
f such
charters. F
unds in
excess o
f
$2 m
illion w
ould
be d
eposited
into
the C
harter D
istrict Bond G
uaran
tee Reserv
e Fund. T
he
pro
visio
n w
ould
gran
t unex
pen
ded
balan
ce carry-fo
rward
auth
ority
betw
een an
d w
ithin
the
bien
niu
m.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age IX
-41 an
d IX
-42 o
f Article IX
(House B
ill 1 as E
ngro
ssed), am
end
the fo
llow
ing
pro
visio
ns:
Sec. 8
.02. R
eimb
urse
men
ts an
d P
aym
ents.
(a) Ex
cept as p
rovid
ed in
Subsectio
n (f) o
r oth
er pro
visio
n o
f this A
ct, any reim
bursem
ents
received
by an
agen
cy o
f the state fo
r auth
orized
services, in
cludin
g co
ntractu
al agreem
ents w
ith
a non-g
overn
men
tal source o
r any u
nit o
f gov
ernm
ent, in
cludin
g state, fed
eral, or lo
cal
govern
men
t, refund o
f expen
ditu
res received
by an
agen
cy o
f the state an
d an
y p
aym
ents to
an
agen
cy o
f the state g
overn
men
t mad
e in settlem
ent o
f a claim fo
r dam
ages, are ap
pro
priated
to
the ag
ency o
f the state receiv
ing su
ch reim
bursem
ents an
d p
aym
ents fo
r use d
urin
g th
e fiscal
year in
which
they are receiv
ed. R
even
ues sp
ecifically estab
lished
by statu
te on a fee o
r service
pro
vid
ed b
asis are not ap
pro
priated
by th
is section
and are av
ailable fo
r expen
ditu
re by th
e
collectin
g ag
ency o
nly
if appro
priated
elsewhere in
this A
ct.
(b) F
orfeited
money, p
roceed
s from
the sale o
f forfeited
pro
perty
or sim
ilar monetary
award
s
related to
the ag
ency's p
articipatio
n in
the seizu
re of co
ntro
lled su
bstan
ces or o
ther co
ntrab
and
are app
ropriated
to th
e receivin
g state ag
ency, u
nless d
istributio
n is o
therw
ise pro
vid
ed b
y statu
te
or sp
ecific pro
visio
n o
f this A
ct.
(c) Ex
cept as p
rovid
ed elsew
here in
this A
ct, net am
ounts o
f money
received
by an
agen
cy as a
result o
f tax seizu
res or o
ther sim
ilar recov
eries auth
orized
by statu
te shall b
e dep
osited
in th
e
state treasury
as unap
pro
priated
reven
ues to
the fu
nds o
r accounts au
thorized
by statu
te.
(d) T
he p
ortio
n o
f pro
ceeds rep
resentin
g reco
veries o
f costs in
curred
in fo
rfeitures u
nder
Subsectio
n (b
) or, seizu
res or sim
ilar recoveries u
nder S
ubsectio
n (c) are ap
pro
priated
to th
e
receivin
g ag
ency. S
uch
cost reco
veries in
clude co
urt co
sts, attorn
ey fees, ren
tals or sto
rage fees,
auctio
n an
d sale co
sts, prep
aration co
sts to co
nditio
n p
roperty
for sale, an
d salaries, trav
el, and
oth
er overh
ead co
sts of th
e agen
cy.
(e) The reim
bursem
ents, refu
nds, an
d p
aym
ents receiv
ed u
nd
er Subsectio
n (a) sh
all be cred
ited
by th
e Com
ptro
ller to th
e agen
cy's cu
rrent ap
pro
priatio
n item
s or acco
unts fro
m w
hich
the
expen
ditu
res of lik
e character w
ere orig
inally
mad
e, or in
the case o
f dam
age settlem
ents to
the
appro
priatio
n item
s or acco
unts fro
m w
hich
repairs o
r replacem
ents are m
ade; p
rovid
ed,
how
ever, th
at any refu
nd
of less th
an $
50 to
an in
stitutio
n o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n fo
r postag
e,
telephone serv
ice, return
ed b
ooks an
d m
aterials, cylin
der an
d co
ntain
er dep
osits, in
suran
ce
prem
ium
s and lik
e items, sh
all be d
epo
sited to
the cu
rrent fu
nd acco
unt o
f the in
stitutio
n in
the
state treasury
and su
ch fu
nds are ap
pro
priated
.
(f) (1) F
ifty p
ercent o
f the reim
bursem
ents, refu
nd
s, and p
aym
ents o
f state funds receiv
ed u
nder
Subsectio
n (a) as a resu
lt of a reco
very
audit p
ursu
ant to
Chap
ter 2115, G
overn
men
t Code, sh
all
Page 24 of 40
be cred
ited b
y th
e Com
ptro
ller to th
e agen
cy's cu
rrent ap
pro
priatio
n item
s or acco
unts fro
m
which
the ex
pen
ditu
res of lik
e character w
ere orig
inally
mad
e and su
ch fu
nds are ap
pro
priated
to
the ag
ency in
the fiscal y
ear in w
hich
the fu
nds are receiv
ed. T
he rem
ainin
g 5
0 p
ercent sh
all be
dep
osited
in th
e state treasury
as unap
pro
priated
reven
ues to
the o
rigin
ating fu
nds o
r accounts.
(2) A
ny reim
bursem
ent o
r refund related
to g
rant fu
nds sh
all be g
overn
ed b
y P
art 4, G
rant-
mak
ing P
rovisio
ns, o
f this A
rticle.
(g) A
n u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ce received
by an
agen
cy o
r institu
tion fro
m d
isaster related reco
veries,
disaster-related
reimbursem
ents, d
isaster-related refu
nds, o
r oth
er disaster-related
paym
ents th
at
exist o
n: (1
) August 3
1, 2
015 are ap
pro
priated
for u
se durin
g th
e follo
win
g fiscal y
ear beg
innin
g
Sep
tember 1
, 2015; an
d (2
) Au
gust 3
1, 2
016 are ap
pro
priated
for u
se durin
g th
e follo
win
g fiscal
year b
egin
nin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2016. (g
) An u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ce received
by an
agen
cy o
r
institu
tion fro
m d
isaster related reco
veries, d
isaster-related reim
bursem
ents, d
isaster-related
refunds, o
r oth
er disaster-related
paym
ents th
at exist at th
e end o
f a fiscal year are ap
pro
priated
for u
se durin
g th
e follo
win
g fiscal y
ear.
(h) A
ny reco
vered
state funds d
istribu
ted u
nder §
12.1
06, T
exas E
ducatio
n C
ode, after th
e
revocatio
n o
r oth
er cessation o
f operatio
n o
f an en
tity u
nd
er Chap
ter 12, T
exas E
ducatio
n C
ode,
are app
ropriated
to th
e Tex
as Educatio
n A
gen
cy fo
r the m
anag
emen
t and clo
sure o
f entities an
d
disp
ositio
n o
f state pro
perty
under C
hap
ter 12, T
exas E
ducatio
n C
ode. P
roceed
s from
the sale o
f
real pro
perty
return
ed to
the state d
ue to
revo
cation o
r oth
er cessation o
f op
eration o
f an en
tity
under C
hap
ter 12, T
exas E
ducatio
n C
ode, are ap
pro
priated
to th
e Tex
as Ed
ucatio
n A
gen
cy fo
r
the m
anag
emen
t and clo
sure o
f entities an
d d
ispo
sition o
f state pro
perty
un
der C
hap
ter 12, T
exas
Educatio
n C
ode. A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
and u
noblig
ated b
alances id
entified
by th
is section rem
ainin
g
as of A
ugust 3
1, 2
015 are ap
pro
priated
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the b
ienn
ium
beg
innin
g in
Sep
tember 1
, 2015. A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
and u
noblig
ated b
alances id
entified
by th
is section
remain
ing as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
016 are ap
pro
priated
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the fiscal y
ear
beg
innin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2016
. Funds ap
pro
priated
to th
e Tex
as Educatio
n A
gen
cy b
y A
rticle IX,
Sectio
n 8
.03(b
) of th
is Act an
d th
is section
that are u
nex
pen
ded
and u
noblig
ated in
excess o
f $2
millio
n o
n th
e last day
of th
e fiscal bien
niu
m are tran
sferred to
the C
harter D
istrict Bond
Guaran
tee Reserv
e Fund. In
pu
rsuin
g d
ispo
sition o
f state real pro
perty
:
(1
) The A
ttorn
ey G
eneral sh
all represen
t the T
exas E
ducatio
n A
gen
cy in
transferrin
g
title to th
e state, and
(2
) The G
eneral L
and O
ffice, upon req
uest o
f the co
mm
issioner o
f educatio
n, m
ay en
ter
into
an in
teragen
cy ag
reemen
t to assist w
ith th
e mark
eting an
d sale o
f the state real p
roperty
in
an ex
ped
ient m
anner an
d th
at allow
s the reco
very
of co
sts.
Sec. 8
.03. S
urp
lus P
rop
erty.
(a) Tw
enty
-five p
ercent o
f the receip
ts to a state ag
ency sp
ecified in
this A
ct received
from
the
sale of su
rplu
s pro
perty
, equip
men
t, com
modities, o
r salvag
e (inclu
din
g recy
cled p
roducts)
pursu
ant to
the p
rovisio
ns o
f Chap
ter 2175, G
overn
men
t Code, are ap
pro
priated
to th
e state
agen
cy fo
r expen
ditu
re durin
g th
e fiscal year in
which
the receip
ts are received
. Receip
ts from
such
surp
lus eq
uip
men
t, com
modities, o
r salvag
e (inclu
din
g rec
ycled
pro
ducts) sales sh
all be
expen
ded
from
the ap
pro
priatio
n item
from
which
like p
roperty
, equip
men
t, or co
mm
odities
would
be p
urch
ased.
(b) O
ne h
un
dred
percen
t of th
e receipts o
f pro
perty
sold
under su
bsectio
n (a) resu
lting fro
m th
e
revocatio
n o
r cessation o
f operatio
n o
f an en
tity u
nder C
hap
ter 12, T
exas E
ducatio
n C
ode, are
appro
priated
to th
e Tex
as Educatio
n A
gen
cy fo
r fundin
g th
e man
agem
ent an
d clo
sure o
f entities
and d
ispo
sition o
f state pro
perty
under C
hap
ter 12
, Tex
as Educatio
n C
ode. A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
and
unoblig
ated b
alances id
entified
by th
is section rem
ainin
g as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
015 are ap
pro
priated
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the b
ienniu
m b
egin
nin
g in
Sep
tember 1
, 2015. A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
and
unoblig
ated b
alances id
entified
by th
is section rem
ainin
g as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
016 are ap
pro
priated
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the fiscal y
ear beg
innin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2016.
Page 25 of 40
Pro
posed
Tech
nica
l Am
end
men
t fo
r a rider to
appro
priate all p
re-collected
paym
ents.
Sec. 8
.15. C
ost R
eco
very o
f Fees. A
ny co
st recovery
fee collected
by an
agen
cy is ap
pro
priated
to th
at agen
cy fro
m th
e fund to
which
the co
st recovery
fee was d
eposited
to b
e used
for th
e
purp
ose o
f payin
g an
y co
st incu
rred b
y th
e agen
cy w
hen
those co
sts are associated
with
a
contract o
r oth
er expen
se related to
the co
st recov
ery fee.
Page 26 of 40
Tech
nica
l chan
ge
Sec. 9
.08
. Co
mp
uter In
ven
tory
Rep
ort. B
efore S
eptem
ber 1
of each
year, each
state agen
cy, in
clud
ing
all of th
e entities in
clud
ed u
nd
er that term
as defin
ed b
y
§215
1.0
02
(1), G
ov
ernm
ent C
od
e, as well as in
cludin
g self-d
irected sem
i-
ind
epen
den
t agen
cies, shall rep
ort to
the L
egislativ
e Bu
dg
et Board
an in
ven
tory
of
all perso
nal co
mp
uters (d
eskto
ps an
d lap
top
s, as well as co
mp
uter tab
lets) and
oth
er info
rmatio
n tech
nolo
gy d
evices, as req
uested
, po
ssessed b
y th
e agen
cy. T
he
repo
rt mu
st con
tain all in
form
ation
required
by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
and
be p
rov
ided
in a fo
rmat req
uired
by th
e Leg
islative B
udg
et Bo
ard. T
he L
egislativ
e
Bud
get B
oard
may
requ
ire that th
e agen
cies repo
rt info
rmatio
n th
at inclu
des th
e
age, o
rigin
al cost, rep
lacemen
t cost, sch
eduled
or estim
ated d
ate for rep
lacemen
t,
and
any tech
nical sp
ecifications o
f the d
evices an
d an
y related
finan
cial
info
rmatio
n d
eemed
relevan
t to th
e repo
rt.
Page 27 of 40
Tech
nica
l chan
ge
S
ec. 14.0
4. D
isaster R
elated
Tra
nsfer A
uth
ority
. (a)
Policy
and
Pro
cedure: In
the ev
ent o
f a disaster p
roclam
ation b
y th
e govern
or u
nder th
e Tex
as
Disaster A
ct of 1
97
5, C
hap
ter 418, G
overn
men
t Code, tran
sfers of ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade in
this
Act, if n
ecessary to
respo
nd to
the d
isaster and if m
ade acco
rdin
g to
the term
s of th
is §14.0
4,
are perm
itted su
bject to
appro
val b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and g
overn
or as p
rovid
ed b
y
Sub
section
(g) o
f this §
14
.04
. This sectio
n is in
tended
to serv
e as a mean
s for q
uick
ly,
effectively
, and
efficiently
transferrin
g ap
pro
priatio
ns in
the ev
ent o
f a disaster an
d in
such
disasters to
serve as an
alternativ
e - as pro
vid
ed b
y A
rticle XV
I, §69, T
exas C
onstitu
tion - to
the b
ud
get ex
ecutio
n p
rocess p
rovid
ed u
nder C
hap
ter 317, G
overn
men
t Code. T
his §
14.0
4
pro
vid
es an ex
ceptio
n to
any o
ther p
rovisio
n o
f this A
ct which
mig
ht o
therw
ise limit tran
sfers
of ap
pro
priatio
ns su
ch as b
y im
posin
g a lim
it on th
e amount o
f a transfer o
r which
mig
ht
oth
erwise lim
it transfers o
f app
ropriatio
ns b
y cau
sing a d
elay in
mak
ing a tran
sfer becau
se of
the n
eed to
take actio
ns su
ch as p
reparin
g rep
orts o
r obtain
ing ap
pro
vals p
rior to
transferrin
g
appro
priatio
ns n
ecessary fo
r respondin
g to
a disaster. N
o p
art of th
is §14.0
4 sh
all be read
to
limit, m
od
ify, o
r abrid
ge th
e auth
ority
of th
e govern
or to
pro
claim an
emerg
ency
, disaster, o
r
martial law
or ex
ercise any o
ther p
ow
ers vested
in th
e go
vern
or u
nder th
e constitu
tion o
r oth
er
laws o
f this state.
(b)
Health
and
Hu
man
Serv
ices Agen
cies: For a h
ealth an
d h
um
an serv
ices agen
cy listed
in
Ch
apter 5
31
, Go
vern
men
t Co
de, th
at directly
responds to
the d
isaster, the C
om
missio
ner o
f
Health
and
Hu
man
Serv
ices is auth
orized
to tran
sfer funds fro
m an
oth
er health
and h
um
an
services ag
ency
listed in
Chap
ter 531, G
overn
men
t Code, to
the resp
ondin
g ag
ency
, and m
ay
transfer fu
nd
s betw
een th
e strategies o
f each ag
ency
for th
e purp
ose o
f fundin
g th
e disaster
respon
se subject to
the p
rior n
otificatio
n o
f and ap
pro
val b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and
go
vern
or as p
rovid
ed b
y S
ub
section (g
) of th
is §14.0
4.
(c) O
ther A
gen
cies: An
agen
cy o
ther th
an a h
ealth an
d h
um
an serv
ices agen
cy listed
in C
hap
ter
531
, Go
vern
men
t Co
de th
at directly
responds to
a disaster m
ay tran
sfer appro
priatio
ns w
ithin
the ag
ency
, with
out reg
ard to
any lim
its on tran
sfer of ap
pro
priatio
ns b
etween
strategies,
subject to
the p
rior n
otificatio
n o
f and ap
pro
val b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and g
overn
or
as pro
vid
ed b
y S
ub
section
(g) o
f this §
14.0
4.
(d)
Tran
sfers Betw
een A
gen
cies: In th
e even
t that a tran
sfer involv
ing at least o
ne ag
ency
no
t
listed in
Chap
ter 531
, Go
vern
men
t Code is n
ecessary in
ord
er to resp
ond to
a disaster, th
e
agen
cies invo
lved
in th
e transfer sh
all request ap
pro
val fro
m th
e Leg
islativ
e Budget B
oard
and
the G
overn
or fo
r the em
ergen
cy tran
sfer of fu
nds, p
ursu
ant to
Article X
VI, §
69, T
exas
Co
nstitu
tion
. An
y req
uest u
nd
er this S
ubsectio
n (d
) of th
is §14.0
4 is su
bject to
the p
rior
notificatio
n o
f and
app
roval b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and g
overn
or as p
rovid
ed b
y
Sub
section
(g) o
f this §
14
.04
sho
uld
inclu
de th
e same in
form
ation req
uired
in th
e recom
men
ded
plan
of tran
sfer belo
w. A
cop
y o
f the n
otificatio
n an
d ap
pro
val m
ust, an
d a co
py sh
all be
pro
vid
ed to
the C
om
ptro
ller. A req
uest m
ade u
nder th
is Subsectio
n (d
) of th
is §14.0
4 is su
bject
to th
e prio
r notificatio
n o
f the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
and g
overn
or as p
rovid
ed b
y
Sub
section
(g) o
f this §
14
.04
.
(e) A
pp
rop
riation
Tran
sfers betw
een F
iscal Years: A
gen
cies respondin
g to
a disaste
r are
auth
orized
to tran
sfer fun
ds ap
pro
priated
in fiscal y
ear 2017
to fiscal y
ear 2016
, subject to
the
prio
r notificatio
n o
f and
app
roval b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and g
overn
or as p
rovid
ed b
y
Sub
section
(g) o
f this §
14
.04
.
(f) U
nex
pen
ded
Balan
ces: Any u
noblig
ated b
alances fro
m tran
sfers mad
e under S
ubsectio
n (e) o
f
this §
14
.04
as of A
ugu
st 31, 2
01
6, are ap
pro
priated
to th
e agen
cy fo
r the sam
e purp
ose fo
r the
fiscal year b
egin
nin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2016
.
(g)
No
tification
of an
d A
pp
roval fo
r Reco
mm
ended
Plan
of T
ransfer.
(1)
Reco
mm
end
ed P
lan o
f Tran
sfer: A reco
mm
ended
plan
of tran
sfer subm
itted b
y an
agen
cy
to th
e go
vern
or an
d L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
under th
is §14.0
4 m
ust in
clude th
e
follo
win
g in
form
ation
:
(A)
a cop
y o
f the ap
pro
priate d
isaster pro
clamatio
n m
ade u
nder C
hap
ter 418,
Go
vern
men
t Co
de;
Page 28 of 40
(B)
the am
ou
nts to
be tran
sferred (listed
by m
ethod o
f finan
ce);
(C)
the ag
ency
or ag
encies affected
;
(D)
the p
rogram
s affected b
y th
e transfer; an
d
(E)
any o
ther in
form
ation req
uested
by th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
.
(2)
No
tification
and
appro
val: A
n ag
ency
must n
otify
the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
, the
Co
mp
troller, th
e Go
vern
or, an
d an
y o
ther ag
ency
involv
ed in
the tran
sfer prio
r to th
e date
of reco
mm
end
ed tran
sfers. After ap
pro
val b
y th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and th
e
go
vern
or, th
e The C
om
ptro
ller shall tran
sfer the fu
nds as reco
mm
ended
.
(h) D
efinitio
n: In
this §
14.0
4 th
e term “d
isaster” has th
e mean
ing p
rovid
ed b
y
§41
8.0
04(1
), Go
vern
men
t Co
de, w
hich
inclu
des th
e occu
rrence o
r imm
inen
t threat o
f
wid
espread
or sev
ere dam
age, in
jury
, or lo
ss of life o
r pro
perty
resultin
g fro
m an
y n
atural o
r
man
-mad
e cause, in
clud
ing fire, flo
od, earth
quak
e, win
d, sto
rm, w
ave actio
n, o
il spill o
r oth
er
water co
ntam
inatio
n, v
olcan
ic activity
, epid
emic, air co
ntam
inatio
n, b
light, d
rought, in
festation
,
explo
sion
, riot, h
ostile m
ilitary o
r param
ilitary actio
n, ex
treme h
eat, oth
er public calam
ity
requirin
g em
ergen
cy actio
n, o
r energ
y em
ergen
cy.
Page 29 of 40
Pro
posed
Tech
nica
l Am
end
men
t S
ec. 16.0
4. J
ud
gm
ents a
nd
Settlem
ents.
…
(e) The A
ttorn
ey G
eneral sh
all repo
rt to th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
and th
e Govern
or n
ot less
than
month
ly, a listin
g o
f all settlemen
ts and ju
dgm
ents o
f more th
an $
5,0
00 su
bm
itted to
the
Com
ptro
ller for p
aym
ent. T
he d
ocu
men
t deliv
ered to
the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
and G
overn
or b
y th
e
Atto
rney
Gen
eral mu
st con
tain o
nly
info
rmatio
n th
at may
be p
ublish
ed o
n th
e intern
et, by a n
ewsp
aper, o
r
publish
ed b
y o
ther m
eans an
d [fo
r pub
lication] sh
all contain
at least the fo
llow
ing in
form
ation u
nless all
or p
art of th
e info
rmatio
n m
ay n
ot b
e disclo
sed to
the p
ublic u
nder state o
r federal law
or [is ex
empt] b
y
court o
rder C
hap
ter 55
2, G
overn
men
t Co
de, (th
e Open
Reco
rds A
ct or P
ublic In
form
ation A
ct):
(1) a su
mm
ary o
f the cau
se of actio
n;
(2) a su
mm
ary o
f the term
s of th
e settlemen
t;
(3) th
e style o
f the case;
(4) th
e nam
e and
bu
siness ad
dress o
f each atto
rney
represen
ting th
e opposin
g litig
ants at th
e
time o
f the settlem
ent;
(5) th
e amou
nt o
f the ju
dgm
ent o
r settlemen
t;
(6) th
e fund o
r accou
nt fro
m w
hich
pay
men
t was o
r should
be m
ade;
(7) th
e statuto
ry citatio
n fo
r the ap
pro
priatio
n o
r oth
er auth
ority
to b
e mad
e;
(8) sp
ecific statutes g
rantin
g w
aiver o
f sovereig
n im
munity
or leg
islative reso
lutio
n g
rantin
g
litigan
t perm
ission
to su
e;
(9) th
e date o
f jud
gm
ent o
r settlemen
t; and
(10) o
ther in
form
ation
as the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
may req
uest an
d in
the fo
rm req
uested
by th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
.
Page 30 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Sec. 1
8.0
2. A
pp
rop
riatio
n fo
r a S
ala
ry In
crease
for G
enera
l Sta
te Em
plo
yees.
(a) As u
sed in
this sectio
n, "salary
increase" sh
all mean
a two an
d a h
alf percen
t (2.5
%) in
crease in an
nu
al
salary, to
beg
in o
n S
eptem
ber 1
, 20
15
.
(b) C
ontin
gen
t on
enactm
ent H
ou
se Bill 9
, or sim
ilar legislatio
n to
increase th
e mem
ber co
ntrib
utio
n to
the E
mplo
yees R
etiremen
t System
, for th
e bien
niu
m th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts is ap
pro
priated
an am
ount estim
ated to
be $
27
6,2
00
,15
6 o
ut o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und, an
amount estim
ated to
be
$18,7
81,5
28 o
ut o
f Gen
eral Rev
enu
e-Ded
icated, an
amount estim
ated to
be $
36,1
31,7
94 o
ut o
f State
Hig
hw
ay F
und
No
. 00
6, an
amo
un
t estimated
to b
e $3,3
92,6
52 o
ut o
f Oth
er Funds an
d acco
unts, an
d an
amount estim
ated to
be $
55,6
97
,35
6 o
ut o
f Fed
eral Funds to
fund a salary
increase as d
escribed
in
Subsectio
n (a) o
f this sectio
n fo
r emp
loyees o
f state agen
cies, inclu
din
g em
plo
yees o
f the H
igher
Educatio
n C
oo
rdin
ating B
oard
. Inclu
ded
in th
e amounts ab
ove are G
eneral R
even
ue F
unds in
tended
to
pro
vid
e the salary
increase fo
r certain F
TE
s curren
tly p
aid fro
m fed
eral fund so
urces th
at would
not b
e
availab
le for th
is purp
ose.
(c) This sectio
n sh
all not ap
ply
to statew
ide elected
officials, ju
stices and ju
dges o
f the ap
pellate
and
district co
urts, em
plo
yees o
f institu
tion
s of h
igher ed
ucatio
n (ex
cept th
at the sectio
n d
oes ap
ply
to certain
emplo
yees o
f institu
tion
s of h
igh
er edu
cation th
at were fo
rmerly
emplo
yees o
f the T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f
Crim
inal Ju
stice and
who
con
tinu
e to co
ntrib
ute m
onth
ly to
the E
mplo
yees R
etiremen
t System
) and
return
to w
ork
retirees or o
ther em
plo
yees w
ho d
o n
ot co
ntrib
ute m
onth
ly to
the E
mplo
yees R
etiremen
t S
ystem
.
(d) A
ny in
crease in em
plo
yee b
enefits co
sts associated
with
the salary
increase as d
escribed
above sh
all
be p
aid o
nly
ou
t of th
e appro
priatio
ns m
ade ab
ove in
Subsectio
n (b
).
(e) Pro
visio
ns req
uirin
g salaries an
d b
enefits to
be p
roportio
nal to
the so
urce o
f funds sh
all apply
to all
sum
s allocated
un
der th
is section
. Each
agen
cy sh
all pay
the in
crease in co
mpen
sation fro
m fu
nds h
eld in
the state treasu
ry an
d fro
m lo
cal fun
ds in
the sam
e pro
portio
n as th
e emplo
yee's reg
ular co
mpen
sation
unless th
eir salary is p
aid fro
m th
ose fed
eral funds d
eemed
unav
ailable in
Subsectio
n (b
).
(f) The C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccou
nts sh
all pro
mulg
ate ru
les and reg
ulatio
ns as n
ecessary to
adm
inister
this sectio
n. F
und
s app
ropriated
in th
is section sh
all be allo
cated to
each ag
ency
, and to
the ap
pro
priate
emplo
yee b
enefit ap
pro
priatio
n item
s, in acco
rdan
ce with
such
rules an
d reg
ulatio
ns an
d m
ay b
e used
only
for th
e pu
rpose o
f pro
vid
ing a salary
increase an
d p
ayin
g asso
ciated em
plo
yee b
enefit co
sts.
Page 31 of 40
Pro
posed
Tech
nica
l Am
end
men
ts
Article
IX
Tech
nica
l am
end
men
t movin
g R
ider 3
5, U
se of th
e Sp
ortin
g G
ood
s Sales T
ax
Tra
nsfer to
the G
enera
l Rev
enu
e-D
edica
ted S
tate P
ark
s Acco
un
t No. 6
4.
Overv
iew
The p
roposal w
ould
amen
d R
ider 3
5, U
se of th
e Sportin
g G
oods S
ales Tax
Tran
sfer to
the G
eneral R
even
ue-D
edicated
State P
arks A
ccount N
o. 6
4, to
inclu
de lan
guag
e
directin
g th
at, contin
gen
t upon th
e pro
visio
ns o
f the rid
er, the P
ublic F
inan
ce Auth
ority
be ap
pro
priated
funds fro
m th
e Sportin
g G
oods S
ales Tax
transfer to
the S
tate Park
s
Acco
unt N
o. 6
4 an
d G
eneral R
even
ue o
f the sam
e amount b
e lapsed
. The p
roposal
would
also ad
just th
e time w
ithin
which
the P
ublic F
inan
ce Auth
ority
and P
arks an
d
Wild
life Dep
artmen
t wo
uld
agree u
pon th
e necessary
fundin
g ad
justm
ents. T
he p
roposal
also clarifies th
at the am
ounts are n
ot estim
ated.
The p
roposal also
moves th
e rider fro
m th
e Park
s and W
ildlife b
ill pattern
to A
rticle IX.
Req
uired
Actio
n
(1) O
n p
age V
I-41 o
f the P
arks an
d W
ildlife b
ill pattern
, amen
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
35.
Use o
f the S
portin
g G
ood
s Sales T
ax T
ran
sfer to th
e Gen
eral R
even
ue-
Ded
icated
Sta
te Pa
rks A
ccou
nt N
o. 6
4. A
ppro
priatio
ns m
ade elsew
here in
this A
ct to
the T
exas P
ublic F
inan
ce Auth
ority
(TP
FA
) for G
eneral O
blig
ation (G
O) B
ond D
ebt
Serv
ice inclu
de an
estimated
$13,4
40,0
00 in
fiscal year 2
016 an
d $
13,2
30,0
00 in
fiscal
year 2
017 fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue, fo
r deb
t service p
aym
ents o
n G
O b
onds issu
ed an
d
auth
orized
but u
nissu
ed fo
r statewid
e park
repairs. C
ontin
gen
t upon rev
iew d
escribed
belo
w, G
eneral R
even
ue sh
all be red
uced
and an
equal am
ount o
f the S
portin
g G
oods
Sales T
ax tran
sfer to G
eneral R
even
ue-D
edicated
State P
arks A
ccount N
o. 6
4 is
appro
priated
to T
PF
A fo
r deb
t service ex
pen
ditu
res on G
O b
onds issu
ed an
d au
thorized
for statew
ide p
ark rep
airs. Additio
nally
, amounts ap
pro
priated
abov
e in S
trategy D
.1.4
,
Deb
t Serv
ice, inclu
de an
estimated
$2,5
00,1
03 in
fiscal year 2
016 an
d $
2,4
55,3
72 in
fiscal year 2
017 fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue fo
r deb
t service p
aym
ents o
n R
even
ue B
onds
issued
for statew
ide p
ark rep
airs.
a. W
ithin
60 3
0 d
ays fo
llow
ing A
ugust 3
1 o
f each fiscal y
ear, the T
exas P
arks
and W
ildlife D
epartm
ent (T
PW
D) in
cooperatio
n w
ith T
PF
A sh
all use
expen
ditu
re sched
ules an
d an
y o
ther n
ecessary d
ocu
men
tation to
determ
ine
the actu
al amount o
f deb
t service ex
pen
ded
from
both
sources o
n statew
ide
park
repairs, an
d su
bm
it the fin
din
gs o
f this rev
iew to
the C
om
ptro
ller of
Public A
ccounts an
d th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
.
b.
With
in 9
0 6
0 d
ays fo
llow
ing A
ugust 3
1 o
f each fiscal y
ear, the C
om
ptro
ller
shall au
thorize th
e necessary
expen
ditu
re transfers n
eeded
to cred
it Gen
eral
Rev
enue fro
m an
additio
nal S
portin
g G
oods S
ales Tax
(SG
ST
) Tran
sfer to th
e
Gen
eral Rev
enue-D
edicated
State P
arks A
ccount N
o. 6
4 fo
r the actu
al costs o
f
deb
t service.
In th
e even
t that actu
al costs o
f deb
t service fo
r statewid
e park
repairs ex
ceed th
e
availab
le remain
ing b
alance o
f the m
axim
um
statuto
ry allo
cation o
f the S
GS
T tran
sfer to
the S
tate Park
s Acco
unt, th
e Com
ptro
ller shall ad
just d
ebt serv
ice paym
ents to
be m
ade
from
oth
er reven
ues d
eposited
to th
e credit o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und acco
rdin
gly
.
(2) O
n p
age V
I-41 o
f the P
arks an
d W
ildlife b
ill pattern
, delete R
ider 3
5, U
se of th
e
Sportin
g G
oods S
ales Tax
Tran
sfer to th
e Gen
eral Rev
enue-D
edicated
State P
arks
Acco
unt N
o. 6
4, an
d in
sert the sam
e on th
e last pag
e of A
rticle IX.
Page 32 of 40
______ U
se of th
e Sp
ortin
g G
ood
s Sales T
ax T
ran
sfer to th
e Gen
era
l Rev
enu
e-
Ded
icated
Sta
te Pa
rks A
ccou
nt N
o. 6
4. A
ppro
priatio
ns m
ade elsew
here in
this A
ct
to th
e Tex
as Public F
inan
ce Au
thority
(TP
FA
) for G
eneral O
blig
ation (G
O) B
ond
Deb
t Serv
ice inclu
de $
13
,440,0
00 in
fiscal year 2
016 an
d $
13,2
30,0
00 in
fiscal year
2017 fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue, fo
r deb
t service p
aym
ents o
n G
O b
onds issu
ed an
d
auth
orized
but u
nissu
ed fo
r statewid
e park
repairs. C
ontin
gen
t upon rev
iew d
escribed
belo
w, G
eneral R
even
ue sh
all be red
uced
and an
equal am
ou
nt o
f the S
portin
g G
oods
Sales T
ax tran
sfer to G
eneral R
even
ue-D
edicated
State P
arks A
ccount N
o. 6
4 is
appro
priated
to T
PF
A fo
r deb
t service ex
pen
ditu
res on G
O b
onds issu
ed an
d
auth
orized
for statew
ide p
ark rep
airs. Additio
nally
, amounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y D
.1.4
, Deb
t Serv
ice, inclu
de $
2,5
00,1
03 in
fiscal year 2
016 an
d $
2,4
55,3
72
in fiscal y
ear 2017 fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue fo
r deb
t service p
aym
ents o
n R
even
ue
Bond
s issued
for statew
ide p
ark rep
airs.
a. With
in 3
0 d
ays fo
llow
ing A
ugust 3
1 o
f each fiscal y
ear, the T
exas P
arks an
d
Wild
life Dep
artmen
t (TP
WD
) in co
operatio
n w
ith T
PF
A sh
all use ex
pen
ditu
re
sched
ules an
d an
y o
ther n
ecessary d
ocu
men
tation
to d
etermin
e the actu
al amount o
f
deb
t service ex
pen
ded
from
both
sources o
n statew
ide p
ark rep
airs, and su
bm
it the
findin
gs o
f this rev
iew to
the C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts an
d th
e Leg
islative
Bud
get B
oard
.
b. W
ithin
60 d
ays fo
llow
ing A
ugust 3
1 o
f each fiscal y
ear, the C
om
ptro
ller shall
auth
orize th
e necessary
expen
ditu
re transfers n
eeded
to cred
it Gen
eral Rev
enue fro
m
an ad
ditio
nal S
portin
g G
oods S
ales Tax
(SG
ST
) Tran
sfer to th
e Gen
eral Rev
enue-
Ded
icated S
tate Park
s Acco
unt N
o. 6
4 fo
r the actu
al costs o
f deb
t service.
In th
e even
t that actu
al costs o
f deb
t service fo
r statewid
e park
repairs ex
ceed th
e
availab
le remain
ing b
alance o
f the m
axim
um
statuto
ry allo
cation o
f the S
GS
T
transfer to
the S
tate Park
s Acco
unt, th
e Com
ptro
ller shall ad
just d
ebt serv
ice
pay
men
ts to b
e mad
e from
oth
er reven
ues d
eposited
to th
e credit o
f the G
eneral
Rev
enue F
und acco
rdin
gly
.
Page 33 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Article
IX
Pro
posed
Rid
er
Rid
er to R
equ
ire the H
ealth
an
d H
um
an
Serv
ices Co
mm
ission
to A
naly
ze Certa
in
Hea
lthca
re Da
ta
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
5/2
0/1
5
Overv
iew
This rid
er would
require th
e Health
and
Hum
an S
ervices C
om
missio
n to
(1) an
alyze ex
isting
data co
llected b
y th
e Em
plo
yee R
etiremen
t System
of T
exas, T
exas D
epartm
ent o
f Crim
inal
Justice, an
d T
eacher R
etiremen
t System
and (2
) iden
tify o
utliers as w
ell as efficiency an
d q
uality
impro
vem
ents.
Req
uired
Actio
n
Add th
e follo
win
g rid
er to A
rticle IX:
Sec. 1
8. _
____. A
naly
sis of C
ertain
Hea
lthca
re Data
. Out o
f funds ap
pro
priated
elsewh
ere in
this A
ct, the H
ealth an
d H
um
an S
ervices C
om
missio
n (H
HS
C) sh
all collect, an
alyze, an
d
com
pare d
ata related to
the h
ealthcare sy
stems fu
nded
by ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade to
the ag
encies
listed b
elow
. HH
SC
may
enter in
to a co
ntract to
conduct th
e required
collectio
n an
d an
alysis o
f
data.
The E
mplo
yees R
etiremen
t System
of T
exas (E
RS
), Tex
as Dep
artmen
t of C
rimin
al Justice
(TD
CJ), an
d T
eacher R
etiremen
t System
(TR
S) sh
all enter in
to a M
emoran
dum
of
Understan
din
g w
ith H
HS
C to
share h
ealthcare d
ata to th
e exten
t allow
ed b
y state an
d fed
eral
law. H
HS
C sh
all use th
is data to
analy
ze v
ariations in
utilizatio
n, co
st, reimbursem
ent rates, an
d
quality
and id
entify
outliers an
d im
pro
vem
ents fo
r efficiency an
d q
uality
that can
be
implem
ented
with
in each
health
care system
. Com
pariso
ns o
f reimbursem
ent an
d u
tilization
rates
shall b
e mad
e betw
een E
RS
, TR
S, C
orrectio
nal M
anag
ed H
ealth C
are, Med
icaid, an
d M
edicare;
usin
g co
ntro
ls establish
ed b
y H
HS
C an
d in
conju
nctio
n w
ith E
RS
, TD
CJ, an
d T
RS
to acco
unt
for d
ifferences in
populatio
n, acu
ity, an
d o
ther n
ecessary facto
rs betw
een each
system
.
Resu
lts of th
is analy
sis should
be p
rovid
ed to
the L
egislativ
e Bud
get B
oard
and th
e Govern
or n
o
later than
Sep
tember 1
, 2016
.
Page 34 of 40
Technical Change
Sec. 18.xx. APPROPRIATION FOR VOLUNTEER FIREMEN MONUMENT.
In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, the amount of
$95,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to
the State Preservation Board for the two-year period
beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose
of expanding and improving the volunteer firemen monument
on the south lawn of the Capitol grounds.
Page 35 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Sec. 7
.136.2
5. N
otifica
tion
ofP
re-Ap
pro
val fo
r C
ertain
Exp
end
itures R
elated
to M
itigatio
n o
f
Ad
verse E
nviro
nm
enta
l Imp
acts. N
o state ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n ap
pro
priated
fun
ds
by th
is Act m
ay en
ter into
an ag
reemen
t funds ap
pro
priated
above m
ay b
e expen
ded
to co
mply
with
Title
23, S
ubch
apter H
, Part 7
77
of th
e Co
de o
f Fed
eral Reg
ulatio
ns o
r Sectio
n 2
01.6
17 o
f the T
ransp
ortatio
n
Code u
ntil p
rovid
ing n
otice to
with
out p
rior ap
pro
val fro
m th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
inclu
din
g th
e
natu
re and term
of th
e agreem
ent, th
e pro
cess used
to aw
ard th
e agreem
ent, p
aym
ent fo
r goods an
d
services w
ithin
the sco
pe o
f the ag
reemen
t. The ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n sh
all respond p
rom
ptly
to an
y
request fro
m th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
for ad
ditio
nal in
form
ation reg
ardin
g th
e agreem
entA
requ
est
to ex
pen
d fu
nd
s shall b
e con
sidered
to b
e disap
pro
ved
unless th
e Leg
islative B
udget B
oard
issues a
written
appro
val w
ithin
30
bu
siness d
ays o
f the d
ate on w
hich
the staff o
f the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
forw
ards its rev
iew o
f the req
uest to
the C
hair o
f the H
ouse A
ppro
priatio
ns C
om
mittee, C
hair o
f the
Sen
ate Fin
ance C
om
mittee, S
peak
er of th
e House, an
d L
ieuten
ant G
overn
or. A
ny req
uest fo
r additio
nal
info
rmatio
n m
ade b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
shall in
terrupt th
e countin
g o
f the 3
0 b
usin
ess day
s.
Page 36 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Art. IX
, Hea
lth-R
elated
Pro
visio
ns
Am
end
Rid
er
Sta
tewid
e Beh
avio
ral H
ealth
Stra
tegic P
lan
an
d C
oord
inated
Exp
end
itures
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
5/1
9/2
015
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age IX
-54 o
f the S
enate en
gro
ssed b
ill, amen
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
Sec. 1
0.0
4. S
tatew
ide B
eha
vio
ral H
ealth
Stra
tegic P
lan
an
d C
oord
inated
Exp
end
itures.
(a) In
form
atio
na
l Listin
g - B
eha
vio
ral H
ealth
an
d S
ub
stan
ce Ab
use S
ervices A
pp
rop
riatio
ns.
The fo
llow
ing is an
info
rmatio
nal listin
g o
f All F
unds am
ounts ap
pro
priated
specifically
for
beh
avio
ral health
services in
this A
ct and
does n
ot m
ake ap
pro
priatio
ns.
Beh
avio
ral health
services are p
rogram
s or serv
ices concern
ed w
ith research
, prev
entio
n, an
d d
etection
of
men
tal diso
rders an
d d
isabilities, an
d all serv
ices necessary
to treat, care fo
r, contro
l, superv
ise, and
rehab
ilitate perso
ns w
ho
hav
e a men
tal diso
rder o
r disab
ility, in
cludin
g p
ersons w
hose m
ental d
isord
ers or
disab
ilities result fro
m alco
ho
lism o
r dru
g ad
dictio
n. C
ertain n
on
-beh
avio
ral health
-related co
sts which
could
not b
e disag
greg
ated fro
m o
ther h
ealthcare co
sts are also in
cluded
in th
e listing b
elow
.
2016 -2
017
F
Y 2
016
F
Y 2
017
Article I
Tru
steed P
rogram
s, Office o
f the G
overn
or
$
5,3
04,9
74 $
5,3
04,9
74
Veteran
s Com
missio
n
$
1,5
00,0
00 $
1,5
00,0
00
Article II
Dep
artmen
t of A
gin
g an
d D
isability
Serv
ices
$52,2
58,6
73
$52,2
58
,674
Dep
artmen
t of F
amily
and
Pro
tective S
ervices
$20,8
12,5
08
$20,8
12,5
08
Dep
artmen
t of S
tate Health
Serv
ices
$1,3
43,7
08,1
73
$1,3
43,7
08,1
73
Health
and H
um
an S
ervices C
om
missio
n
$56,1
35,8
37
$56,1
35,8
36
Office o
f Vio
lent S
ex O
ffend
er Man
agem
ent
$
154,9
61
$154,9
61
Article III
Univ
ersity o
f Tex
as - Health
Scien
ce Cen
ter Housto
n
$6,0
00,0
00
$6,0
00,0
00
Univ
ersity o
f Tex
as - Health
Scien
ce Cen
ter Tyler
$4,0
00,0
00
$4,0
00,0
00
Article V
Dep
artmen
t of C
rimin
al Justice
$251,9
71,5
61
$25
1,9
71,5
62
Juven
ile Justice D
epartm
ent
$118,6
22,7
98
$118,6
22,7
97
Military
Dep
artmen
t
$628,5
00
$628,5
00
Article V
III
State B
oard
of D
ental E
xam
iners
$124,2
50
$124,2
50
Board
of P
harm
acy
$233,6
62
$233,6
63
Board
of V
eterinary
Med
ical
Exam
iners
$30,0
00
$30,0
00
Opto
metry
Bo
ard
$36,0
00
$36,0
00
Board
of N
ursin
g
$873,5
58
$873,5
58
Med
ical Board
$533,5
49
$533,5
49
Tota
l
$1,8
62,7
74,0
43
$1,8
62,7
74,0
44
(b) S
tatew
ide B
eha
vio
ral H
ealth
Stra
tegic P
lan
. The O
ffice of th
e Govern
or, th
e Veteran
s
Com
missio
n, th
e Dep
artmen
t of A
gin
g an
d D
isability
Serv
ices, Dep
artmen
t of F
amily
and P
rotectiv
e
Serv
ices, the D
epartm
ent o
f State H
ealth S
ervices, th
e Office o
f Vio
lent S
ex O
ffender M
anag
emen
t, the
Health
and H
um
an S
ervices C
om
missio
n, th
e Univ
ersity o
f Tex
as - Health
Scien
ce Cen
ter Housto
n, th
e
Page 37 of 40
Univ
ersity o
f Tex
as - Health
Scien
ce Cen
ter Tyler, th
e Dep
artmen
t of C
rimin
al Justice, th
e Juven
ile
Justice D
epartm
ent an
d th
e Military
Dep
artmen
t may
use fu
nds ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act to
support th
e
statewid
e beh
avio
ral health
coo
rdin
ating co
uncil an
d each
shall d
esignate an
indiv
idual to
serve as a
mem
ber o
f that co
ord
inatin
g co
un
cil. Th
e Health
Pro
fessions C
ouncil sh
all desig
nate an
indiv
idual to
serve as th
e represen
tative fo
r all of th
e Article V
III regulato
ry ag
encies as a m
emb
er of th
e coord
inatin
g
council. A
ny o
ther state ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n th
at receives fu
ndin
g in
this A
ct and p
rovid
es specific
beh
avio
ral health
services m
ay p
articipate in
the m
eetings an
d d
iscussio
ns o
f the co
ord
inatin
g co
uncil.
The M
ental H
ealth S
tatewid
e Co
ord
inato
r at HH
SC
shall serv
e as chair o
f this co
uncil. T
he p
urp
ose o
f the
statewid
e beh
avio
ral health
coo
rdin
ating co
uncil sh
all be to
dev
elop
a five y
ear statewid
e beh
avio
ral
health
strategic p
lan an
d fu
nd
ing p
lan.
The co
ord
inatin
g co
un
cil shall su
bm
it the fiv
e year strateg
ic plan
to th
e Execu
tive C
om
missio
ner o
f
HH
SC
for ap
pro
val. T
he strateg
ic plan
shall in
clude an
inven
tory
of b
ehav
ioral h
ealth p
rogram
s and
services cu
rrently
offered
by state ag
encies an
d in
stitutio
ns o
f hig
her ed
ucatio
n, a rep
ort o
n th
e num
ber o
f
perso
ns serv
ed w
ith m
ental illn
ess and/o
r substan
ce abuse b
y each
agen
cy an
d d
etail a plan
to co
ord
inate
these p
rogram
s and
services to
elimin
ate redundan
cy, fo
rmalize co
ntractin
g stan
dard
s,utilize b
est
practices in
con
tracting stan
dard
s, perp
etuate id
entified
, successfu
l models fo
r men
tal health
and
substan
ce abuse treatm
ent, b
est practices, en
sure o
ptim
al service d
elivery
, and id
entify
and co
llect
com
parab
le data o
n resu
lts and
effectiven
ess. The E
xecu
tive C
om
missio
ner o
f HH
SC
shall ap
pro
ve th
e
plan
and n
otify
the L
egislativ
e Bu
dget B
oard
of su
ch ap
pro
val b
y M
ay 1
, 2016.
(c) Coord
inatio
n o
f Fisca
l Yea
r 20
17
Beh
avio
ral H
ealth
Exp
end
itures. T
he co
ord
inatin
g co
uncil sh
all
subm
it to th
e Ex
ecutiv
e Com
missio
ner o
f HH
SC
for ap
pro
val a co
ord
inated
statewid
e expen
ditu
re
pro
posal fo
r fiscal year 2
017
for each
agen
cy, w
hich
shall b
e the fiscal y
ear 2017 am
ount id
entified
in
subsectio
n (a) o
f this rid
er. Th
e expen
ditu
re pro
posal sh
all describ
e how
the id
entified
appro
priatio
ns at
each ag
ency
or in
stitutio
n w
ill be sp
ent in
accord
ance w
ith, an
d to
furth
er the g
oals o
f, the ap
pro
ved
statewid
e beh
avio
ral health
strategic p
lan. H
HS
C sh
all subm
it the co
ord
inated
statewid
e beh
avio
ral health
expen
ditu
re pro
posal to
the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
by Ju
ne 1
, 2016. T
he p
lan sh
all be co
nsid
ered to
be
appro
ved
unless th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
issue w
ritten d
isappro
vals b
y A
ugust 1
, 2016.
Notw
ithstan
din
g an
y o
ther ap
pro
priatio
n au
thority
gran
ted b
y th
is Act, th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic
Acco
unts sh
all not allo
w th
e exp
end
iture o
f Gen
eral Rev
enue-R
elated fu
nds id
entified
in su
bsectio
n (a)
by a p
articular ag
ency
if the L
egislativ
e Budget B
oard
pro
vid
es notificatio
n to
the C
om
ptro
ller of P
ublic
Acco
unts th
at the ag
ency
's exp
enditu
re pro
posal h
as not satisfied
the req
uirem
ents o
f this p
rovisio
n. If
fiscal year 2
017
Gen
eral Rev
enu
e-R
elated fu
nds are u
sed to
pro
vid
e service
s required
by fed
eral law, are
related to
court-o
rdered
treatmen
t, or req
uired
as the resu
lt of ad
min
istrative p
roceed
ings, th
e fundin
g fo
r
these serv
ices shall still b
e inclu
ded
in th
e pro
posal, b
ut th
ese funds sh
all not b
e contin
gen
t upon
appro
val.
Page 38 of 40
Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Article
IX, G
en
era
l Pro
visio
ns
Pro
posed
Rid
er
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
5/1
9/2
015
Overv
iew
Pro
vid
e directio
n o
n th
e pro
fessional leg
al services p
rovid
ed b
y th
e Office o
f the A
ttorn
ey
Gen
eral to th
e legislativ
e bran
ch o
f gov
ernm
ent.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On th
e appro
priate p
age o
f Article IX
in th
e Leg
al Rep
resentatio
n an
d Ju
dgm
ents P
rovisio
ns
with
in A
rticle IX o
f the G
eneral A
ppro
priatio
ns A
ct, add
the fo
llow
ing rid
er:
Sec. 1
6.0
6.
Pro
fession
al L
egal S
ervices.
(a) It is the in
tent o
f the leg
islature th
at in p
rovid
ing p
rofessio
nal leg
al services to
officials an
d
entities o
f the leg
islative b
ranch
of state g
overn
men
t usin
g m
oney ap
pro
priated
by th
is Act, th
e
attorn
ey g
eneral sh
all abid
e by th
e official’s o
r entity
’s decisio
ns co
ncern
ing th
e objectiv
es and
gen
eral meth
ods o
f represen
tation an
d w
heth
er to accep
t or reject an
offer o
f settlemen
t of a
matter. If circu
mstan
ces prev
ent th
e attorn
ey g
eneral fro
m ab
idin
g b
y su
ch d
ecisions, th
e official
or en
tity m
ay ex
pen
d fro
m g
eneral rev
enu
e funds ap
pro
priated
to th
e legislatu
re in A
rticle X o
f
this A
ct amounts n
ecessary to
pay fo
r pro
fessional leg
al services, in
cludin
g leg
al advice,
assistance, an
d rep
resentatio
n.
(b) T
o th
e exten
t this sectio
n co
nflicts w
ith an
oth
er pro
visio
n o
f this A
ct, this sectio
n p
revails.
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Tech
nica
l Ch
an
ge
Sec. 1
7.0
9. B
ord
er Secu
rity - In
form
atio
nal L
isting. In
cluded
elsewhere in
this A
ct is $8
00
.0 m
illion
in
bord
er security
fun
din
g fo
r the 2
01
6-1
7 b
ienniu
m. T
he fo
llow
ing is an
info
rmatio
nal list o
f the am
ou
nts
appro
priated
elsewhere in
this A
ct for b
ord
er security
to th
e Dep
artmen
t of P
ublic S
afety, T
rusteed
Pro
gram
s With
in th
e Office o
f the G
overn
or, th
e Park
s and W
ildlife D
epartm
ent, th
e Alco
holic B
everag
e
Com
missio
n, th
e Dep
artmen
t of C
rimin
al Justice, an
d th
e Com
missio
n o
n L
aw E
nfo
rcemen
t.
Agen
cy / Item
2016
-17 B
ienn
ial
Total (in
millio
ns)
Cro
ss-agen
cy (D
PS
an
d T
MD
)
F
lexib
le Fu
ndin
g to
En
sure a C
on
tinued
Presen
ce on th
e Bord
er. Fundin
g to
DP
S p
rovid
es perso
nn
el, trainin
g, eq
uip
men
t and o
ther su
pport co
sts for D
PS
troopers an
d tran
sition
al dep
loym
ent co
sts for th
e Natio
nal G
uard
.
$7
2.0
Dep
artm
ent o
f Pu
blic S
afety
B
aseline B
ord
er Secu
rity (A
dju
sted)
$3
05
.1
50-h
our w
ork
week
for al D
PS
troo
pers statew
ide
14
2.6
R
ecruit train
and
equ
ip 2
50 n
ew tro
opers an
d 1
10 asso
ciated su
pport su
pport
staff
10
7.0
O
peratio
n S
tron
g S
afety II su
stained
in 2
016
-17
83
.4
T
ransitio
n to
NIB
RS
Crim
e R
epo
rting S
ystem
$
17
.3
N
ew T
exas R
angers C
om
pan
y, an
d S
upport
$8
.8
A
cquisitio
n o
f and
Su
pp
ort fo
r Pilatu
s Aircraft
$7
.5
T
exas T
ransn
ational In
telligen
ce Cen
ter $
2.4
M
ultiu
se Train
ing F
acility
$2
.0
R
egio
nal C
enter fo
r Pu
blic S
afety E
xcellen
ce $
1.6
Tru
steed P
rogra
ms w
ithin
in th
e Office o
f the G
overn
or –
Gra
nts to
Loca
l
Law
En
forcem
ent A
gen
cies
B
ord
er Secu
rity E
nfo
rcemen
t Activ
ities $1
0.2
A
nti-g
ang A
ctivities
$1
0.2
P
rosecu
tion
Reso
urces
$9
.0
S
ustain
Year-ro
un
d F
ligh
t Cap
acity fo
r Helico
pters
$6
.0
In
stallation
and
Main
tenan
ce of B
ord
er Cam
eras $
3.0
Tex
as P
ark
s an
d W
ildlife D
epa
rtmen
t
B
aseline G
ame W
arden
Activ
ity o
n th
e Bord
er $
4.7
N
ew G
ame W
arden
Dep
loym
ent
$5
.3
Tex
as A
lcoh
olic B
evera
ge C
om
missio
n –
Special In
vestig
ation A
gen
ts $
1.2
Tex
as D
epartm
ent o
f Crim
inal J
ustice
– A
nti-g
ang In
telligen
ce $
0.5
Tex
as C
om
missio
n o
n L
aw
En
forcem
ent –
Bord
er Investig
ators
$0
.2
GR
AN
D T
OT
AL
, AL
L A
GE
NC
IES
$
80
0.0
Am
ounts m
ay n
ot ad
d to
total d
ue to
rou
ndin
g.
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