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17,163,284$ 17,163,284$ -$ -$ (669,396)$ (669,396)$ -$ -$
3.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0
11,127,746$ 11,127,746$ -$ -$ 7,451,104$ 7,451,104$ -$ -$
42.0 42.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.0 0.0 0.0
48,999,423$ 48,999,423$ -$ -$ (65,000,000)$ (65,000,000)$ 5,292,712$ 5,292,712$
14.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
110,354,805$ 110,354,805$ -$ -$ 37,634,584$ 37,634,584$ -$ -$
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
394,822$ 394,822$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
232,650,903$ 232,650,903$ -$ -$ (8,358,436)$ (8,358,436)$ 6,274,215$ 6,274,215$
28.1 25.1 0.0 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.0 0.0
13,699,403$ 16,112,237$ -$ -$ 51,247,899$ 53,660,733$ -$ -$
62.0 62.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 0.0
4,716,562$ 4,716,562$ -$ -$ 3,000,000$ 3,000,000$ -$ -$
2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Members: Senators Bettencourt, Hinojosa, Seliger, Watson
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Outstanding Items for Consideration
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
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Commission on Environmental Quality (582)
Railroad Commission (455)
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Pended Items
General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board (305)
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Items Not Included in SB 1
2018-19 Biennial Total
Animal Health Commission (554)
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Soil and Water Conservation Board (592)
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Department of Agriculture (551)
Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (535)
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Senator Nichols, Workgroup Chair on Article VI, VII, and VIII
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Tentative Workgroup Decisions
2018-19 Biennial Total2018-19 Biennial Total
Parks and Wildlife Department (802)
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Article XI
2018-19 Biennial Total
Adopted
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
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LBB Manager: Mark WilesDecisions as of 3/14/2017 @ 4:00 PM
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Article XI
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
LBB Manager: Mark WilesDecisions as of 3/14/2017 @ 4:00 PM
25,857,239$ 31,957,239$ -$ -$ (6,708,018)$ 7,839,920$ 5,350,000$ 5,350,000$
2.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.6 0.0 0.0
464,964,187$ 473,477,021$ -$ -$ 18,597,737$ 35,558,509$ 16,916,927$ 16,916,927$
1 (4,676,491)$ (4,676,491)$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$
2 (110,000)$ -$ -$ -$ (110,000)$ -$ -$ -$
(4,786,491)$ (4,676,491)$ -$ -$ (110,000)$ -$ -$ -$
1 (645,123)$ (645,123)$ -$ -$ -$ -$
2 -$ -$ -$ -$ (6,237,899)$ (6,237,899)$ -$ -$
(645,123)$ (645,123)$ -$ -$ (6,237,899)$ (6,237,899)$ -$ -$
(5,431,614)$ (5,321,614)$ -$ -$ (6,347,899)$ (6,237,899)$ -$ -$
459,532,573$ 468,155,407$ -$ -$ 12,249,838$ 29,320,610$ 16,916,927$ 16,916,927$
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019
153.1 159.1 0.0 0.0 50.6 54.2 0.0 0.0
Railroad Commission
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Water Development Board (580)
Cost-out Adjustments (To Align Bill as introduced with the
Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate)
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Technical Adjustments, Agency Requests, Other Budget
Recommendations and Subcommittee Changes
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Department of Agriculture
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Railroad Commission
General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board
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a) Amend the rider to update the amount for the Texas
Education Agency's (TEA's) biennial General Revenue
appropriations for the National School Lunch Program,
After School Care Program, Seamless Summer Option,
School Breakfast Program from $29,101,264 to
$29,236,682 to align with TEA's funding in the introduced
bill.
Adopted
b) Amend the rider to remove extraneous language, "and to
make payment to the providers participating in", as well as
the reference to the "Summer Food Service Program", listed
twice in error.
Adopted
2. $ - $ - Adopted
3. $ - $ - Adopted
4. $ - $ - Adopted
5. $ - $ - Adopted
a) Amend the rider in subsection (a) to remove "fines" from
"Fees, fines and other miscellaneous revenues."
$ - $ - Adopted
Rider 26, Appropriations Limited to Revenue Collections:
Cost Recovery Programs
Rider 8, Food and Nutrition Programs
Rider 10, Appropriation: Texans Feeding Texans (Surplus
Agricultural Product Grant Program)
Delete the rider, as it is duplicative of program funding
information.
Rider 13, Boll Weevil Eradication
Delete the rider, as it is duplicative of program funding
information.
Rider 25, Surplus Agricultural Product Grant Program
Serving Low Income Students
Delete the rider, as it is duplicative of program funding
information.
Technical Adjustments:
Decisions as of 3/14/2017 @ 4:00 PM LBB Analyst: Marisa Sotolongo
Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
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b) Amend the rider in subsection (a)(2) concerning the
International and Domestic Trade program to remove
revenue code 3420, included in error.
$ - $ - Adopted
c) Amend the rider in subsection (a)(8) concerning the Organic
Certification program and subsection (a)(13) concerning the
Indirect Administration program to add revenue code
3404, excluded in error.
$ - $ - Adopted
d) Amend the rider in subsection (a)(10) concerning the
Structural Pest Control program and subsection (a)(13)
concerning the Indirect Administration program to remove
revenue code 3770, included in error.
$ - $ - Adopted
6. $ - $ - Adopted
1. $0 $0
2.
a) Rural Health Program
Non-cost recovery General Revenue funding for the Rural
Health program. Funding is used as a state match for
Federal Funding grants in the State Office of Rural Health.
SB 1 as introduced includes $8.7 million for the
biennium for the Rural Health program.
$18,285 $18,285 18,285$ 18,285$
New Rider, Unexpended Balances Within the Biennium
A new rider to appropriate unexpended balances at the end
of fiscal year 2018 for the same purpose in fiscal year 2019.
Operational Costs Funding
Cost recovery and non-cost recovery General Revenue totaling
$1,782,047 to maintain 2016-17 service levels.
Agency Requests:
Rider 27, Appropriation: Texans Feeding Texans (Home
Delivered Meals Grant Program)
Delete the rider, as it is duplicative of program funding
information.
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Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
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b) Plant Health Program
Cost recovery ($57,935) and non-cost recovery ($90,550)
General Revenue funding for the Plant Health program.
Funding is used to support inspectors traveling to conduct
phytosanitary and agriculture commodity inspection,
printed material needed to issue phytosanitary and nursery
certificates, services provided by fumigators and other
pesticide applicators, and supplies (including gloves,
sample collection vials, and bags) and shipping costs used
to send samples to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Funding would also
be used to maintain resources for the seed quality activities
and prevent a backlog of inspections. Cost neutral for
$57,935 in cost recovery General Revenue.
$148,485 $148,485
c) Weights & Measures Program
Cost recovery ($587,188) and non-cost recovery
($543,667) General Revenue funding for the Weights &
Measures program. Funding would support the following
activities: fueling and servicing vehicles that are used to
regulate gas pumps, testing scales for accuracy, and
ensuring accurate product measurements. Cost neutral for
$587,188 in cost recovery General Revenue.
$1,130,855 $1,130,855
d) Indirect Administration Program
Non-cost recovery General Revenue funding for the Indirect
Administration program. Funding is used to meet financial
and performance reporting requirement, monitor
appropriations and expenditures, track fee collections,
service other state agencies, and provide training and
education.
$484,422 $484,422
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
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3. $0 $0
4. $450,000 $450,000
Rider Modification, Rider 4, Transfer Authority
Amend the rider to allow the agency to transfer appropriations
between strategies and programs each fiscal year, including
between cost recovery programs and non-cost recovery
programs, and between different cost recovery programs.
Moving the agency to a program-based bill pattern format has
decreased the agency's transfer authority further. In the 2016-
17 biennium, the agency is able to transfer funds between
programs within the same strategy. SB 1 does not grant the
agency transfer authority between programs.
New Rider, Appropriation of Receipts: Civil Monetary
Damages and Penalties
General Revenue funding and a new appropriating rider
making the funding contingent upon the collection of civil
monetary damages and penalties under Texas Agriculture
Code §12.020 and Texas Occupations Code §1951.602. This
funding would be used for regulatory enforcement activities
such as case management, inspector training, and regulatory
education in programs identified as Standards & Measurements
programs (most significantly, the Agricultural Pesticide
Regulation program, the Fuel Quality program, the Plant Health
program, the Structural Pest Control program, and the Weights
& Measures program). The requested appropriation amount
($450,000) is approximately half of the expected total
revenue from Administrative Penalties and Agricultural
Administrative Penalties in the 2018-19 biennium.
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Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
5. $1,929,000 $1,929,000 1,929,000$ 1,929,000$
6. $4,500,000 $4,500,000
7. $0 $0
International and Domestic Trade Program
General Revenue funding and 3.0 additional FTEs each fiscal
year to promote sales from rural Texas businesses and Texas
agricultural products and services nationally and abroad. The
funds would promote business expansion primarily by national
and international outreach. This program is funded with cost-
recovery General Revenue; the request is for non-cost recovery
General Revenue.
Rider Modification, Rider 25, Appropriations Limited to
Revenue Collections: Cost Recovery Programs
Amend the rider to allow revenue collected in excess of the
Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) to be
appropriated each fiscal year to the strategy in which revenues
are collected for the same purposes.
State Metrology Lab Remedial Construction
General Revenue funding for a complete HVAC system
replacement. Temperature instability and humidity inside the
laboratories make accurate testing dependent on weather
conditions. During construction, calibration services would be
temporarily suspended, halting cost-recovery revenue. Texas
Facilities Commission estimates that construction would take 6-8
months. The Metrology Lab was allowed to remain accredited
for the current year on the condition that building environment
factors not up to accreditation standards would be fixed in the
coming year. In SB 1, $0.9 million for the biennium is included
for the Metrology program. Adopted in the Metrology
program; funded through General Revenue cost recovery.
SB 1 as introduced does not include funding for this
construction.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
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2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
8. $648,372 $648,372
9. $353,865 $353,865 212,319$ 212,319$
10. $6,000,000 $6,000,000
11. $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Information Systems Security Strategy
General Revenue funding to implement information technology
(IT) security recommendations supplied by Gartner, an IT
research and advisory firm, which include Predictive Analytics &
Data Mining software.
Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System
(CAPPS) Conversion
General Revenue funding and 3.0 additional FTEs in fiscal year
2019 to facilitate the CAPPS conversion process. The conversion
is mandated by the Comptroller. The agency predicts that
project management, contractor support for implementation
gap analysis, and temporary staff for backfilling key subject
matter expert positions will be necessary. Adopted at 60% of
requested funding and 1.8 FTEs.
Replace Legacy System - Licensing and Regulatory
General Revenue funding in fiscal year 2018 to replace the
agency's 14-year old core business applications for licensing
and regulation. This system would support both cost recovery
and non-cost recovery programs. This request is contingent on
Item 11 not being Adopted.
Licensing System Data Conversion Costs
General Revenue funding in fiscal year 2018 for an automated
licensing and inspection processing system run by a third party
outsourcing partner. The funds would be used for data
conversion to the vendor's application. The cost of ongoing
operating expenses after the conversion would be covered by
a convenience fee per transaction/volume. This system would
support both cost recovery and non-cost recovery programs.
This request is contingent on Item 10 not being Adopted.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
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Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
1. (900,000)$ (900,000)$
2. (1,929,000)$ (1,929,000)$
3. Adopted
4. Adopted
5. Adopted
6. Adopted
$ 17,163,284 $ 17,163,284 $ - $ - $ (669,396) $ (669,396) $ - $ -
Weights & Measures Program Funding
Reduce the General Revenue cost-recovery funding for the
Weights & Measures program. SB 1 as introduced includes
$14.7 million for the biennium for the Weights & Measures
program.
Fuel Quality Appropriated Receipts Rider
Add a new rider to cap the appropriation of Appropriated
Receipts funding for the Fuel Quality program at $1,225,643
in fiscal year 2018 and $1,214,309 in fiscal year 2019.
Cost Recovery Rider, Program Groups
Amend Rider 26, Appropriations Limited to Revenue Collections:
Cost Recovery Programs to group the Weights & Measures
program and the Metrology program under one revenue-
target group.
Transfer Authority, Program Groups
Amend Rider 4, Transfer Authority to reference cost recovery
program groups in Rider 26 instead of cost recovery programs.
Metrology Lab HVAC funding
Add a new rider to require appropriations of $1,929,000 in
General Revenue in the Metrology program to be used for the
purposes of funding repairs to the Metrology Lab's HVAC
system.
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Feral Hog Abatement Program
Zero-fund the Feral Hog Abatement program and associated
Indirect Administration costs, reducing the agency's General
Revenue funding. SB 1 as introduced includes $0.9 million for
the biennium for the Feral Hog Abatement program.
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Department of Agriculture (551)
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2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
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3.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
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1. $ 7,351,104 $ 7,351,104 7,351,104$ 7,351,104$
2. $ 893,399 $ 893,399
3. $ 424,941 $ 424,941 100,000$ 100,000$
Decisions as of 3/14/2017 @ 4:00 PM LBB Analyst: Michael Wales
Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources and Judiciary
Animal Health Commission (554)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
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Agency Requests:
Animal Health Disease Preparedness, Response, &
Mitigation - Cattle Fever Tick:
General Revenue and 36.0 FTE positions each fiscal year (field
inspectors, supervisors, and support personnel) to bolster the
agency's efforts to control, mitigate, and eradicate cattle fever
ticks in areas outside of the permanent cattle fever tick
quarantine zone. These areas are primarily in Live Oak,
Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties. Seven FTEs would
continue into fiscal year 2020 and beyond. SB 1 as
introduced includes $2,100,000 in All Funds for this
purpose.
Travel and Operating Funding:
General Revenue to bring 2018-19 appropriations in line with
the 2016-17 base. Funding would be used for travel expenses
and other operating expenses in multiple strategies.
Technical Adjustments:
Rider 8, Contingency Appropriation: Cost Recovery for
Animal Health Programs:
Amend the rider to include Agriculture Code §161.060 among
statutes authorizing fees collected by the agency.
TAHC Infrastructure - Rents & Leases:
General Revenue to renew leases on office space at six
locations (Austin, Amarillo, Hempstead, Fort Worth, Mount
Pleasant, and Lampasas) that will expire during the 2018-19
biennium. The request will cover an increased lease rate of
$35 per square foot at these offices. The current average at
these locations is $12 per square foot. SB 1 as introduced
includes $1,383,758 for building rent payments.
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Article VI, Natural Resources and Judiciary
Animal Health Commission (554)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
4. $ 1,141,796 $ 1,141,796
5. $ 509,330 $ 509,330
6. $ 125,000 $ 125,000
7. $ 88,000 $ 88,000
8. $ 114,176 $ 114,176
Animal Health Automated Information System - ERP:
General Revenue for enterprise resource planning software to
consolidate existing database systems. The request includes
initial costs of $377,362 and recurring annual costs of
$131,968.
Exempt Position Equity Adjustment:
General Revenue and authority to reclassify the Executive
Director's salary from Salary Group 4 to Salary Group 5 and
increase the salary to the Group 5 maximum salary of
$197,415 per year.
Animal Health Disease Preparedness, Response, &
Mitigation: Chronic Wasting Disease:
General Revenue and 6.0 FTE positions (four livestock
inspectors, one administrative assistant, and one veterinarian) to
enhance chronic wasting disease control efforts through
education and outreach, surveillance, detection, control, and
management.
Acquisition of Information Resource Technology -
Software/Network Upgrades:
General Revenue and capital budget authority for additional
costs associated with replacing and upgrading outdated
network hardware and software and maintaining current
licenses. The request includes one-time costs of $11,700 and
recurring annual costs of $56,650.
Acquisition of Information Resource Technology - Computer
Replacement:
General Revenue and capital budget authority to replace
personal computers, tablets, and other computer equipment.
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Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources and Judiciary
Animal Health Commission (554)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total 2018-19 Biennial Total
9. $ 480,000 $ 480,000
1.
$ 11,127,746 $ 11,127,746 $ - $ - $ 7,451,104 $ 7,451,104 $ - $ -
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019
42.0 42.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.0 0.0 0.0Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
None.
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Transportation Fleet Vehicle Acquisition:
General Revenue and capital budget authority to purchase 12
vehicles to equip all field personnel who travel on a daily basis
with a vehicle.
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2. Adopted
1. $ - $ -
2.
a) Drinking Water Sampling
Increased water sampling funding due to increased cost of
sample collection, expected additional EPA sampling
requirements, additional water systems sampled, and
changes to sample collection schedules to increase
monitoring requirements. SB 1 as introduced does not
include funding for this item.
$1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Decisions as of 3/14/2017 @ 4:00 PM LBB Analyst: Marisa Sotolongo
Outstanding Items for Consideration Tentative Workgroup Decisions
Article VI, Natural Resources
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (582)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
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Authorization: Transfer of Fund Balance
A new rider authorizing TCEQ to transfer the fund balance
from the Used Oil Recycling Account Fund No. 146 to the
Water Resource Management Account (WRMA) No. 153 at the
end of each fiscal year in order to mitigate revenue shortfalls in
the WRMA. This would require a statutory change.
Rider 15, Environmental Radiation and Perpetual Care
Update statutory references for the General Revenue-
Dedicated Environmental Radiation Perpetual Care Account No.
5158 to include Health and Safety Code, §401.207(g),
excluded in error.
Agency Requests:
Technical Adjustments:
Rider 30, Contingency Appropriation: Water Resource
Management Account
Remove the rider.
Public Drinking Water (PDW) Needs
General Revenue-Dedicated Water Resource Management
Account No. 153 funding totaling $5,442,712 to support PDW
program activities previously supported by the Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund, Federal Funds no longer anticipated to
be available, and other funding sources.
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b) Compliance Support
Increased compliance support funding for data evaluation
of public water systems. SB 1 as introduced does not
include funding for this item.
$2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000
c) Financial, Managerial and Technical (FMT) Assistance
Increased FMT funding to support compliance for PDW
systems through on-site visits due to emergency conditions
(i.e. drought, hurricanes, etc.) and unfunded federal
regulations (i.e. the EPA's Lead Copper Rule and Arsenic
Rule). SB 1 as introduced inculdes $421,576 for the
biennium for these activities.
$1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $1,600,000
d) Utility Regulation - District Applications
Increased funding for reviews for administrative
completeness, review of minor miscellaneous applications,
and tracking the receipt and review of water district audits.
SB 1 as introduced includes $136,825 for the biennium
for these activities.
$252,712 $252,712 $252,712 $252,712
e) Public Drinking Water Conference
The conference provides compliance training on new rules
affecting public water systems and other public entities.
This funding is the full cost of the conference.
$150,000 $150,000
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f) Texas Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network
(TXWARN) Contract
Funding for the TXWARN contract to support statewide
emergency preparedness, disaster response, and mutual
assistance matters for public and private water and
wastewater utilities, as well as training for small and
underfunded systems on water security and cybersecurity.
SB 1 as introduced does not include funding for this
item.
$140,000 $140,000 $140,000 $140,000
3.
a) Mickey Leland Internship Program funding
The internship is for undergraduate or graduate students to
complete a paid, full-time summer internship at TCEQ, other
state agencies, or in the private sector.
$712,000 $712,000
b) Management of the Central File Room and conversion to
electronic records
$430,000 $430,000
c) Maintenance of Air Monitoring Equipment $528,200 $528,200
d) Regional Staff Monitoring Equipment $380,000 $380,000
e) Publishing public hearing notices $88,000 $88,000
f) Agency printing needs $200,000 $200,000
g) Agency employee training $258,000 $258,000
h) Hardware/software maintenance $350,000 $350,000
i) Cybersecurity $355,800 $355,800
Agency Operational Needs: Funding from various General
Revenue-Dedicated accounts totaling $3,302,000 to cover costs
associated with providing community response, records
management, technology upgrades, and building repairs.
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4.
a) Water Quality Monitoring Instruments
Funding for operation and maintenance of water quality
monitoring instruments. Data collected supports the
Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Network, the Surface
Water Quality Monitoring Program, and the Sugar Land
Laboratory.
$450,000 $450,000
b) Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Contracts
Funding for contracts to provide expertise, equipment, and
resources in watersheds across Texas. Water that does not
or will not meet water quality standards established in the
Federal Clean Water Act must be identified and TMDLs
established for the pollutants that are causing non-
attainment. Currently 1,063 water body assessment units
do not meet water quality criteria.
$278,082 $278,082
c) Wastewater Permitting
Funding to provide statewide public notices for general
permit renewals to process permits, especially in
stormwater categories.
$297,200 $297,200
d) Clean Rivers Program
Funding to provide additional operating costs for the Clean
Rivers program, which would support administrative costs to
manage contracts, review Quality Assurance Project Plans,
evaluate and approve invoices, and other activities.
$60,500 $60,500
Water Quality Needs
General Revenue-Dedicated Water Resource Management
Account No. 153 funding totaling $1,085,782 for water quality
monitoring instruments for the collection and analysis of surface
water quality monitoring data, Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDL) contract, wastewater permitting support, the Clean
Rivers program, and agency operational expenses.
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5. $2,709,308 $2,709,308
6. $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Revised Total Coliform Rule
General Revenue-Dedicated Water Resource Management
Account No. 153 funding and 14.0 FTEs each fiscal year to
comply with the new Federal Revised Total Coliform Rule
(RTCR). The new RTCR reduces pathways for fecal
contamination into public drinking water distribution systems.
Funding would support compliance training, outreach events,
increase financial, managerial, and technical assistance support,
and operator training; additional staff are requested to review
and approve RTCR assessments. All public water systems must
comply with the new RTCR requirements.
Targeted Salary Increases
Funding from various General Revenue-Dedicated accounts for
targeted job classifications to bring the agency's average
salaries closer to state averages and reduce turnover. The
positions include natural resource specialists, accountants,
auditors, contract specialists, electronics technicians, engineers,
geoscientists, planners, and systems analysts.
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7.
a) Central Registry (CR) modernization
CR is the backbone of the application cluster and supplies
integrated and standardized information about regulated
entities to support licensing, permitting, registration,
monitoring, and enforcement in air, water and waste
activities. CR is a central access point to review and update
core data for regulated entities. The agency requests that
minimum funding level support CR modernization.
$5,008,000 $5,008,000
b) FTE Cap Exemption Rider Request
Add a new rider exempting TCEQ from provisions of
Article IX, Section 6.10(d) relating to the inclusion of
temporary or contract workers in the calculation of the
number of FTE provisions by a state agency.
$0 $0
Critical Technology Upgrade (CTU) Project
Funding from various General Revenue-Dedicated accounts
totaling $10,016,000 to modernize key enterprise information
technology applications identified as legacy systems authorized
by HB 2738, Eighty-Third Legislature.
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8. $2,500,000 $2,500,000
9. $1,048,000 $1,048,000EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Funding Reductions
General Revenue-Dedicated Waste Management Account No.
549 funding to replace Federal Funds that are no longer
available for the RCRA program. Recommendations include an
agency anticipated reduction in Performance Partnership
Grants of approximately $1.3 million in fiscal year 2019.
West County Road 112 Ground Water Plume Filtration
Systems
General Revenue-Dedicated Hazardous and Solid Waste
Remediation Fees Account No. 550 funding for contracting costs
for monitoring, maintenance, and installation of filtration
systems on private water wells impacted with total chromium
contamination above the federal maximum contaminant level at
the West County Road 112 Ground Water Plume Federal
Superfund Site. Between 2009 and 2016, $8.6 million in state
funding ($3.9 million in cost-recovered funding) has been
expended on this site. If this item is not funded, TCEQ predicts
that other site cleanups may be delayed or phased out over
longer periods at additional expense. Recommendations include
$14.9 million each fiscal year in the Superfund Assessment and
Cleanup program for the 2018-19 biennium.
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10.
a) General Revenue funding for litigation expenses to
continue 2016-17 appropriations.
$5,000,000 $5,000,000
b) Revisions to Rider 27, Litigation Expenses for the Rio
Grande Compact Commission, and additional funding to
increase the estimated amount of unexpended balances
carried forward from fiscal year 2017 into the 2018-19
biennium from $1.0 million to $2.5 million. Rider revisions
also include the $5.0 million request outlined above in Item
10(a).
$1,500,000 $1,500,000
11.
a) Austin lease $1,253,664 $1,253,664
b) Corpus Christi lease (amounts are estimated by the Texas
Facilities Commission)
$966,730 $966,730
c) Houston boat storage lease $107,154 $107,154
d) Lubbock lease $61,030 $61,030
12. $1,935,888 $1,935,888
Litigation Expenses for the Rio Grande Compact Commission
General Revenue funding totaling $6,500,000 and
corresponding rider revisions for litigation expenses to present
Texas's complaint before the Supreme Court. Litigation
expenses include funding for expert witnesses and trial
preparation costs.
Funding for Leases: Funding from various General Revenue-
Dedicated accounts totaling $2,388,578 for facility leases up
to 10 years in Austin, Corpus Christi, and Lubbock, as well as
boat storage leases in Houston.
Take Care of Texas
Funding from the General Revenue-Dedicated Clean Air
Account No. 151 ($774,356) and the WRMA ($1,161,532) for
a statewide campaign that encourages all Texans to keep the
state's air and water clean, conserve water and energy, reduce
waste, and save money in the process.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (582)
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14.
a) General Revenue funding for clean-up of the Lamprecht-
Zamzow uranium mining site
This request is equal to the amount deposited to General
Revenue in the 2014-15 biennium from out-of-compact low
level radioactive waste disposal revenue. This revenue was
deposited to General Revenue instead of the General
Revenue-Dedicated Environmental Radiation and Perpetual
Care Account No. 5158 due to the Funds Consolidation bill
(HB 6) in the Eighty-Third Legislature. The revenue was
deposited in Account 5158 beginning in fiscal year 2016.
$13,126,747 $13,126,747
b) Rider 15, Environmental Radiation and Perpetual Care
Amend the rider to grant TCEQ authority to carry forward
unexpended balances from fiscal year 2017 in Account
5158 to the 2018-19 biennium. The unexpended balance
in the account at the end of fiscal year 2017 is estimated
to be between $4.0 and $4.5 million at the end of fiscal
year 2017 by the agency. The Comptroller's Biennial
Revenue Estimate anticipates the balance remaining in
the account at the end of fiscal year 2017 to be $1.7
million.
$1,706,000 $1,706,000
Environmental Radiation and Perpetual Care
SORM Auto, Property, Marine Insurance
Funding from various General Revenue-Dedicated accounts to
purchase physical damage insurance through the State Office
of Risk Management (SORM)'s Statewide Auto Insurance Policy,
transferring risk from auto losses to a highly rated insurance
company.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (582)
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1. (65,000,000)$ (65,000,000)$
$ 48,999,423 $ 48,999,423 $ - $ - $ (65,000,000) $ (65,000,000) $ 5,292,712 $ 5,292,712
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019
14.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)
Reduce General Revenue-Dedicated Texas Emissions Reduction
Plan Account No. 5071 funding for the Texas Emissions
Reduction Program by $53.0 million. Update Rider 20, Texas
Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP): Grants and Administration to
align with funding reduction. SB 1 as introduced includes
$208.6 million for the biennium for the TERP program.
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a) Appropriation Increase
Increase the appropriations in Strategy A.3.1, Preserve
and Maintain the Alamo and Alamo Complex, from
General Revenue-Dedicated Alamo Complex Account No.
5152 funds by $2,338,246 in fiscal year 2018 and
$2,338,245 in fiscal year 2019. This will increase the total
strategy amounts from $4,548,028 to $6,886,274 in fiscal
year 2018 and $4,511,788 to $6,850,033 in fiscal year
2019.
$4,676,491 $4,676,491
b) Rider Update
Increase the amount of estimated appropriations identified
in Rider 16, Appropriation: Preservation and Maintenance
of the Alamo, from General Revenue-Dedicated Alamo
Complex Account No. 5152 from $4,253,991 each fiscal
year to $6,592,237 in fiscal year 2018 and $6,592,236
in fiscal year 2019. This is an increase of $2,338,246 in
fiscal year 2018 and $2,338,245 in fiscal year 2019.
$0 $0
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General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board (305)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1
Cost-Out Adjustments:
General Revenue-Dedicated Alamo Complex Account No.
5152
Increase the estimated appropriations from the General
Revenue-Dedicated Alamo Complex Account No. 5152 in the
agency’s bill pattern to align with the Comptroller's Biennial
Revenue Estimate (BRE). The appropriations will provide for the
preservation, maintenance, and operation of the Alamo and the
Alamo Complex.
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
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2. $0 $0 Adopted
1. $74,490,049 $74,490,049 $37,245,024 $37,245,024
2. $30,000,000 $30,000,000
Agency Requests:
Preserve, Maintain, and Operate the Alamo Complex.
a) General Revenue funding to continue developing the Alamo
Master Plan and for operations, information technology,
preservation, maintenance, property acquistion, historical
artifact acquisition, building construction and renovation, and
b) Amend Rider 16, Appropriation: Preservation and
Maintenance of the Alamo, to cite the amount of General
Revenue included in each fiscal year for preservation and
maintenance of the Alamo; to provide unexpended balance
authority for these General Revenue funds; and to prohibit the
transfer and use of these funds for any other purpose.
Texas Coastal Resiliency Implementation. General Revenue
funding from receipts received for economic damages related
to the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement to implement a Texas
Coastal Resiliency Master Plan and fund additional disaster
preparedness projects. This includes identifying, prioritizing
and funding projects to provide protection from future
hurricanes and coastal hazards, including short-term direct
impacts to state and local infrastructure affected by critical
erosion, flooding, and storm surge as well as long-term gradual
impacts from erosion and habitat loss.
Rider 16, Appropriation: Preservation and Maintenance of
the Alamo
Amend the rider to remove the estimated appropriation
authority from General Revenue-Dedicated Alamo Complex
Account No. 5152, making the appropriation of $4,253,991 in
each fiscal year of the biennium sum certain. This is contingent
upon items 1a and 1b above not being adopted.
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3. $236,000 $236,000
4. $952,265 $952,265 389,560$ 389,560$
5. - - Adopted
6. - -
7. - -New Rider, Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan. Add a new
rider in alignment with Exceptional Item #2 above to implement
a Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan and to authorize
funding for additional disaster preparedness projects. The rider
would include a reporting requirement and would also provide
unexpended balance authority within the biennium. This rider
would not make an appropriation, but would authorize the use
of appropriations for its purposes.
New Rider, Capital Expenditures Authorized. Add a new
rider to exempt the agency from capital budget limitations
allowing it to spend any appropriated funds for the acquisition
of capital budget items.
Cybersecurity Enhancement. General Revenue funding to
acquire commercial off-the-shelf applications to address
information security risks, and to bring the agency into
compliance with information security standards for state
agencies under the Texas Administrative Code.
Rider 21, Transfer Authority. Amend the rider to transfer any
amounts appropriated between all items of appropriation in
each fiscal year within the same goal. SB 1 as introduced
includes transfer authority only between Strategies D.1.1,
Rebuild Housing, and D.1.2, Rebuild Infrastructure, under the
disaster recovery goal.
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Transition. General
Revenue funding to upgrade the agency's phone system in
accordance with new protocols. According to the agency, the
Department of Information Resources has determined the
existing system will no longer be operable after March 2018.
SB 1 as introduced does not include funding for this purpose.
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1
1.
$ 110,354,805 $ 110,354,805 $ - $ - $ 37,634,584 $ 37,634,584 $ - $ -
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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
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None.
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
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2. $ - $ -
1.
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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Article VI, Natural Resources
Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
(535)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
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Agency Requests:
Increased Operating Costs
General Revenue-Dedicated Low-Level Waste Disposal
Compact Commission Account No. 5151 funding for increased
contractor costs, travel, rent, legal expenses, information
technology costs, and other operating costs.
New Rider specifying that the Commission is not a state
agency
Add a new rider specifying that the Commission is not a state
agency and is not subject to any requirements of state law
generally applicable to a state agency except those duties
defined in Health and Safety Code, Ch. 401 and 403, compact
law, or those agreed to by the Commission. The Commission's
independence from Texas as the host state ensures continuity of
the interstate commerce exemption, which is required for the
Commission to be able to exclude imports from non-party states
or other countries.
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
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Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
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2. $ 86,812,000 $ 86,812,000
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Parks and Wildlife Department (802)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
Agency Requests:
Rider 4, Appropriation: Unexpended Balance for
Construction Projects:
Amend rider to include authority to carry forward an estimated
total of $18.7 million in unexpended balances from the 2016-
17 biennium for capital construction projects. This amount
includes $13.7 million from the Deferred Maintenance Account
No. 5166, $3.5 million from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax
transfer to the State Parks Account No. 64, $1.0 million from
the Game, Fish, and Water Safety Account No. 9, and 0.5
million from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfer to the
Conservation and Capital Account No. 5004.
Deferred Maintenance and Capital Construction:
Funding for capital construction projects, including $76.5 million
from the Deferred Maintenance Account No. 5166, $8.2 million
from the Game, Fish, and Water Safety Account No. 9, and
$2.1 million from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfer to the
Conservation and Capital Account No. 5004.
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3.
a. Law Enforcement Operations:
Funding for operations items including $6.8 million for
overtime, travel, professional equipment, and vehicle
maintenance; $1.7 million for special operations teams
equipment and training; $1.5 million for mobile technology
hardware and software; $1.0 million for vehicle safety
equipment; $0.6 million for aircraft fuel and operations;
and $0.2 million for forensic lab upgrades. Funding
includes $2.5 million in General Revenue and $9.3 million
from Unclaimed Refunds of Motorboat Fuel Tax.
$ 11,835,762 $ 11,835,762
b. Capital Equipment, Transportation, and Aircraft:
Funding and capital budget authority for items including
$10.9 million for boats and vehicles; $3.3 million for a new
helicopter; $3.6 million for communication radios; and $0.3
million for lab equipment. Funding includes $11.9 million
from General Revenue and $6.2 million from Unclaimed
Refunds of Motorboat Fuel Tax.
$ 18,100,000 $ 18,100,000
c. Law Enforcement Technology Support:
1.0 FTE each fiscal year and General Revenue for
information technology support totaling $1.6 million for
phone system replacement, network management services,
and security and help desk support.
$ 1,579,399 $ 1,579,399
4. $ - $ -
Law Enforcement Operations and Capital Equipment:
Payments to the State Parks Business System (SPBS) Vendor:
Add a new rider to appropriate additional funding from the
State Parks Account No. 64 as necessary if contract fees for the
State Parks Business System exceed estimates. The agency
states that a new contract will be assessed as a percentage of
revenue. The cost of this rider cannot be determined at this
time.
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5.
a. Maintain Core Services:
Capital budget authority totaling $0.4 million and funding
for operations items including $6.4 million for utilities, fuel,
travel, consumable supplies, minor maintenance, and other
costs related to increased state park visitation; $3.7 for
anticipated cost increases related to the new State Parks
Business System; $2.8 million for an additional 16.1 FTEs
each fiscal year and associated equipment; $1.1 million for
concession growth reinvestment; and $0.5 million for
communications upgrades and costs. Funding includes $8.5
million from Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfers to the
State Parks Account No. 64 and $6.0 million from the State
Parks Account No. 64.
$ 14,495,400 $ 14,495,400
b. Capital Transportation and Equipment:
Funding and capital budget authority for capital items
including $6.3 million for vehicle replacements and $1.0
million for tractor replacement. Funding includes $5.0
million from the State Parks Account No. 64 and $2.3
million from Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfers to the
State Parks Account No. 64.
$ 7,333,474 $ 7,333,474
c. State Parks Marketing Initiatives:
Funding from Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfers to the
State Parks Account No. 64 for marketing expenses
totaling $0.5 million aimed at increasing visitor diversity,
enhancing park visitation at certain parks and in non-peak
seasons, and to increase visitor engagement.
$ 500,000 $ 500,000
State Parks Operations and Initiatives
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d. State Parks Technology Support:
Funding for information technology services totaling $1.6
million for phone system replacement, network
management services, and enhanced call center services.
Funding includes $0.9 million from the State Parks Account
No. 64 and $0.7 million from Sporting Goods Sales Tax
transfers to the State Parks Account No. 64.
$ 1,620,394 $ 1,620,394
6. $ 49,185,665 $ 49,185,665 6,274,215$ 6,274,215$
7. $ 1,069,273 $ 1,069,273 641,564$ 641,564$
Weather Related Construction:
General Revenue funding totaling $30.4 million and Sporting
Goods Sales Tax transfers to the State Parks Account No. 64
totaling $18.8 million and 5.0 FTEs each fiscal year to address
damages at state parks and wildlife management areas
resulting from floods and wildfires since 2015. This amount
includes $48.5 million for construction at state parks and $0.7
million at wildlife management areas. Adopted to Article XI at
$6,274,215 and 0.0 FTEs from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax
transfer to the State Parks Account No. 64 to replace a dam
and roads at Bastrop State Park.
SB 1 as introduced includes $32,425,540 in Other Funds for
capital construction.
CAPPS HR/Payroll Implementation:
General Revenue funding and 6.0 FTEs in 2018, declining to
3.0 FTEs in 2019, to transition to the Centralized Accounting
and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS).
Adopted as 60 percent funding and 3.6 FTEs in 2018 and 1.8
FTEs in 2019.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Parks and Wildlife Department (802)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
8. $ 4,400,000 $ 4,400,000
9. $ 5,000,000 $ 5,000,000
10.
a. General Revenue for operations and capital items to
continue participation in Operation Secure Texas (OST).
Funding for participation in OST currently is transferred to
the agency from the Department of Public Safety in an
Interagency Contract.
$ 6,999,536 $ 6,999,536
b. General Revenue capital funding to replace a 65 foot
vessel used for law enforcement off the Texas coast,
including boating traffic entering Texas waters from
outside the US.
$ 4,000,000 $ 4,000,000
Local Parks and Other Grants:
Funding totaling $1.1 million from the Sporting Goods Sales
Tax transfer to the Texas Recreation and Parks Account No.
467 and $3.3 million from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax
transfer to the Large County and Municipality Recreation and
Parks Account No. 5150 for additional funding for competitive
grants to local government and other qualified entities for local
park development and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program:
General Revenue funding to provide additional grants for the
purchase of conservation easements on agricultural land under
the Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
Border Security
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Parks and Wildlife Department (802)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
11. $ 1,070,000 $ 1,070,000
12. $ - $ -
13. $ - $ -
14. $ - $ -
Rider 4, Appropriation: Unexpended Balance for
Construction Projects:
Amend the rider to eliminate the requirement to submit an
annual report to the Legislative Budget Board, Office of the
Governor, and Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Appropriation of State Parks Merchandise for Resale Income:
Add a new rider to provide additional appropriation authority
from the State Parks Account No. 64 to allow the agency to
expend state parks concessions revenue above estimated
amounts included in the base appropriation of $1,725,000
each fiscal year. This additional authority would be capped at
the greater of $535,000 each fiscal year or a total of 50
percent of annual concession revenue. The request also includes
authority to carry forward unexpended balances within and
across biennia.
Rider 30, Appropriation of Oyster Shell Recovery Receipts:
Amend the rider to provide UB authority from FY 2017 into FY
2018, with an estimated amount of $0 to be carried forward.
Rider 29, FTE Cap Flexibility:
Reinstate the rider to allow the agency to comply with FTE cap
requirements using an eight-quarter average instead of a four-
quarter average.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
1. (9,000,000)$ (9,000,000)$
$ 232,650,903 $ 232,650,903 $ - $ - $ (8,358,436) $ (8,358,436) $ 6,274,215 $ 6,274,215
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2019
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Local Parks Grants:
Reduce funding for competitive grants to local parks, including
$6.0 million from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfer to the
Texas Recreation and Parks Account No. 467 and $3.0 million
from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfer to the Large
County and Municipality Recreation and Parks Account No.
5150. After Adopted reductions, $20,412,502 for local
parks grants remains, including $10,249,530 from the
Sporting Goods Sales Tax transfer to the Texas Recreation
and Parks Account No. 467, $5,361,444 from Sporting
Goods Sales Tax transfers to the Large County and
Municipality Recreation and Parks Account No. 5150, and
$4,801,528 from Federal Funds.
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
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a) Appropriation Increase
Increase the appropriations in Strategy B.2.1, Regulate
Alternative Energy Resources, from General Revenue funds
by $55,000 in each year of the biennium and decrease the
same appropriation by the same amount from
Appropriated Receipts per the Comptroller's assessment
that a Method of Finance swap is necessary to align with
the Biennial Revenue Estimate. This will not change the total
strategy amounts in either fiscal year of the biennium.
$110,000 $0 110,000$ -$
b) Rider Update
Increase the amount of estimated appropriations identified
in Rider 4, Liquid Propane (LP) Gas Training and
Examination Renewal Fees, from General Revenue from $0
to $55,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium and
decrease the amount of estimated appropriations from
Appropriated Receipts from $1,123,500 to $1,068,500 in
each fiscal year of the biennium. Amend the text of the
rider to clarify that any additional revenues that may be
collected under the provisions of the rider are estimated to
be $0.
$0 $0 Adopted
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Cost-Out Adjustments:
Article VI, Natural Resources
Railroad Commission (455)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1
Appropriated Receipts to General Revenue Method of
Finance Swap
Increase the appropriations from General Revenue in the
agency’s bill pattern to align with the Comptroller's Cost
Estimate.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Railroad Commission (455)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1
1. $4,351,504 $4,351,504 2,250,000$ 2,250,000$
2. $6,237,899 $8,760,733 $6,237,899 $8,760,733
3. $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Agency Requests:
Inspection/Enforcement Tracking and Reporting. General
Revenue in the amount of $400,000 and Fund 5155 funds in
the amount of $2,600,000 to continue modernizing the
agency's IT systems and computer applications in order to
improve turn-around time for permits, increase transparency to
the public, and enhance online options for industry. Includes 7
FTEs each fiscal year. SB 1 as introduced does not include
funding for this purpose.
Additional Inspectors for Enhanced Oilfield Safety and
Pipeline Integrity. Fund 5155 funds in the amount of
$6,237,899 and Federal Funds in the amount of $2,522,834
for additional inspectors to focus on ensuring oilfield and
pipeline safety and regulatory compliance and to support the
agency's commitment to inspect all onshore wells at least every
five years and offshore and bay wells every two years.
Includes 55 FTEs each fiscal year. Adopted with full funding
and no FTEs. SB 1 as introduced includes funding for salaries
and wages in the amount of $38,624,752 for affected
strategies ($8,801,222 in Strategy B.1.1, Pipeline Safety, and
$29,823,530 in Strategy C.1.1, Oil and Gas Monitoring and
Inspections).
Salary Parity. General Revenue in the amount of $582,201
and Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup Account No. 5155
(Fund 5155) funds in the amount of $3,769,303 to retain staff
by keeping agency salaries competitive with those offered in
private industry. Adopted for Salary Parity funded by
General Revenue in the amount of $301,034 and by Fund
5155 funds in the amount of $1,948,966. SB 1 as introduced
includes for salaries and wages $14,135,710 in GR and
$61,968,966 in Fund 5155.
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Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1
4. - -
5. - -
1. Adopted
2. 12,000,000$ 12,000,000$
3. 27,650,000$ 27,650,000$
4. Adopted
$ 13,699,403 $ 16,112,237 $ - $ - $ 51,247,899 $ 53,660,733 $ - $ -
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Amend Rider 7, Capital Budget Expenditures and
Appropriated Receipts. Amend the rider to remove the
notification requirement to both the Legislative Budget Board
and Governor (detailing amounts received and items to be
purchased) upon receiving additional Federal Funds and
Appropriated Receipts.
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New Rider, Oil and Gas Regulation and Cleanup Account
No. 5155 Fees. Add a new rider to appropriate any fees
collected and deposited to Fund 5155 above the Comptroller's
Biennial Revenue Estimated. Cost neutral.
Add a new rider making $6,237,889 for Agency Request #2
above contingent on the enactment of SB 300, or similar
legislation, and on the agency covering the cost from new fee
revenues not included in the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue
Estimate.
Add a new rider appropriating General Revenue to maintain
operational stability.
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
Add a Sunset contigency rider for the agency.
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Add a new rider appropriating General Revenue in the amount
of $6,000,000 in each year of the biennium for the purpose of
funding salaries. SB 1 as introduced includes a total of
$38,624,752 for salaries and wages in the strategies that
would be affected.
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1. $ 1,716,562 $ 1,716,562
2. $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 3,000,000$ 3,000,000$
3. $ - $ - Adopted
1.
$ 4,716,562 $ 4,716,562 $ - $ - $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ - $ -
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2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Article VI, Natural Resources
Soil and Water Conservation Board (592)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted Article XI
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Technical Adjustments:
Rider 7, Water Supply Enhancement:
Amend the last sentence of the rider to reflect the correct fiscal
year by changing 2016 to 2018.
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Agency Requests:
Grant Funding:
General Revenue funding for amounts reduced to comply with
the four percent biennial reduction, which would be used for
grants to local soil and water conservation districts for projects
related to flood control dams, nonpoint source pollution
abatement, and water supply enhancement.
Carrizo Cane Eradication:
General Revenue funding and 2.0 FTE positions for contract
specialists each fiscal year to manage the Rio Grande Carrizo
Cane Eradication Program by contracting for the eradication of
the cane through the use of biological, chemical, and
mechanical control methods. SB 1 as introduced contains no
funding specifically for this purpose.
Executive Director Salary Increase:
Authority to increase the salary of the Executive Director from
$136,651 each year to $150,000 each year. This would
require reclassification from Salary Group 3 to Group 4.
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
None.
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
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2. $1,733,200 $1,733,200 1,039,920$ 1,039,920$
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Water Development Board (580)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
Agency Requests:
Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP) Debt Service.
General Revenue and authority to provide for debt service for
the issuance of $53.0 million in new EDAP bonds. This request
would exhaust the remaining bond authorization. Any
additional authorization would require a voter approved
constitutional amendment. Adopted Article XI amounts for
debt service for issuance of new bonds in 2019: $5,350,000
in GR.
SB 1 includes $59,492,662 in debt service for existing EDAP
bonds.
Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System
(CAPPS) Implementation. General Revenue and authority for
an additional 6 FTEs in fiscal year 2019 to implement CAPPS.
This funding would cover temporary staffing resources needed
to support agency standard functions as well as to provide
additional direct deployment-related support. Systems to be
impacted by CAPPS deployment include the Texas Water
Information System Enhancement (TxWISE), the agency’s
comprehensive loan and grant system implemented through a
partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), as well as the Micro Information Products (MIP) financial
system. Adopted as 60% funding and 3.6 FTEs.
SB 1 as introduced does not include funding for this purpose.
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Article VI, Natural Resources
Water Development Board (580)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
3. $6,358,000 $12,458,000 1,700,000$ 7,800,000$
4. $300,000 $300,000
5. $5,669,316 $5,669,316Secure Long Term Funding for Existing Operations. General
Revenue in place of Appropriated Receipts funding from Texas
Water Resources Finance Authority (TWRFA) to preserve and
avoid depleting TWRFA proceeds.
Data Center Services (DCS) Funding. General Revenue to
migrate from the agency's existing cloud environment via
Amazon to the new Hybrid Cloud Services (HCS) environment
currently offered through DCS. The agency reports that HCS is
ten times faster to access and would improve application
performance and staff productivity.
Flood Funding. General Revenue funding totaling $6.3 million
and Floodplain Management Fund No. 330 (Other Funds)
totaling $6.1 million with authority for an additional 2 FTEs
each fiscal year to ensure that flood forecasters, emergency
responders, and citizens have the information they need when
preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods in
Texas.
This funding would (1) maintain existing flood gages and install
additional community-requested and other flood gages, (2)
maintain and enhance the Flood Viewer (TexasFlood.org), (3)
maintain and expand weather stations and soil moisture
monitoring for flood (TexMesonet.org), (4) provide funding to
communities for early flood warning systems and flood
mitigation planning, (5) acquire high resolution high-resolution
land-surface data (LiDAR) to better predict flood plains and
flooding levels, (6) continue and expand outreach activities to
communities affected by flood, (7) continue to expand the
number of flood prediction points in Texas, and (8) develop a
state flood plan and assessment for Texas. SB 1 as introduced
does not include funding for this purpose.
Adopt as Capital Budget
Authority Only
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Water Development Board (580)
Items Not Included in Bill as Introduced
Items Not Included in SB 1 Pended Items Adopted
6. $2,122,140 $2,122,140
1. (1,000,000)$ (1,000,000)$
2. (8,447,938)$ -$
$ 25,857,239 $ 31,957,239 $ - $ - $ (6,708,018) $ 7,839,920 $ 5,350,000 $ 5,350,000
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Water Conservation Education and Assistance Program
Funding. General Revenue to continue 2016-17 funding levels
for a research project contract on the implementation of
recommended municipal water conservation strategies. Funding
in this area was offered up to meet the 4 percent reduction
requirement.
Total, Full-time Equivalents / Tentative Decisions
Demonstration Projects for Alternative Water Supplies:
Eliminate General Revenue funding for demonstration projects
and feasibility studies authorized in Rider 24, Demonstration
Projects for Alternative Water Supplies, and delete the rider.
Workgroup Revisions and Additions:
Total, Outstanding Items / Tentative Decisions
Texas Water Resources Finance Authority (TWRFA):
Appropriate the balance and estimated revenue of TWRFA
funds, estimated to be $16.7 million, toward Economically
Distressed Areas Program debt service costs in lieu of General
Revenue Funds of a like amount, and appropriate $8.2 million
in General Revenue Funds for administrative costs at TWDB in
lieu of TWRFA funds of a like amount. This would result in an
estimated net savings of $8.4 million in General Revenue Funds
for the 2018–19 biennium.
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ns L
imited
to R
even
ue
Collectio
ns.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-5 o
f the D
epartm
ent o
f Agricu
lture b
ill pattern
, amen
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
4.
Tra
nsfer A
uth
ority
. Notw
ithstan
din
g p
rovisio
ns relatin
g to
appro
priatio
n tran
sfers
contain
ed in
Article IX
, Sec. 1
4.0
1, A
ppro
priatio
n T
ransfers o
f this A
ct, Tex
as
Dep
artmen
t of A
gricu
lture (T
DA
) may n
ot tran
sfer amounts id
entified
for co
st
recovery
pro
gram
gro
ups, as id
entified
by in
Rid
er 26, A
ppro
priatio
ns L
imited
to
Rev
enue C
ollectio
ns: C
ost R
ecovery
Pro
gram
s, betw
een co
st recov
ery p
rogram
s
gro
ups n
or m
ay T
DA
transfer ap
pro
priatio
ns fro
m n
on
-related p
rogram
s into
cost
recovery
pro
gram
s. .
43
By:
Dep
artm
ent o
f Ag
ricultu
re, A
rticle V
I P
rop
osed
Fu
nd
ing a
nd
Rid
er
Ap
pro
pria
tion
s Lim
ited
to R
even
ue C
ollectio
ns: C
ost R
eco
very
Pro
gram
s
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
2/2
6/2
017
Overv
iew
Am
end R
ider 2
5, A
ppro
priatio
ns L
imited
to R
even
ue C
ollectio
ns: C
ost R
ecovery
Pro
gram
s to
com
bin
e the W
eights &
Measu
res pro
gram
and th
e Metro
log
y p
rogram
items. A
men
d th
e rider
to rem
ove ex
traneo
us lan
guag
e inclu
ded
in erro
r, to rem
ove rev
enue co
des in
cluded
in erro
r, and
add rev
enu
e cod
es exclu
ded
in erro
r.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-9 o
f the D
epartm
ent o
f Agricu
lture b
ill pattern
, amen
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
26.
Ap
pro
pria
tion
s Lim
ited
to R
even
ue C
ollectio
ns: C
ost R
eco
very
Pro
gram
s.
a. F
ees, fines, an
d o
ther m
iscellaneo
us rev
enu
es as auth
orized
and g
enerated
by th
e
operatio
n o
f the co
st recovery
pro
gram
s shall co
ver, at a m
inim
um
, the co
st of
ap
pro
priatio
ns m
ade in
the fo
llow
ing strateg
ies, as well as th
e "oth
er direct an
d
in
direct co
sts" mad
e elsewhere in
this A
ct:
1)
Liv
estock
Ex
port P
ens: D
irect costs fo
r the L
ivesto
ck E
xport P
ens
(Agricu
lture C
ode, S
ection 1
46, S
ubch
apter B
) cost reco
very
pro
gram
are
estimated
to b
e $15
0,0
00 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
150,0
00 in
fiscal year
2019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $0 fo
r fiscal
year 2
018 an
d $
0 fo
r fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
42
0 an
d
3795).
2)
Intern
ational an
d D
om
estic Trad
e: Direct co
sts for th
e Intern
ational an
d
Dom
estic Trad
e (Agricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 1
2) co
st recovery
pro
gram
are
estimated
to b
e $26
7,5
42 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
267,5
42 in
fiscal year
2019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $31,9
24 fo
r
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
32,9
93 fo
r fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject
Codes: 3
40
0, 3
420, 3
428, an
d 3
795).
3)
Plan
t Health
: Direct co
sts for th
e Plan
t Health
(Agricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 6
1
& 6
2) co
st recov
ery p
rogram
are estimated
to b
e $1,0
23,7
07 in
fiscal year
2018 an
d $
990,3
62 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct
costs" are estim
ated to
be $
452,4
74 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
463,8
20 fo
r
fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
40
0 an
d 3
414).
4)
Egg Q
uality
: Direct co
sts for th
e Egg Q
uality
Reg
ulatio
n (A
gricu
lture
Code, C
h. 1
32) co
st recovery
pro
gram
are estimated
to b
e $473,2
72 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
47
3,2
72 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and
indirect co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $106,9
44 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d
$111,8
21 fo
r fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
40
0 an
d 3
414)
5)
Han
dlin
g an
d M
arketin
g o
f Perish
able C
om
modities: D
irect costs fo
r the
Han
dlin
g an
d M
arketin
g o
f Perish
able C
om
modities (A
gricu
lture C
ode,
Ch. 1
01) co
st recov
ery p
rogram
are estimated
to b
e $23,1
39 in
fiscal year
2018 an
d $
23,1
39 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts"
are estimated
to b
e $5,9
41 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
6,2
12 fo
r fiscal year
2019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
40
0 an
d 3
435).
6)
Grain
Wareh
ouse: D
irect costs fo
r the G
rain W
arehouse (A
gricu
lture
44
Code, C
h. 1
4) co
st recov
ery p
rogram
are estimated
to b
e $475,6
42 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
47
6,7
76 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and
indirect co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $96,5
46 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d
$100,9
50 fo
r fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
40
0 an
d 3
414).
7)
Agricu
ltural P
esticide R
egulatio
n: D
irect costs fo
r the A
gricu
ltural
Pesticid
e Reg
ulatio
n (A
gricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 7
6) co
st recovery
pro
gram
are estimated
to b
e $4,5
82,2
40 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
4,5
81,5
33 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e
$1,0
29,3
48 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
1,0
54,0
01 fo
r fiscal year 2
019
(Rev
enue O
bject C
odes: 3
400 an
d 3
410).
8)
Org
anic C
ertification: D
irect costs fo
r the O
rgan
ic Certificatio
n
(Agricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 1
8) co
st recov
ery p
rogram
are estimated
to b
e
$327,8
23 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
327,8
23 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther
direct an
d in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $65,7
60 fo
r fiscal year 2
018
and $
67,3
37 fo
r fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
40
0, 3
404,
and 3
414).
9)
Prescrib
ed B
urn
: Direct co
sts for th
e Prescrib
ed B
urn
(Natu
ral Reso
urces
Code, C
h. 1
53) co
st recovery
pro
gram
are estimated
to b
e $1,0
38 in
fiscal
year 2
018 an
d $
1,0
38 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct
costs" are estim
ated to
be $
3,1
47 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
3,2
53 fo
r
fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
ode: 3
400).
10)
Stru
ctural P
est Contro
l: Direct co
sts for th
e Stru
ctural P
est Contro
l
(Occu
patio
ns C
ode, C
h. 1
951, S
ubch
apter E
) cost reco
very
pro
gram
are
estimated
to b
e $2,3
41,4
19 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
2,3
41,4
19 in
fiscal
year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e
$594,8
57 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
608,2
41 fo
r fiscal year 2
019
(Rev
enue O
bject C
odes: 3
175
and 3
770
).
11)
Weig
hts &
Measu
res and
Metro
log
y: D
irect costs fo
r the W
eights &
Measu
res and M
etrolo
gy (A
gricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 1
3) co
st recov
ery
pro
gram
s are estimated
to b
e $5,7
49,1
70
6,2
75,6
72 in
fiscal year 2
018
and $
6,2
13,7
30
6,5
93,6
49 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and
indirect co
sts" are estimated
to b
e $2,2
29,0
242,2
99,8
86 in
fiscal year
2018 an
d $
2,2
79,1
872,3
51,6
55 in
fiscal year 2
019 (R
even
ue O
bject
Codes: 3
40
0, 3
402, an
d 3
414).
12)
Metro
log
y: D
irect costs fo
r the M
etrolo
gy (A
gricu
lture C
ode, C
h. 1
3)
cost reco
very
pro
gram
are estimated
to b
e $526,5
02 in
fiscal year 2
018
and $
379,9
19 in
fiscal year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are
estimated
to b
e $70
,862 fo
r fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
72,4
68 fo
r fiscal year
2019 (R
even
ue O
bject C
odes: 3
41
4).
1312)In
direct A
dm
inistratio
n: In
direct co
sts for th
e cost reco
very
pro
gram
s are
estimated
to b
e $3,8
46,3
22 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
3,8
50,6
19 in
fiscal
year 2
019 an
d "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts" are estimated
to b
e
$1,3
11,5
08 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
1,3
54,3
35 in
fiscal year 2
019
(Rev
enue O
bject C
od
es: 3175, 3
400, 3
402, 3
404, 3
410, 3
414, 3
420,
3428, 3
435, 3
770, an
d 3
795).
F
or in
form
ational p
urp
oses, to
tal amounts id
entified
for p
rogram
s in th
is subsectio
n
total $
19,7
87,8
16 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
20,0
77,1
72 in
fiscal year 2
019 fo
r direct
costs an
d in
direct ad
min
istration an
d $
5,9
98,3
35 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
6,1
54,6
18
in fiscal y
ear 2019 fo
r "oth
er direct an
d in
direct co
sts".
T
hese ap
pro
priatio
ns are co
ntin
gen
t upon th
e Dep
artmen
t of A
gricu
lture assessin
g
fees sufficien
t to g
enerate rev
enu
e to co
ver th
e Gen
eral Rev
enue ap
pro
priatio
ns fo
r
each p
rogram
as well as th
e related "o
ther d
irect and in
direct co
sts". In th
e even
t that
actual an
d/o
r pro
jected rev
enue co
llections in
pro
gram
s above are in
sufficien
t to
45
offset th
e costs id
entified
by th
is pro
visio
n, th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
may
direct
that th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts red
uce th
e appro
priatio
n au
thority
pro
vid
ed
above to
the affected
pro
gram
to b
e with
in th
e amount o
f reven
ue ex
pected
to b
e
availab
le.
b.
TD
A sh
all pro
vid
e a repo
rt to th
e Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts an
d th
e
L
egislativ
e Bud
get B
oard
no later th
an th
e end o
f the seco
nd b
usin
ess week
in
M
arch an
d Ju
ne (fo
r the seco
nd an
d th
ird q
uarters) an
d n
o later th
an th
ree
busin
ess day
s after the en
d o
f the fo
urth
quarter d
etailing th
e follo
win
g
in
form
ation at th
e indiv
idual p
rogram
activity
level:
1)
The am
ount o
f fee gen
erated rev
enues co
llected fo
r each o
f the co
st
recovery
pro
gram
s no
later than
the en
d o
f the seco
nd b
usin
ess week
in
March
and Ju
ne (fo
r the seco
nd an
d th
ird q
uarters) an
d n
o later th
an th
ree
busin
ess day
s after the en
d o
f the fo
urth
quarter. T
his in
form
ation sh
all
be p
rovid
ed in
indiv
idual p
rogram
detail;
2)
A p
rojectio
n o
f the rev
enues fo
r each co
st recov
ery p
rogram
TD
A
estimates it w
ill collect b
y th
e end o
f the resp
ective fiscal y
ear. This
info
rmatio
n sh
all be p
rov
ided
in in
div
idual p
rogram
detail;
3)
A d
etailed ex
plan
ation o
f the cau
ses and effects o
f the cu
rrent an
d
anticip
ated flu
ctuatio
ns in
reven
ue co
llections;
4)
The am
ount o
f expen
ditu
res for each
of th
e cost reco
very
pro
gram
s; and
5) A
ny fee ch
anges m
ade d
urin
g th
e fiscal year an
d th
e anticip
ated rev
enu
e
impacts o
f those ch
anges.
In
the ev
ent th
at reported
expen
ditu
res exceed
reven
ues co
llected fo
r any co
st
recovery
pro
gram
, the L
egislativ
e Bud
get B
oard
may
direct th
e Com
ptro
ller of
Public A
ccounts to
reduce th
e appro
priatio
n au
tho
rity p
rovid
ed ab
ove to
the affected
pro
gram
by an
amount sp
ecified b
y th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
.
c.
Also
, contin
gen
t on th
e gen
eration o
f such
reven
ue req
uired
above to
fund
TD
A's co
st recovery
pro
gram
s and related
"oth
er direct an
d in
direct co
sts" TD
A's
"Nu
mber
of F
ull-T
ime E
quiv
alents" in
cludes 2
48.0
FT
Es in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d
248.2
FT
Es in
fiscal year 2
019
. In th
e even
t that actu
al and/o
r pro
jected rev
enue
collectio
ns are in
sufficien
t to o
ffset the co
sts iden
tified b
y th
is pro
visio
n, th
e
Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
may
reduce th
e FT
E cap
pro
vid
ed b
y th
is Act to
reflect
the n
um
ber o
f FT
Es fu
nd
ed b
y th
e amount o
f reven
ue ex
pected
to b
e availab
le.
46
By:
Dep
artm
ent o
f Ag
ricultu
re, A
rticle V
I P
rop
osed
New
Rid
er
Ap
pro
pria
te a su
m-ce
rtain
am
ou
nt o
f reven
ue fo
r the F
uel Q
uality
Pro
gra
m fro
m
Ap
pro
pria
ted R
eceipts
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
2/2
8/2
017
Overv
iew
The F
uel Q
uality
pro
gram
is funded
from
fees collected
as Appro
priated
Receip
ts. In S
enate B
ill
1, th
e pro
gram
is appro
priated
$1,2
25,6
43 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
1,2
14,3
09 in
fiscal year 2
019.
A n
ew rid
er would
cap th
e agen
cy’s ex
pen
ditu
res in th
e Fuel Q
uality
pro
gram
so th
at
expen
ditu
res do n
ot ex
ceed th
ese amounts.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-31 o
f the D
epartm
ent o
f Agricu
lture b
ill pattern
, add th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
28.
Fu
el Qu
ality
Pro
gra
m A
pp
rop
riated
Receip
ts. The A
ppro
priated
Receip
ts
appro
priated
above in
the F
uel Q
uality
pro
gram
fees collected
for testin
g, in
spectio
n,
or p
erform
ance o
f oth
er services related
to m
oto
r fuel p
ursu
ant to
Tex
as Agricu
lture
Code, §
17.1
04
may
not ex
ceed $
1,2
25,6
43 in
fiscal year 2
01
8 an
d $
1,2
14,3
09 in
fiscal year 2
019.
47
By:
Dep
artm
ent o
f Ag
ricultu
re, A
rticle V
I P
rop
osed
New
Rid
er
Metro
logy L
ab
HV
AC
syste
m fu
nd
ing
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
3/2
017
Overv
iew
Add a rid
er to req
uire $
1,9
29,0
00 in
cost-reco
very
Gen
eral Rev
enue ap
pro
priated
for th
e
Metro
log
y p
rogram
to b
e used
for th
e purp
oses o
f repairin
g th
e Metro
log
y L
ab’s H
VA
C sy
stem.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-13 o
f the D
epartm
ent o
f Agricu
lture b
ill pattern
, add th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
29.
Metro
logy L
ab
. Am
ounts ap
pro
priated
above o
ut o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und in
the M
etrolo
gy p
rogram
inclu
de $
1,9
29,0
00 in
fiscal year 2
018, to
be u
sed o
n H
VA
C
system
repairs fo
r the M
etrolo
gy L
abo
ratory
in G
iddin
gs, T
exas.
48
By:
Tex
as C
om
missio
n o
n E
nv
iron
men
tal Q
ua
lity, A
rticle V
I P
rop
osed
Fu
nd
ing a
nd
Rid
er
Tex
as E
missio
ns R
edu
ction
Pla
n (T
ER
P) G
ran
ts an
d A
dm
inistra
tion
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
2/2
6/2
017
Overv
iew
Update th
e Tex
as Em
issions R
eductio
n P
lan (T
ER
P): G
rants an
d A
dm
inistratio
n rid
er to red
uce
the fu
ndin
g fo
r the T
ER
P p
rogram
by $
32,5
00,0
00
in G
eneral R
even
ue-D
edicated
Tex
as
Em
issions R
eductio
n P
lan A
ccount N
o. 5
071
fund
ing each
fiscal year fo
r a total red
uctio
n in
GR
-D fu
ndin
g o
f $65
,00
0,0
00
.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-25 o
f the T
exas C
om
missio
n o
n E
nviro
nm
ental Q
uality
bill p
attern, am
end
the
follo
win
g rid
er:
20.
Tex
as E
missio
ns R
edu
ction
Pla
n (T
ER
P): G
ran
ts an
d A
dm
inistra
tion
. Am
ounts
appro
priated
above in
Strateg
y A
.1.1
, Air Q
uality
Assessm
ent an
d P
lannin
g in
clude
$104,3
02,6
78$71,8
02,6
78
in fiscal y
ear 2018 an
d $
104,3
02,6
77
$71,8
02,6
77 in
fiscal year 2
019
out o
f the T
exas E
missio
ns R
eductio
n P
lan (T
ER
P) A
ccount N
o. 5
071. P
ursu
ant to
Health
and
Safety
Cod
e §386.2
52, th
e table b
elow
pro
vid
es an estim
ated allo
cation fo
r the T
ER
P A
ccou
nt
No. 5
071 ap
pro
priatio
ns fo
r each au
tho
rized u
se of th
e funds fo
r the 2
018
-19 b
ienniu
m.
PR
OG
RA
MS
2
018
2019
TE
RP
Adm
inistratio
n
$
4,1
72,1
07
$ 4
,172,1
07
$ 2
,872,1
07
$ 2
,872,1
07
Reg
ional A
ir Monito
ring P
rogram
$
3,0
00,0
00
$ 3
,000,0
00
Em
issions R
eductio
n In
centiv
e Gran
ts
$ 8
1,1
12,1
96
$ 8
6,3
27,3
29
$ 5
4,4
62,1
96
$ 5
8,0
52,3
29
Tex
as Clean
Sch
ool B
us (m
axim
um
)
$ 4
,172,1
07
$ 4
,172,1
07
$ 2
,872,1
07
$ 2
,872,1
07
Altern
ative F
uelin
g F
acilities Pro
gram
$ 5
,215,1
34 $
0
$ 3
,590,1
34 $
0
New
Tech
no
log
y Im
plem
entatio
n G
rants (m
axim
um
) $ 3
,129,0
80
$ 3
,129,0
80
$ 2
,154,0
80
$ 2
,154,0
80
Health
Effects S
tud
y (m
axim
um
)
$
200,0
00
$ 2
00,0
00
Research
$
1,0
00,0
00
$ 1
,000,0
00
Energ
y S
ystem
s Lab
orato
ry C
ontract (m
axim
um
) $
216,0
00
$ 2
16,0
00
Dra
yag
e Tru
ck In
centiv
e Pro
gram
(min
imum
)
$ 2
,086,0
54
$ 2
,086,0
54
$ 1
,436,0
54 $
1,4
36,0
54
TO
TA
L
$
104,3
02,6
78 $104,3
02,6
77
$ 7
1,8
02,6
78
$ 7
1,8
02,6
77
The T
CE
Q is au
thorized
to reallo
cate un
expen
ded
balan
ces betw
een p
rogram
s to m
eet the
objectiv
es of th
e TE
RP
pro
gram
, pro
vid
ed su
ch reallo
cations are w
ithin
the statu
tory
limitatio
ns
on th
e use o
f TE
RP
Acco
unt N
o. 5
071 as set fo
rth in
Health
and S
afety C
od
e §386.2
52.
.
49
By:
Gen
era
l Lan
d O
ffice an
d V
eteran
s’ Lan
d B
oard
, Article V
I
Pro
posed
Fu
nd
ing a
nd
Rid
er
Fu
nd
ing fo
r the A
lam
o C
om
plex
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/1
4/1
7
Overv
iew
Increase fu
ndin
g in
Strateg
y A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
the A
lamo an
d A
lamo C
om
plex
, by
$37,2
45,0
24 in
Gen
eral Rev
enue o
ver th
e bien
niu
m an
d am
end R
ider 1
6, A
lamo an
d A
lamo
Com
plex
Master P
lan an
d P
reservatio
n, an
d M
ainten
ance, an
d O
peratio
ns, acco
rdin
gly
. Th
e
pro
posed
rider am
endm
ent w
ould
also rem
ove th
e estimated
appro
priatio
n au
thority
from
Gen
eral Rev
enue-D
edicated
Alam
o C
om
plex
Acco
unt N
o. 5
152, m
akin
g th
e appro
priatio
n o
f
$4,2
53,9
91 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e 2018-1
9 b
ienniu
m su
m certain
.
Req
uired
Actio
n
1)
On p
age V
I-29 o
f the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and V
eterans’ L
and B
oard
bill p
attern in
Sen
ate Bill 1
, increase fu
ndin
g in
Strateg
y A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
the A
lamo an
d
Alam
o C
om
plex
, by $
37,2
45,0
24
in fiscal y
ear 20
18 fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue.
2)
On p
age V
I-35 o
f the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and V
eterans’ L
and B
oard
bill p
attern in
House B
ill 1, am
end th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
16. A
pp
rop
riatio
n: P
reserv
atio
n a
nd
Main
tenan
ce of th
e Ala
mo. In
cluded
in th
e amoun
ts
appro
priated
above in
Strateg
y A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
Alam
o C
om
plex
, is $2
77,5
76 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
24
1,3
36 in
fiscal year 2
019 o
ut o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und ). A
lso
pursu
ant to
Natu
ral Reso
urces C
ode, §
31.4
54, all b
alances an
d am
ounts d
eposited
into
the
Gen
eral Rev
enue-D
edicated
Alam
o C
om
plex
Acco
unt N
o. 5
15
2 (estim
ated to
be $
4,2
53,9
91 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e bien
niu
m ), are ap
pro
priated
above to
the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and
Veteran
's Lan
d B
oard
in S
trategy A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
Alam
o C
om
plex
for th
e purp
oses
auth
orized
in N
atural R
esources C
ode, C
hap
ter 31, S
ubch
apter I. A
lam
o a
nd
Ala
mo C
om
plex
Master P
lan
an
d P
reservatio
n, M
ain
tenan
ce, an
d O
pera
tion
s. a. P
ursu
ant to
Natu
ral Reso
urces C
ode, §
31.4
54, th
e amounts in
cluded
above o
f $4,2
53,9
91 in
each fiscal y
ear from
the G
eneral R
even
ue-D
edicated
Alam
o C
om
plex
Acco
unt N
o. 5
152 are
appro
priated
in S
trategy A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
the A
lamo an
d A
lamo C
om
plex
, for th
e
purp
oses au
thorized
in N
atural R
esources C
ode, C
hap
ter 31
, Subch
apter I.
b. A
mounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y A
.3.1
, Preserv
e and M
aintain
the A
lamo an
d A
lamo
Com
plex
, inclu
de G
eneral R
even
ue fu
nds o
f $37,5
22,6
00
in fiscal y
ear 20
18 an
d $
241,3
36 in
fiscal year 2
019 to
implem
ent th
e Master P
lan fo
r the A
lamo an
d th
e Alam
o C
om
plex
and fo
r the
preserv
ation, m
ainten
ance, an
d o
peratio
n o
f the A
lamo an
d A
lamo C
om
plex
. An
y u
noblig
ated
and u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ces remain
ing as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
018 fro
m th
e Gen
eral Rev
enue
appro
priatio
ns g
overn
ed b
y th
is subsectio
n are ap
pro
priated
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the fiscal
year b
egin
nin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2018. A
ppro
priatio
ns g
overn
ed b
y th
is subsectio
n m
ay n
ot b
e
transferred
or u
sed fo
r any o
ther p
urp
oses.
50
By:
Gen
eral L
an
d O
ffice an
d V
eteran
s’ La
nd
Bo
ard
, Article V
I P
rop
osed
Rid
er Am
end
men
t
Tra
nsfer A
uth
ority
Lim
itatio
ns
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
7/1
7
Overv
iew
Am
end R
ider 1
7, T
ransfer A
uth
ority
, in th
e Gen
eral Lan
d O
ffice and V
eterans’ L
and B
oard
bill
pattern
in S
enate B
ill 1, to
expan
d th
e agen
cy’s u
nlim
ited tran
sfer auth
ority
from
funds b
etween
two sp
ecific strategies w
ithin
a single g
oal to
all strategies w
ithin
a single g
oal.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-31 o
f the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and V
eterans’ L
and B
oard
bill p
attern in
Sen
ate Bill
1, am
end th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
17.
Tra
nsfer A
uth
ority
. No
twith
standin
g lim
itations o
n ap
pro
priatio
n tran
sfers contain
ed in
the G
eneral P
rovisio
ns o
f this A
ct, the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and V
eterans' L
and B
oard
, is
auth
orized
to d
irect agen
cy reso
urces w
ithin
the G
eneral L
and O
ffice and V
eterans' L
and
Bo
ard, an
d tran
sfer such
amo
unts ap
pro
priated
above b
etween
strategy lin
e items b
etween
Strateg
ies D.1
.1, R
ebu
ild H
ousin
g an
d D
.1.2
, Reb
uild
Infrastru
cture, fo
r disaster reco
very
fun
ctions. w
ithin
each o
f Go
al A: E
nhan
ce State A
ssets; Goal B
: Pro
tect the C
oastal
En
viro
nm
ent; G
oal C
: Veteran
s’ Lan
d B
oard
(VL
B); an
d G
oal D
: Com
munity
Dev
elopm
ent
and
Rev
italization.
51
By:
Ra
ilroa
d C
om
missio
n
Pro
posed
Rid
er Am
end
men
t
Liq
uid
Pro
pan
e Gas T
rain
ing a
nd
Exam
inatio
n R
enew
al F
ees Fu
nd
ing
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
1/1
7
Overv
iew
Increase th
e amount o
f appro
priatio
ns id
entified
in R
ider 4
, Liq
uid
Pro
pan
e (LP
) Gas T
rainin
g
and E
xam
inatio
n R
enew
al Fees, fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue fro
m $
0 to
$55,0
00 in
each fiscal y
ear of
the b
ienniu
m an
d d
ecrease the am
ount o
f estimated
appro
priatio
ns fro
m A
ppro
priated
Receip
ts
from
$1,1
23,5
00 to
$1,0
68,5
00 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e bien
niu
m. A
men
d th
e text o
f the rid
er
to clarify
that an
y ad
ditio
nal rev
enu
es that m
ay b
e collected
under th
e pro
visio
ns o
f the rid
er are
estimated
to b
e $0.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-58 o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n b
ill pattern
, amen
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
4.
Liq
uid
Pro
pan
e (LP
) Gas T
rain
ing a
nd
Exam
inatio
n R
enew
al F
ees. Inclu
ded
in
amounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y B
.2.1
, Reg
ulate A
lternativ
e En
ergy R
esources, is
$55,0
00 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e bien
niu
m in
Gen
eral Rev
enu
e and $
1,1
23,5
00
$1,0
68,5
00
in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e bien
niu
m , in
Appro
priated
Receip
ts (Rev
enu
e Object C
odes 3
245 an
d
3722) fro
m fees assessed
and co
llected p
ursu
ant to
Natu
ral Reso
urces C
od
e, §§113.0
88 an
d
116.0
34. T
hese am
ounts m
ay o
nly
be u
sed fo
r the p
urp
ose o
f pro
vid
ing train
ing an
d
exam
inatio
ns to
licensees an
d certificate h
old
ers. In ad
ditio
n to
amounts ap
pro
priated
abov
e, any
additio
nal am
ounts co
llected b
y th
e Railro
ad C
om
missio
n p
ursu
ant to
Natu
ral Reso
urces C
ode,
§§113.0
88 an
d 1
16.0
34, o
n o
r after Sep
tember 1
, 2017, are ap
pro
priated
to th
e Com
missio
n fo
r
the sam
e purp
ose. A
ny ad
ditio
nal rev
enues th
at may
be co
llected u
nder th
e pro
visio
ns o
f this
rider are estim
ated to
be $
0.
52
By:
Ra
ilroa
d C
om
missio
n, A
rticle VI
Pro
posed
Rid
er
Co
ntin
gen
cy fo
r SB
300
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
7/1
7
Overv
iew
Add a n
ew rid
er which
would
mak
e appro
priatio
ns o
f $3,1
18,9
50 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d
$3,1
18,9
49 in
fiscal year 2
019
from
Gen
eral Rev
enue-D
edicated
Oil an
d G
as Reg
ulatio
n an
d
Clean
up A
ccount N
o. 5
155
for u
se in th
e Pip
eline S
afety/In
spectio
ns P
rogram
in S
trategy B
.1.1
,
Pip
eline S
afety, co
ntin
gen
t upon th
e enactm
ent o
f Sen
ate Bill 3
00, o
r similar leg
islation, relatin
g
to th
e contin
uatio
n an
d fu
nctio
ns o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n; p
rovid
ing fo
r the im
positio
n o
f
fees, by th
e Eig
hty
-fifth L
egislatu
re, Reg
ular S
ession
.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-60 o
f the b
ill pattern
for th
e Railro
ad C
om
missio
n in
Sen
ate Bill 1
, add
the
follo
win
g rid
er:
14.
Con
tingen
cy fo
r SB
300. O
ut o
f amounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y B
.1.1
,
Pip
eline S
afety, $
3,1
18,9
50 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
3,1
18,9
49 in
fiscal year 2
019
from
Gen
eral Rev
enu
e-Ded
icated O
il and G
as Reg
ulatio
n an
d C
leanup A
ccount N
o.
5155, fo
r the p
urp
oses o
f assisting in
specto
rs to fo
cus o
n en
surin
g o
il field an
d
pip
eline safety
and reg
ulato
ry co
mplian
ce and su
pportin
g a co
mm
itmen
t to in
spect all
onsh
ore w
ells at least every
five y
ears and o
ffshore an
d b
ay w
ells every
two y
ears, is
contin
gen
t upon th
e enactm
ent o
f Sen
ate Bill 3
00, o
r similar leg
islation, relatin
g to
the co
ntin
uatio
n an
d fu
nctio
ns o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n, an
d th
e Railro
ad
Com
missio
n assessin
g fees su
fficient to
gen
erate $3,6
53,8
50 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d
$3,6
53,8
49 in
fiscal year 2
019 fro
m ad
ditio
nal fees au
thorized
in S
enate B
ill 300, o
r
similar leg
islation, in
excess o
f the C
om
ptro
ller’s Bien
nial R
even
ue E
stimate. In
the
even
t that actu
al or p
rojected
reven
ue co
llections are in
sufficien
t to o
ffset the co
sts
iden
tified b
y th
is pro
visio
n, th
e Leg
islative B
ud
get B
oard
may d
irect that th
e
Com
ptro
ller of P
ublic A
ccounts red
uce th
e appro
priatio
n au
thority
pro
vid
ed ab
ove to
be w
ithin
the am
ount o
f reven
ue ex
pected
to b
e availab
le.
53
By:
Ra
ilroa
d C
om
missio
n, A
rticle VI
Pro
posed
Rid
er an
d F
un
din
g
Op
eratio
nal S
tab
ility F
un
din
g
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/1
4/1
7
Overv
iew
Add a n
ew rid
er that w
ou
ld ap
pro
priate $
27,6
50,0
00
for th
e bien
niu
m fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue
funds g
enerated
by th
e Gas U
tility P
ipelin
e Tax
to p
rovid
e operatio
nal stab
ility fo
r the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-60 o
f the b
ill pattern
for th
e Railro
ad C
om
missio
n in
Sen
ate Bill 1
, add
the
follo
win
g rid
er:
___.
Op
eratio
nal S
tab
ility F
un
din
g. In
additio
n to
amounts ap
pro
priated
abo
ve,
$13,8
25,0
00 in
fiscal year 2
018 an
d $
13,8
25,0
00
in fiscal y
ear 2019 in
Gen
eral
Rev
enue is ap
pro
priated
to th
e Railro
ad C
om
missio
n fro
m rev
enu
es gen
erated b
y th
e
Gas U
tility P
ipelin
e Tax
, auth
orized
in U
tilities Code, S
ection 1
22.0
51
.
Notw
ithstan
din
g lim
itations o
n ap
pro
priatio
n tran
sfers contain
ed in
the G
eneral
Pro
visio
ns o
f this A
ct, the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n is au
thorized
to tran
sfer fundin
g
appro
priated
in th
is rider b
etween
strategy lin
e items.
54
By:
Ra
ilroa
d C
om
missio
n, A
rticle VI
Pro
posed
Rid
er
Su
nset C
on
tingen
cy fo
r the R
ailro
ad
Co
mm
ission
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/1
3/1
7
Overv
iew
Add a n
ew rid
er to m
ake co
ntin
ued
fundin
g o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n co
ntin
gen
t upon
contin
uatio
n o
f the d
epartm
ent b
y th
e Eig
hty
-fifth L
egislatu
re, Reg
ular S
ession.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-60 o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n b
ill pattern
in S
enate B
ill 1, ad
d th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
___.
Su
nset C
on
tingen
cy. F
unds ap
pro
priated
above fo
r fiscal year 2
019 fo
r the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n are m
ade co
ntin
gen
t on th
e contin
uatio
n o
f the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n b
y
the E
ighty
-fifth L
egislatu
re, Reg
ular S
ession, 2
01
7. In
the ev
ent th
at the ag
ency is n
ot
contin
ued
, the fu
nds ap
pro
priated
above fo
r fiscal year 2
018, o
r as much
thereo
f as
may
be n
ecessary, are to
be u
sed to
pro
vid
e for th
e phase o
ut o
f the ag
ency
operatio
ns.
55
By:
Ra
ilroa
d C
om
missio
n, A
rticle VI
Pro
posed
Rid
er an
d F
un
din
g
Sala
ry F
un
din
g
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/1
4/1
7
Overv
iew
Add a n
ew rid
er which
would
mak
e appro
priatio
ns o
f $6,0
00,0
00 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e
bien
niu
m fro
m G
eneral R
even
ue fu
nds g
enerated
by th
e Gas U
tility P
ipelin
e Tax
for th
e purp
ose
of p
rovid
ing ad
ditio
nal salary
fundin
g.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-60 o
f the b
ill pattern
for th
e Railro
ad C
om
missio
n in
Sen
ate Bill 1
, add
the
follo
win
g rid
er:
___.
Sala
ry F
un
din
g. R
even
ues d
eposited
to th
e credit o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und
from
the G
as Utility
Pip
eline T
ax, au
thorized
in U
tilities Code, S
ection 1
22.0
51, in
the am
ounts o
f $6,0
00,0
00
each fiscal y
ear are app
ropriated
to th
e Railro
ad
Com
missio
n in
additio
n to
the am
ounts ap
pro
priated
above to
fund salary
costs.
Notw
ithstan
din
g lim
itations o
n ap
pro
priatio
n tran
sfers contain
ed in
the G
eneral
Pro
visio
ns o
f this A
ct, the R
ailroad
Com
missio
n is au
thorized
to tran
sfer fundin
g
appro
priated
in th
is rider b
etween
strategy lin
e items fo
r the so
le purp
ose o
f salary
fundin
g.
56
By:
Wa
ter Dev
elop
men
t Bo
ard
P
rop
osed
Rid
er Dele
tion
Dem
on
stratio
n P
rojec
ts for A
lternativ
e Water S
up
plies
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
1/1
7
Overv
iew
The p
roposed
rider am
endm
ent w
ould
delete R
ider 2
4, D
emonstratio
n P
rojects fo
r Altern
ative
Water S
upplies, in
align
men
t with
Wo
rkgro
up reco
mm
endatio
ns to
remov
e $1,0
00,0
00 in
Gen
eral Rev
enue each
year th
at funded
the p
urp
ose o
f the rid
er.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-71 o
f the W
ater Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
bill p
attern, d
elete the fo
llow
ing rid
er:
24.
Dem
on
stratio
n P
rojec
ts for A
lternativ
e Water S
up
plies. O
ut o
f funds ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y A
.2.2
, Water R
esources P
lannin
g, th
e Water D
evelo
pm
ent B
oard
shall allo
cate
$1,0
00,0
00 o
ut o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und in
fiscal year 2
018 to
fund g
rants fo
r dem
onstratio
n
pro
jects or feasib
ility stu
dies to
pro
ve u
p certain
aquifer sto
rage an
d reco
very
pro
jects or an
y
oth
er dem
on
stration p
rojects o
r feasibility
studies th
at will create n
ew w
ater supplies o
r
oth
erwise in
crease the av
ailability
of w
ater thro
ugh u
se of in
novativ
e storag
e appro
aches th
at
impro
ve o
peratio
nal efficien
cies. Such
pro
jects should
be targ
eted to
pro
vid
e cost-effectiv
e and
long-term
regio
nal w
ater supplies th
at can b
e mad
e availab
le with
in a reg
ion to
help
meet th
e
vario
us co
mpetin
g d
eman
ds fo
r water, in
cludin
g th
ose o
f agricu
ltural, in
dustrial, m
unicip
al and
oth
ers.
The W
ater Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
shall aw
ard th
e gran
ts thro
ugh a co
mpetitiv
e pro
cess to
Gro
undw
ater Conserv
ation D
istricts and stip
ulate th
at such
districts req
uire g
rant ap
plican
ts
and/o
r their p
artner o
rgan
izations to
pro
vid
e match
ing fu
nds. A
ny u
nex
pen
ded
balan
ces
remain
ing in
this ap
pro
priatio
n as o
f Au
gust 3
1, 2
018 are ap
pro
priated
to th
e Water
Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
for th
e same p
urp
ose fo
r the fiscal y
ear beg
innin
g S
eptem
ber 1
, 2018.
57
By:
Wa
ter Dev
elop
men
t Bo
ard
P
rop
osed
Rid
er Am
end
men
ts
Usin
g fu
nd
s from
Tex
as W
ater R
esou
rces Fin
an
ce Au
thority
(TW
RF
A) fo
r Eco
nom
ically
Distressed
Area
Pro
gra
m (E
DA
P) D
ebt S
ervic
e
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/0
1/1
7
Overv
iew
The p
roposed
rider am
endm
ents w
ould
confo
rm th
e riders to
oth
er decisio
ns m
ade th
at would
replace G
eneral R
even
ue fu
ndin
g in
the am
ount o
f $16,6
76,4
32 w
ith A
ppro
priated
Receip
ts from
cash flo
ws fro
m th
e Tex
as Water R
esources F
inan
ce Auth
ority
(TW
RF
A) fo
r the 2
018
-19
bien
niu
m.
Req
uired
Actio
n
a. O
n p
age V
I-68 o
f the W
ater Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
bill p
attern, am
end th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
10. U
se of T
exas W
ater
Reso
urces F
inan
ce Au
thority
(TW
RF
A) F
un
ds. In
cluded
in th
e
amounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y A
.1.2
, Water R
esource D
ata, Strateg
y A
.1.3
,
Auto
mated
Info
rmatio
n C
ollectio
n, M
ainten
ance, an
d D
issemin
ation, S
trategy A
.2.1
,
Tech
nical A
ssistance an
d M
odelin
g, S
trategy A
.2.2
, Water R
esources P
lannin
g, S
trategy
A.3
.1, W
ater Conserv
ation E
ducatio
n an
d A
ssistance, S
trategy B
.1.1
, State an
d F
ederal
Fin
ancial A
ssistance P
rogram
s, Strateg
y D
.1.1
, Cen
tral Adm
inistratio
n, an
d S
trategy D
.1.2
,
Info
rmatio
n R
esources is $
4,1
09,5
98 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e 2018
-19 b
ienniu
m in
Appro
priated
Receip
ts from
cash flo
ws fro
m th
e Tex
as Water R
esources F
inan
ce Auth
ority
(TW
RF
A). A
lso in
cluded
in am
ounts ap
pro
priated
above in
Strateg
y B
.1.1
, State an
d F
ederal
Fin
ancial A
ssistance P
rogram
s, is $4,6
49 in
each fiscal y
ear of th
e 2018-1
9 b
ienniu
m in
Appro
priated
Receip
ts deriv
ed fro
m cash
flow
s and reserv
ed as o
peratin
g co
sts of T
WR
FA
and u
sed to
reimburse T
WD
B fo
r adm
inistrativ
e expen
ditu
res incu
rred b
y th
e Water
Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
in ad
min
istering th
e TW
RF
A p
ortfo
lio.A
mounts ap
pro
priated
abov
e in
Strateg
y C
.1.1
, ED
AP
Deb
t Serv
ice, inclu
de $
8,3
38,2
16
in each
fiscal year o
f the b
ienniu
m
in A
ppro
priated
Receip
ts from
cash flo
ws fro
m th
e Tex
as Water R
esources F
inan
ce
Auth
ority
(TW
RF
A) th
at shall b
e used
for E
cono
mically
Distressed
Areas P
rogram
deb
t
service p
aym
ents.
b.
On p
age V
I-70 o
f the W
ater Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
bill p
attern, am
end th
e follo
win
g rid
er:
20. P
ay
men
t of D
ebt S
erv
ice: Eco
no
mica
lly D
istressed A
reas B
on
ds. A
ll receipts
dep
osited
to th
e Eco
nom
ically D
istressed A
reas Bond P
aym
ent A
ccount N
o. 3
57 are
appro
priated
for th
e paym
ent o
f prin
cipal an
d in
terest on b
onds issu
ed to
pro
vid
e finan
cial
assistance fo
r water an
d w
astewater in
frastructu
re thro
ugh th
e Eco
nom
ically D
istressed
Areas P
rogram
that m
ature o
r beco
me d
ue d
urin
g th
e bien
niu
m b
egin
nin
g w
ith th
e effective
date o
f this A
ct, pursu
ant to
§§49
-c, 49-d
-7, 4
9-d
-8, an
d 4
9-d
-10 o
f Article III o
f the T
exas
Constitu
tion an
d W
ater Code, C
hap
ter 17, S
ubch
apters C
and L
, inclu
din
g am
ounts issu
ed
prio
r to th
e effective d
ate of th
is Act. T
he am
ounts id
entified
above in
the M
ethod o
f
Fin
ancin
g as th
e Eco
nom
ically D
istressed A
reas Bond P
aym
ent A
ccount N
o. 3
57 are
estimated
amounts to
be receiv
ed fro
m rep
aym
ents o
f loan
prin
cipal an
d in
terest on su
ch
bonds th
at matu
re or b
ecom
e due d
urin
g th
e bien
niu
m.
The am
ounts ap
pro
priated
above o
ut o
f the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und in
clude
$29,2
59,9
46$20,9
21,7
30
in fiscal y
ear 2018 an
d $
28,2
03,7
37
$19,8
65,5
21 in
fiscal year 2
019
for d
ebt serv
ice on E
con
om
ically D
istressed A
reas Bonds. T
he actu
al amo
unt o
f funds to
be
paid
from
the G
eneral R
even
ue F
und sh
all be th
e total am
ount o
f deb
t service o
blig
ation
s due
in each
fiscal year less th
e amount av
ailable in
the E
conom
ically D
istressed A
reas Bond
Pay
men
t Acco
unt N
o. 3
57 fo
r Deb
t Serv
ice Paym
ents fo
r the E
conom
ically D
istressed A
reas
Pro
gram
. The am
ounts ap
pro
priated
abov
e inclu
de $
8,3
38,2
16 each
fiscal year o
ut o
f
Appro
priated
Receip
ts from
cash flo
ws fro
m th
e Tex
as Water R
esources F
inan
ce Auth
ority
58
Appro
priated
Receip
ts for d
ebt serv
ice on E
conom
ically D
istressed A
reas Bonds. T
hese
pro
visio
ns sh
all not b
e constru
ed, h
ow
ever, to
abro
gate th
e oblig
ation o
f the S
tate under
§§49-c, 4
9-d
-7, 4
9-d
-8, an
d 4
9-d
-10 o
f Article III o
f the T
exas C
onstitu
tion to
pro
vid
e for th
e
pay
men
t in fu
ll of th
e prin
cipal an
d in
terest on su
ch b
onds th
at matu
re or b
ecom
e due d
urin
g
the b
ienniu
m
59
By:
Wa
ter Dev
elop
men
t Bo
ard
P
rop
osed
Rid
er Am
end
men
t
Cap
ital B
ud
get A
uth
ority
for D
ata
Cen
ter Serv
ices
Prep
ared b
y L
BB
Staff, 0
3/1
4/1
7
Overv
iew
Add a n
ew rid
er to g
rant cap
ital bud
get au
thority
to th
e Water D
evelo
pm
ent B
oard
out o
f
amounts ap
pro
priated
in an
amount n
ot to
exceed
$300,0
00 fo
r mig
ration to
the H
yb
rid C
lou
d
Serv
ices enviro
nm
ent o
ffered th
rou
gh D
ata Cen
ter Serv
ices.
Req
uired
Actio
n
On p
age V
I-72 o
f the W
ater Dev
elopm
ent B
oard
bill p
attern in
Sen
ate Bill 1
, add
the fo
llow
ing
rider:
___.
Hyb
rid C
lou
d S
ervices. N
otw
ithstan
din
g S
ec. 14
.03 L
imitatio
n o
n E
xpen
ditu
res –
Cap
ital Bud
get, th
e Water D
evelo
pm
ent B
oard
may
expen
d fu
nds fro
m av
ailable
appro
priatio
ns ab
ove in
an am
ount n
ot to
exceed
$300,0
00 to
mig
rate to th
e Hyb
rid
Clo
ud S
ervices en
viro
nm
ent o
ffered th
rou
gh D
ata Cen
ter Serv
ices.
60