84th Legislature Issue Docket Article IX Final · 21/05/2015 · Issue Docket. ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS ... provision applies to all employees who ... LBB pre-approval required

Issue Docket

Conference Committee on House Bill 1

2016-17 General Appropriations Bill

Article IX

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Agency/Item 2016 2017 2016 2017 Difference Explanation

ARTICLE IX

House Sec. 18.02.

APPROPRIATION FOR A

SALARY INCREASE

Senate Sec. 18.07

CONTINGENCY FOR SENATE

BILL 1941

195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ 195,101,743$ -$ House appropriates $276,200,156 from

GR, $18,781,528 from GR-D, $55,697,356

from federal funds, $3,392,652 from other

funds, and $36,131,794 from State Highway

Fund to provide for a 2.5% pay increase for

state employees who contribute to

Employees Retirement System. House

appropriation is contingent on HB 9 and

increase in employee retirement contribution

rate.

Senate appropriates same amounts

contingent of SB 1941.

See Supplemental information on ERS.

Senate Sec. 18.02 REASONING

MIND

-$ -$ 2,000,000$ 2,000,000$ 4,000,000$ This item is located in the Public Education

Issue Docket.

Senate Sec. 18.03. ADVANCED

RADIATION THERAPY

-$ -$ 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 2,000,000$ This item is located in the Higher Education

Issue Docket.

ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS

ISSUE DOCKETConference Committee on General Appropriations Bill

House Senate

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ADOPTED IN ART III

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House Sec. 18.03.

APPROPRIATION FOR C.O. at

T.D.C.J. SALARY INCREASE

138,238,909$ 138,238,909$ -$ -$ 276,477,818$ House appropriates $276,477,818 for 10%

pay increase for TDCJ correctional and

parole officers.

Senate appropriates $88.9 million in Art. V

for a 2.5% pay increase each year of the

biennium.

This item is located in the Article V Issue

Docket with 8% pay increase.

House Sec. 18.04.

CONTINGENCY FOR

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

101,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 101,000,000$ Contingent on legislation, House provides

for elimination of the Texas Emerging

Technology Fund and allocates balances to

the Governor's Office (research initiative)

and Higher Education (TRIP and TRUF).

Contingent on legislation, Senate in Article I

and III also provides for the elimination of

the Fund, and allocates balances to Texas

Enterprise Fund and Higher Education

Coordinating Board (research initiative).

This item is located in Article I Issue Docket.

See supplemental materials.

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ADOPTED IN ART V

ADOPTED IN ART I


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Senate Sec. 18.04.

DOWNWARD EXPANSION

-$ -$ 2,750,000$ 2,750,000$ 5,500,000$ This item is located in the Higher Education

Issue Docket.

Senate Sec. 18.05.

APPROPRIATION FOR

FACILITIES

-$ -$ 469,965,423$ -$ 469,965,423$ Senate appropriates funding for facilities in

Article IX, in addition to Articles I-VIII.

House appropriates funding for facilities in

Articles I-VIII.


House Sec. 18.05.

APPROPRIATION TO

ENTERPRISE FUND

50,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 50,000,000$ House provides an appropriation from

balances and from new funds to the Texas

Enterprise Fund.

This item is located in the Article I Issue

Docket.


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House Sec. 18.06.

CONTINGENCY FOR HOUSE

BILL 7

258,343,968$ 119,649,969$ -$ -$ 377,993,937$ House appropriates $162,247,000 to Texas

Commission on Environmental Quality for

the TERP and LIRAP programs.

Senate provides the same amounts in

Article VI.

This is located in the Article VI Issue

Docket.

House appropriates the following,

contingent on House Bill 7:

$9,900,000 to the Department of Public

Safety in GR-D 5010.

$205,846,937 to the Department of State

Health Services in GR-D 5111 and GR-D

5137 (Trauma).

House Sec. 18.07. TEXAS

STATE AQUARIUM

9,000,000$ -$ -$ -$ 9,000,000$ Senate provides $3 million for this purpose

in Article VI.

This Item is located in the Article VI Issue

Docket.

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GRD 5010 ADOPTED IN

ART V AT THESE

AMOUNTS

ADOPTED IN ART II

ADOPTED IN ART VI

TERP/LIRAP ADOPTED IN

ART VI AT THESE

AMOUNTS


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Sec. 18.08. APPROPRIATION

FOR CAPPS

23,566,697$ 20,344,810$ 23,328,086$ 17,575,792$ 3,007,629$

Both chambers make appropriations and

authorize FTEs for CAPPS at the

Comptroller of Public Accounts and

participating agencies.

See supplemental material on CAPPS.

25,475,282$ 20,652,078$

Number of Full Time Equivalents

(FTEs) associated with CAPPS

appropriation

39.0 40.0 38.0 42.0

Sec. 18.09. ADDITIONAL

BENEFITS FOR FTE

INCREASE

12,899,448$ 20,867,249$ 11,507,941$ 13,480,950$ 8,777,806$ Both chambers make appropriations for

additional FTEs authorized in other Articles

of the GAA.

Technical Adjustments &

Rider Amendments

Sec. 6.01 Unexpended Balance

ADOPT

Revision would clarify legislative intent that

estimated unexpended balances

appropriations are adjusted to equal the

actual unexpended balance.

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HOUSE plus $2,215,852 and 4

FTEs for DPS.

CONFORMS TO DECISIONS MADE IN ART

I-VIII


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Sec. 6.24 Deposit and Approval

Requirement for Certain

RESTORE Act Fund.

ADOPT

Revision clarifies reporting requirements.

Sec. 7.04 Contract Notification:

Amounts Greater than $50,000ADOPT

Revision would change definition of contract

to align with Section 7.12.

Sec. 7.12 Notification of Certain

Purchases or Contract Awards,

Amendments, and Extensions

ADOPT

Revision is consistent with and contingent

on failure of new legislation.

Sec. 8.02 Reimbursements and

Payments and 8.03 Surplus

Property

ADOPT

Revision would make appropriation for

failed charter school property.

Sec. 8.15 Cost Recovery of FeesADOPT

Provisions would clarify cost recovery fee

appropriations and deposits.

Sec. 9.08 Computer Inventory

ReportADOPT

Revision exempts institutions of higher

education and courts.

Sec. 14.04 Disaster Related

Transfer AuthorityADOPT

Revision is consistent with current law.

Sec. 16.04 Judgments and

SettlementsADOPT

Revision would require Attorney General to

report only information that may be

disclosed to the public under state or federal

law.

Sec. 18.02 Appropriation for a

Salary Increase for General

State Employees ADOPT

Revision would apply to House

appropriation and would clarify that the

provision applies to all employees who

contribute to the ERS system and does not

apply to other employees.


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Use of the Sporting Good Sales

Tax Transfer to the General

Revenue-Dedicated State Parks

Account No. 64

ADOPT

Rider would move from Art. VI to Art. IX and

clarify that amounts are not estimated.

Analysis of Certain Healthcare

DataADOPT

Provision requires analysis of healthcare

data.

Appropriation for Volunteer

Firemen MonumentADOPT

Appropriates $95,000 for repair of Capitol

monument.

House and Senate Rider

Differences

Sec. 6.25. Pre-Approval for

Certain Expenditures Related to

Mitigation of Adverse

Environmental Impacts.

HOUSE AS

AMENDED

House rider requires LBB pre-approval for

certain expenditures related to mitigation of

adverse environmental impacts.

Renumbered as Sec. 7.13.

Sec. 7.11. Border Security.

SENATEHouse rider defines border security less

broadly than Senate with fewer crimes and

fewer agencies reporting.

Sec. 9.04. Information

Technology Replacement.

(House section heading).

See Article I Issue Docket.

Sec. 9.07. Payments to

Department of Information

Resources.


Sec. 9.11. Cybersecurity

Initiatives.


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Sec. 9.12. Surplus Information

Technology Hardware.


Sec. 10.04 Statewide Behavioral

Health and Substance Abuse

Services. SENATE AS

AMENDED

Senate provides for coordinated statewide

behavioral health strategic planning with

LBB pre-approval required for fiscal year

2017 expenditures. See Senate riders

following bill pattern of each agency listed in

rider.

Sec. 10.05. Funding for Autism

Services. SENATE

This provision will be conformed to

decisions made in Articles II & III.

Sec. 11.05. State Agency

Emergency Leases.ADOPT

Senate provides an exemption to the

Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 11.07. Efficient Use of

State Property to House State

Facilities.

ADOPT

Senate rider requires identification of state

owned property before leasing additional

property.

Sec. 13.02. Report of Additional

Funding.

ADOPT

House rider requires notice to all members

of the legislature in addition to LBB if federal

funds received exceed budgeted amount by

more than $10 million.

Sec. 16.06. Legal

Representation for Legislative

Entity or Official.

HOUSE AS

AMENDED

House rider allows legislative branch to

select a legal representative.

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Sec. 17.09. Border Security -

Informational Listing.SENATE AS

AMENDED

House does not include this informational

rider. If the House had this rider the

information would be different.

Sec. 18.02. Appropriation for a

Salary Increase for General

State Employees.

ADOPT

See funding decision on Sec. 18.02 (House)

/18.07 (Senate). Language would conform

to that decision.

Sec. 18.02. Reasoning Mind.ADOPT

This item located in the Public Education

Issue Docket.

Sec. 18.03. Center for Advanced

Radiation Therapy. ADOPTThis item located in the Higher Education

Issue Docket.

Sec. 18.03. Appropriation for a

Salary Increase for Certain

Employees of the Department of

Criminal Justice.

ADOPTED IN

ART V

This item located in the Article V Issue

Docket.

Sec. 18.04. Contingency for

Emerging Technology Fund

Legislation.

HOUSE AS

AMENDED

This item located in the Article I Issue

Docket.

Sec. 18.04. Downward

Expansion.ADOPTED IN

ART III

This item located in the Higher Education

Issue Docket.

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Sec.18.05. Identified State

Agency Deferred Maintenance

Needs. ADOPTED IN

ART I-VIII

Senate contingency for Senate Bill 2004,

identifying deferred maintenance

appropriations and implementing capital

authority and oversight provisions of the

legislation. Also see funding decision on

page 3.

Sec.18.05. Appropriation to

Trusteed Programs within the

Office of the Governor.

ADOPTED IN

ART I

This item located in the Article I Issue

Docket.

Sec. 18.06. Appropriation of

General Revenue-Dedicated

Accounts, Including Contingency

for House Bill 7.

HOUSE AS

AMENDED

Provision will be conformed to funding

decisions made elsewhere.

Sec. 18.06. Funding Contingent

upon the Passage of Legislation.ADOPT

Senate expresses intent to consider funding

for bills that have passed one chamber by

the time of conference committee's

conclusion of deliberations.

Sec. 18.07. Contingency for

Senate Bill 1941 or Similar

Legislation. ADOPT

See funding decision on Sec. 18.02

(House)/ 18.07 (Senate). Language would

conform to that decision.

Sec.18.07. Texas State

Aquarium. ADOPTED IN

ART VI

This item located in Article VI Issue Docket.

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Sec. 18.08. Centralized

Accounting and Payroll

Personnel System Deployments.

HOUSE AS

AMENDED

Both chambers make appropriation and

authorize FTEs. Senate appropriations are

less than the House.

Sec. 18.09. Additional Benefits

for FTE Increases.

CONFORMS TO

DECISIONS

FROM ART I-VIII

Both chambers make appropriations for

additional FTEs authorized in other Articles

of the GAA.

Sec. 18.10. Coordination with

Joint Oversight Committee on

Government Facilities.

ADOPTSenate requires agencies to provide notice

to oversight committee contingent of SB

2004.

Sec. 18.10. No Destruction of

Human Embryos for Research

Purposes.

ADOPT

House prohibits any funds appropriated by

GAA from being used in research that

destroys human embryos.

Sec. 18.11. Study of Traffic and

Economic Impact Related to

Increased Traffic Enforcement in

Border Region.

ADOPT

House requires Comptroller, Workforce

Comm., and Dept. of Public Safety to study

and report on economic impact of increased

traffic law enforcement in border region.

Sec. 18.12. Grants to Certain

Peace Officer Organizations. ADOPT

House prohibits grants to peace officer

organizations if the organization lobbies for

or provides legal representation to its

members.

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s (a)(1) an

d

(a)(2) o

f this p

rov

ision

. Affected

agen

cies bill p

atterns an

d cap

ital bu

dg

et auth

ority

shall

be am

end

ed acco

rdin

gly

.

(2) T

he ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade in

Su

bsectio

n (b

)(1), id

entified

in S

ub

section

s (a)(3) an

d

any

match

ing

federal fu

nd

s related to

the ap

pro

priatio

ns o

f this p

rov

ision

are sub

ject to

the fo

llow

ing tw

o-step

pre-ap

pro

val p

rocess, as allo

wed

by A

rticle 16

, Sectio

n 6

9, T

exas

Constitu

tion:

(A) in

step 1

of th

e two

step p

re-app

rov

al pro

cess the Jo

int O

versig

ht C

om

mittee o

n

Go

vern

men

t Facilities o

r a similar co

mm

ittee may receiv

e, review

, revise, an

d fo

rward

a

pro

po

sal pro

vid

ed b

y th

e agen

cies listed b

y S

ub

section

(a) of th

is pro

visio

n fo

r the u

se of

the ap

pro

priatio

ns o

r auth

ority

pro

vid

ed o

r iden

tified b

y S

ub

section

s (a) this p

rov

ision;

and

Page 14 of 40

(B) in

step 2

of th

e two

step p

re-app

rov

al pro

cess the L

egislativ

e Bu

dg

et Bo

ard m

ay

app

rov

e or d

isapp

rov

e the p

rop

osal fo

rward

ed b

y th

e Join

t Ov

ersigh

t Co

mm

ittee on

Go

vern

men

t Facilities o

r a similar co

mm

ittee .

(3) C

on

ting

ent o

n th

e failure b

y th

e 84

th Leg

islature, R

egu

lar Sessio

n, to

enact S

enate B

ill

20

04

or sim

ilar legislatio

n, th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

shall receiv

e, review

, and

app

rov

e or d

isapp

rove a p

roposal p

rov

ided

by th

e agen

cies listed in

Su

bsectio

n (a) o

f this

pro

visio

n fo

r the u

se of th

e appro

priatio

ns o

r auth

ority

iden

tified in

Su

bsectio

n (a).

(c) Ag

encie

s an

d A

mo

un

ts.

(1) T

exas F

acilities Co

mm

ission

$2

55

,02

8,9

54

in G

eneral R

even

ue;

(2) T

exas M

ilitary D

epartm

ent $

19

,56

2,5

00

in G

eneral R

even

ue an

d $

29,1

87,5

00 in

Fed

eral Fu

nds;

(3) T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f Crim

inal Ju

stice $6

9,1

86

,46

9 in

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e; and

(4) T

exas P

arks an

d W

ildlife D

epartm

ent $

97

,00

0,0

00

in G

eneral R

even

ue.

(d) C

ap

ital A

uth

ority

an

d O

ver

sigh

t.

Su

bject to

the p

re-appro

val p

rocess p

rov

ided

by S

ub

section

(b) o

f this S

ection

, the

follo

win

g ag

encies are p

rovid

ed cap

ital bu

dg

et auth

ority

in th

e follo

win

g am

ou

nts fo

r the

app

rop

riation

s mad

e un

der o

ther A

rticles of th

is Act:

(1) D

epartm

ent o

f Pu

blic S

afety $

21,0

00

,00

0; an

d

(2) T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f Tran

spo

rtation

$2

00

,00

0,0

00

.

(e)(c) Ap

proval.

Th

e requ

est for ap

pro

val o

f the L

egislativ

e Bu

dg

et Bo

ard o

utlin

ed b

y S

ub

section

(b)(1

)

(B) (b

)(2)(B

) and (b

)(2)(3

) of th

is Sectio

np

rov

ision

shall b

e sub

mitted

in a tim

ely m

anner

with

adeq

uate in

form

ation

for ev

aluatin

g th

e requ

est. An

y ad

ditio

nal in

form

ation

requ

ested b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

mu

st be su

bm

itted p

rom

ptly

and

in a m

ann

er

prescrib

ed b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

. Th

e requ

est shall b

e con

sidered

to b

e

app

rov

ed u

nless th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

issues a w

ritten d

isapp

rov

al with

in 3

0

bu

siness d

ays after th

e date th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

staff con

clud

es its review

of th

e

requ

est and

forw

ards th

e review

to th

e Ch

air of th

e Ho

use A

pp

rop

riation

s Co

mm

ittee,

Ch

air of th

e Sen

ate Fin

ance C

om

mittee, S

peak

er of th

e Ho

use, an

d L

ieuten

ant G

ov

ernor.

An

y req

uests fo

r additio

nal in

form

ation

mad

e by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

interru

pts

the co

untin

g o

f the 3

0 b

usin

ess days.

(f) Ap

plic

atio

n o

f Cap

ital T

ran

sfer Lim

its.(d) L

imita

tion

on

Tra

nsfers o

f Fu

nd

s

No

part o

f Sec. 1

4.0

3 o

f this A

rticle IX, L

imitatio

n o

n E

xp

end

itures –

Cap

ital Bu

dg

et,

app

lies to th

e fun

ds m

ade su

bject to

this S

ection

18

.05.

(g) P

roject A

pp

rov

al T

hresh

old

.

Th

e Pro

ject Sub

missio

n an

d A

ppro

val P

rocess sp

ecified b

y S

ub

section

(b) o

f this S

ection

app

lies on

ly to

pro

jects hav

ing

total p

roject co

sts of m

ore th

an $

1 m

illion

.

(e) Am

end

ed P

roje

ct Ap

pro

val T

hresh

old

.

(1) F

ollo

win

g in

itial appro

val p

rov

ided

by S

ub

section

(b)(2

), any p

roject ch

ang

e less than

$1

millio

n is su

bject to

the ap

pro

val o

f the Jo

int O

versig

ht C

om

mittee o

n G

ov

ernm

ent

Facilities in

accord

ance w

ith th

e pro

visio

ns o

f SB

20

04

.

(2) F

ollo

win

g in

itial appro

val, an

y p

roject ch

ang

e that ex

ceed

s $1

millio

n is su

bject to

app

rov

al pro

cess un

der S

ub

section

(b)(2

) of th

is pro

visio

n.

(h)(f) C

om

ptro

ller Relea

se of F

un

ds.

No

agen

cy fu

ndsap

pro

priatio

ns o

r auth

ority

pro

vid

ed o

r iden

tified cap

ital bu

dg

et

auth

ority

by th

is Sectio

nS

ubsectio

n (a) o

f this p

rov

ision

18

. (inclu

din

g th

e Su

bsectio

n (d

)

fun

ds o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety an

d T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f Tran

spo

rtation

) may

be released

by th

e Co

mptro

ller to b

e used

for an

y p

urp

ose w

itho

ut sp

ecific written

app

rov

al by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

Page 15 of 40

(g) U

nex

pen

ded

Bala

nce A

uth

ority

A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

and u

noblig

ated b

alances fro

m ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade o

r iden

tified h

erein

as of A

ug

ust 3

1, 2

016 are ap

pro

pria

ted to

each resp

ective ag

ency fo

r the fiscal y

ear

beg

inn

ing

Sep

tember 1

, 201

6 fo

r the sa

me p

urp

ose.

Page 16 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Mu

ltiple A

gen

cies, A

rticle IX

Pro

posed

Fu

nd

ing a

nd

Rid

er

Cen

tralized

Acco

un

ting a

nd

Payro

ll/Perso

nn

el Syste

m (C

AP

PS

) Dep

loym

ents

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

1/2

015

Overv

iew

Rev

ise Article IX

, Sectio

n 1

8.0

8, C

entralized

Acco

untin

g an

d P

ayro

ll/Perso

nnel S

ystem

s

Dep

loym

ents, to

inclu

de ap

pro

priatio

ns o

f $2,2

15,8

53

in G

eneral R

even

ue an

d an

increase o

f 4.0

FT

Es to

the D

epartm

ent o

f Public S

afety fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f assisting d

eplo

ym

ent o

nto

the

Cen

tralized A

ccountin

g an

d P

ayro

ll/Perso

nnel S

ystem

(CA

PP

S). A

lso rev

ise the p

rovisio

n to

restrict appro

priatio

ns m

ade in

the p

rovisio

n so

lely fo

r purp

oses o

f the C

AP

PS

and to

remov

e the

Board

of N

ursin

g fro

m req

uirem

ents to

coord

inate w

ith th

e Com

ptro

ller’s office fo

r dep

loym

ent

efforts d

urin

g th

e 2016

-17 b

ienniu

m.

Req

uired

Actio

n

In A

rticle IX o

f House B

ill 1, A

s Engro

ssed, rev

ise the fo

llow

ing sectio

n, in

cludin

g ren

um

berin

g

subsectio

ns acco

rdin

gly

:

18.0

8 C

entra

lized A

ccou

ntin

g a

nd

Payro

ll/Perso

nn

el Syste

ms D

eplo

ym

ents.

(a) Appro

priatio

ns m

ade to

the C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts elsew

here in

this A

ct are

increased

by $

21,2

13,4

85 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

18,2

04,1

85 in

fiscal year 2

017 o

ut o

f

Gen

eral Rev

enue F

unds fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f op

erating an

d m

aintain

ing th

e Cen

tralized

Acco

untin

g an

d P

ayro

ll/Perso

nnel S

ystem

(CA

PP

S) an

d d

eplo

yin

g ag

encies o

nto

CA

PP

S.

In ad

ditio

n, th

e “Num

ber o

f Full-T

ime-E

quiv

alents (F

TE

)” is increased

by 2

1.0

in fiscal

year 2

016 an

d 2

5.0

in fiscal y

ear 2017.

(b) In

additio

n to

appro

priatio

ns m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct, appro

priatio

ns an

d “N

um

ber o

f

Full-T

ime-E

quiv

alents (F

TE

)” are increased

for ag

encies listed

belo

w fo

r the so

le purp

ose

of assistin

g d

eplo

ym

ent o

f Com

ptro

ller’s CA

PP

S fo

r either o

r both

finan

cial and h

um

an

resources/p

ayro

ll functio

nality

durin

g th

e 2016

-17

bien

niu

m an

d are n

ot av

ailable fo

r any

oth

er purp

ose:

F

Y 2

016

F

Y 2

017

Gen

era

l

Rev

enu

e

FT

Es

Gen

era

l

Rev

enu

e

FT

Es

Bien

nia

l

Tota

l

Article I

Lib

rary an

d A

rchiv

es

Com

missio

n

$250,0

00

2.0

$250,0

00

2.0

$500,0

00

Veteran

s Com

missio

n

$125,0

00

0.0

$82,0

00

0.0

$207,0

00

Article III

Hig

her E

ducatio

n C

oord

inatin

g

Board

$640,3

76

4.0

$750,0

24

4.0

$1,3

90,4

00

Article IV

Office o

f Court A

dm

inistratio

n

$432,7

69

2.0

$370,6

69

2.0

$803,4

38

Article V

Alco

holic B

everag

e Com

missio

n

$105,9

67

1.0

$132,2

77

1.0

$238,2

44

Military

Dep

artmen

t $334,4

87

3.0

$334,4

87

3.0

$668,9

74

Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety

$1,9

08,5

85

4.0

$307,2

68

4.0

$2,2

15,8

53

Article V

I

Anim

al Health

Com

missio

n

$41,0

55

1.0

$41,0

55

1.0

$82,1

10

Article V

III

State O

ffice of A

dm

inistrativ

e

Hearin

gs

$342,0

00

4.0

$125,5

59

1.0

$467,5

59

Dep

artmen

t of L

icensin

g an

d

$81,5

58

1.0

$54,5

54

$136,1

12

Page 17 of 40

Reg

ulatio

n

1.0

Tota

l

$2,3

53,2

12

4,2

61,7

97

18.0

22.0

$2,1

40,6

25

2,4

47,8

93

15.0

19.0

$4,4

93,8

37

6,7

09,6

90

(c) In acco

rdan

ce with

§210

1.0

36, G

overn

men

t Code, ag

encies id

entified

in su

bsectio

n (b

) in

this sectio

n an

d th

ose listed

belo

w in

this su

bsectio

n o

ut o

f funds ap

pro

priated

elsewhere

in th

is Act sh

all coord

inate w

ith th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f

dep

loyin

g eith

er or b

oth

finan

cial and h

um

an reso

urces/p

ayro

ll fun

ctionality

of C

AP

PS

durin

g th

e 2016

-17 b

ienn

ium

:

Can

cer Prev

entio

n an

d R

esearch In

stitute o

f Tex

as

Dep

artmen

t of H

ousin

g an

d C

om

munity

Affairs

Com

missio

n o

n L

aw E

nfo

rcemen

t

Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety

Railro

ad C

om

missio

n

Dep

artmen

t of In

suran

ce

Board

of N

ursin

g

Board

of P

harm

acy

State A

udito

r’s Office

(d) N

otw

ithstan

din

g au

thority

pro

vid

ed in

Article IX

, Sectio

n 1

4.0

3, L

imitatio

n o

n

Ex

pen

ditu

res – C

apital B

udget, ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade in

this sectio

n to

the C

om

ptro

ller of

Public A

ccounts an

d to

agen

cies iden

tified in

subsectio

n (b

) are availab

le only

for th

e

purp

oses id

entified

in su

bsectio

ns (a) an

d (b

), respectiv

ely, an

d are n

ot av

ailable fo

r any

oth

er purp

ose.

(e) An

y u

nex

pen

ded

and u

noblig

ated b

alances o

ut o

f the ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade in

this sectio

n

remain

ing as o

f Au

gust 3

1, 2

016 are ap

pro

priated

for th

e fiscal year b

egin

nin

g S

eptem

ber

1, 2

016 fo

r the sam

e pu

rpose.

(f) E

ach ag

ency id

entified

in th

is section sh

all subm

it semian

nual rep

orts to

the L

egislativ

e

Bud

get B

oard

that id

entifies b

udgeted

and ex

pen

ded

amounts fo

r the p

urp

ose o

f

dep

loyin

g eith

er or b

oth

finan

cial and h

um

an reso

urces/p

ayro

ll fun

ctionality

of C

AP

PS

in

a form

at prescrib

ed b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

. The rep

orts sh

all be su

bm

itted n

ot

later than

April 1

for th

e first six m

onth

perio

d o

f the fiscal y

ear and b

y O

ctober 1

for th

e

second six

month

perio

d o

f the fiscal y

ear.

(g) O

n o

r befo

re Octo

ber 1

, 201

6, th

e agen

cies iden

tified in

this sectio

n sh

all subm

it a join

t

report to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

iden

tifyin

g an

y in

form

ation tech

nolo

gy sy

stems

which

hav

e retired o

r are pro

jected to

be retired

as a result o

f dep

loym

ent o

f CA

PP

S,

inclu

din

g an

y co

st savin

gs o

r pro

jected co

st savin

gs resu

lting fro

m th

ose sy

stems’

retiremen

ts. The rep

ort sh

all be in

a form

at prescrib

ed b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

.

Page 18 of 40

Pro

posed

Tech

nica

l Am

end

men

ts S

ec. 6.0

1. U

nex

pen

ded

Balan

ce[Defin

itions].

(a) In th

is Act "u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce" or th

e abb

reviatio

n "U

B" m

eans th

e unoblig

ated b

alance

remain

ing in

an ap

pro

priatio

n, i.e., o

nly

that p

art of an

appro

priatio

n, if an

y, th

at has n

ot b

een set

apart b

y th

e incu

rring o

f an o

blig

ation, co

mm

itmen

t, or in

deb

tedness b

y th

e state agen

cy

auth

orized

to sp

end th

e appro

priatio

n. A

reference in

this A

ct to "u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce" or "U

B"

is a reference to

the u

nob

ligated

balan

ce of an

amount ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act fo

r the fiscal y

ear

endin

g A

ugust 3

1, 2

016, u

nless an

oth

er mean

ing is clearly

indicated

.

(b) F

or an

y estim

ated U

B ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act, sh

ould

the actu

al amoun

t of th

e UB

be

differen

t than

the estim

ate iden

tified in

this A

ct, the ap

pro

priatio

n is ad

justed

to eq

ual th

e actual

UB

, subject to

any o

ther restrictio

ns to

that ap

pro

priatio

n m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct.

Page 19 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Article

IX

Pro

po

sed

Rid

er

Ap

proval R

ider fo

r A

gen

cie

s Ad

min

isterin

g R

ES

TO

RE

Act F

un

ds

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/20

/15

Ov

erv

iew

Mo

dify

a rider th

at requires an

y ag

ency th

at inten

ds to

exp

end

at least $1

millio

n p

er pro

ject or

pro

gram

from

funds related

to th

e RE

ST

OR

E A

ct to su

bm

it an ap

pro

val req

uest to

the L

egislativ

e

Bu

dget B

oard

and O

ffice of th

e Govern

or. T

he rid

er is on

ly ap

plicab

le to R

ES

TO

RE

Act fu

nd

s, and

it exem

pts fu

nds ad

min

istered b

y th

e Gu

lf Co

ast Eco

system

Resto

ration

Co

uncil fro

m th

e app

roval

requ

iremen

t.

Req

uir

ed

Actio

n

In A

rticle IX, m

odify

the fo

llow

ing rid

er:

Sec. 6

.24

. Dep

osit a

nd

Ap

pro

va

l Req

uirem

ent fo

r Certa

in D

eepw

ater H

orizo

n O

il Sp

ill RE

ST

OR

E

Act F

un

ds. F

un

ds related

to th

e Reso

urces an

d E

cosy

stems S

ustain

ability

, Tourist O

pportu

nities, an

d

Rev

ived

Eco

no

mies o

f the G

ulf C

oast S

tates Act (R

ES

TO

RE

Act) sh

all be d

eposited

to th

e State T

reasury

in a d

esignated

accoun

t to b

e determ

ined

by th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts. A

ny ag

ency

that in

tends

to ex

pen

d at least $

1 m

illion

for a p

roject o

r pro

gram

usin

g fu

nds related

to th

e Reso

urces an

d E

cosy

stems

Sustain

ability

, To

urist O

ppo

rtunities, an

d R

eviv

ed E

conom

ies of th

e Gulf C

oast S

tates RE

ST

OR

E A

ct, or

any fu

nds related

to th

e Deep

water H

orizo

n o

il spill th

at are dep

osited

to th

e State T

reasury

, shall su

bm

it

an ex

pen

ditu

re requ

est in a tim

ely m

ann

er to th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and O

ffice of th

e Govern

or fo

r

appro

val p

rior to

mak

ing an

y su

ch ex

pen

ditu

re. RE

ST

OR

E A

ct funds aw

arded

by th

e Gulf C

oast

Eco

system

Resto

ration

Coun

cil are exem

pt fro

m th

e appro

val req

uirem

ent. If an

agen

cy receiv

es such

funds fro

m an

oth

er agen

cy, th

e agen

cy th

at finally

expen

ds th

e funds sh

all subm

it the ex

pen

ditu

re requ

est.

Any ad

ditio

nal in

form

ation req

uested

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

or th

e Govern

or m

ust b

e subm

itted

pro

mptly

and in

a man

ner p

rescribed

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

or th

e Govern

or. If after th

e 30

th

busin

ess day

after com

pletio

n o

f a review

by L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

staff and fo

rward

ing o

f a

recom

men

datio

n to

the C

hair o

f the H

ou

se Appro

priatio

ns C

om

mittee, C

hair o

f the S

enate F

inan

ce

Com

mittee, S

peak

er of th

e Ho

use, an

d L

ieuten

ant G

overn

or th

ere is no n

otificatio

n o

f disap

pro

val issu

ed

to th

e agen

cy b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

or th

e Govern

or, th

e expen

ditu

re request is ap

pro

ved

. An

y

requests fo

r add

itional in

form

ation

mad

e by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

shall in

terrupt th

e countin

g o

f

the 3

0 b

usin

ess day

s. Fu

nd

s related to

the N

ational F

ish an

d W

ildlife F

oundatio

n o

r Natu

ral Reso

urce

Dam

age A

ssessmen

t are not su

bject to

this rid

er.

Page 20 of 40

Article

IX

Pro

posed

Rid

er

Notifica

tion

Rid

er for C

ertain

RE

ST

OR

E A

ct Fu

nd

s

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 5

/21

/15

Overv

iew

Modify

a rider th

at requires an

y ag

ency th

at inten

ds to

expen

d at least $

1 m

illion p

er pro

ject or

pro

gram

from

the R

ES

TO

RE

Act D

irect Com

ponen

t to su

bm

it notificatio

n to

the L

egislativ

e

Bud

get B

oard

. Th

e rider is o

nly

applicab

le to th

e RE

ST

OR

E A

ct Direct C

om

ponen

t.

Req

uired

Actio

n

In A

rticle IX, m

odify

the fo

llow

ing rid

er:

Sec. 6

.24

. D

epo

sit an

d A

pp

rova

l Notifica

tion

Req

uirem

ent fo

r Certa

in D

eepw

ater H

orizo

n O

il

Sp

ill RE

ST

OR

E A

ct Fu

nd

s. Funds related

to th

e Reso

urces an

d E

cosy

stems S

ustain

ability

,

To

urist O

ppo

rtun

ities, and

Rev

ived

Eco

nom

ies of th

e Gulf C

oast S

tates Act (R

ES

TO

RE

Act)

shall b

e dep

osited

to th

e State T

reasury

in a d

esignated

account to

be d

etermin

ed b

y th

e

Co

mp

troller o

f Pu

blic A

ccou

nts.

A

ny ag

ency

that in

tends to

expen

d at least $

1 m

illion fo

r a pro

ject or p

rogram

usin

g fu

nd

s

related to

the R

esources an

d E

cosy

stems S

ustain

ability

, Tourist O

pportu

nities, an

d R

eviv

ed

Eco

no

mies o

f the G

ulf C

oast S

tates RE

ST

OR

E A

ct Direct C

om

ponen

t, or an

y fu

nds related

to th

e Deep

water H

orizo

n o

il spill th

at are dep

osited

to th

e State T

reasury

, shall su

bm

it an

exp

enditu

re request in

no

tify in

a timely

man

ner th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and O

ffice of

the G

overn

or fo

r app

roval in

a timely

man

ner p

rior to

makin

g an

y su

ch ex

pen

ditu

re. Th

e

no

tification

shall in

clude in

form

ation d

escribin

g th

e pro

ject or p

rogram

and its co

st.

If an

agen

cy receiv

es such

fun

ds fro

m an

oth

er agen

cy, th

e agen

cy th

at finally

expen

ds th

e

fun

ds sh

all sub

mit th

e exp

enditu

re request n

otificatio

n. A

ny ad

ditio

nal in

form

ation req

uested

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

or th

e Govern

or m

ust b

e subm

itted p

rom

ptly

and in

a

man

ner p

rescribed

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

or th

e Govern

or. If after th

e 30

th b

usin

ess

day

after com

pletio

n o

f a review

by L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

staff and fo

rward

ing o

f a

recom

men

datio

n to

the C

hair o

f the H

ouse A

ppro

priatio

ns C

om

mittee, C

hair o

f the S

enate

Fin

ance C

om

mittee, S

peak

er of th

e House, an

d L

ieuten

ant G

overn

or th

ere is no n

otificatio

n

of d

isappro

val issu

ed to

the ag

ency

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

or th

e Govern

or, th

e

exp

enditu

re request is ap

pro

ved

. Any req

uests fo

r additio

nal in

form

ation m

ade b

y th

e

Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

shall in

terrupt th

e countin

g o

f the 3

0 b

usin

ess day

s. Fu

nd

s related

to th

e Na

tion

al F

ish a

nd

Wild

life Fou

nd

atio

n o

r Natu

ral R

esou

rce Dam

age A

ssessmen

t

are n

ot su

bject to

this rid

er.

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Sec. 7

.04. C

on

tract N

otifica

tion

: Am

ou

nts G

reater th

an

$50,0

00.

(a) In th

is section "co

ntract" in

cludes a co

ntract o

r gran

t or, ag

reemen

t, inclu

din

g an

interag

ency

gran

t or ag

reemen

t or an

interlo

cal gran

t agreem

ent, p

urch

ase ord

er or o

ther w

ritten ex

pressio

n o

f

terms o

f agreem

ent o

r an am

endm

ent, m

odificatio

n, ren

ewal, o

r exten

sion o

f such

for th

e

purch

ase or sale o

f goods o

r services th

at was en

tered in

to o

r paid

for, eith

er in w

hole o

r in p

art,

by a state ag

ency o

r institu

tion o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n d

urin

g a fiscal y

ear. (b

) In th

is section

a con

tract does n

ot in

clud

e: (1

) a co

ntract th

at has b

een rep

orted

to th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

under §

§2054.0

08, 2

166.2

55

1,

2254.0

06, o

r 225

4.0

30

1, G

overn

men

t Co

de;

(2)

a purch

ase ord

er; (3

) an

interag

ency

con

tract; (4

) an

interlo

cal agreem

ent;

(5)

a contract w

ith a v

alue o

f less than

or eq

ual to

$50,0

00; o

r (6

) a co

ntract p

aid o

nly

with

fun

ds n

ot ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act.

(c) Befo

re Octo

ber 1

of each

fiscal year, a state ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n sh

all report to

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dget B

oard

in th

e man

ner p

rescribed

by L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

all contracts to

which

the ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n w

as a party

du

ring th

e prio

r fiscal year.

Page 21 of 40

Pro

posed

Tech

nica

l Am

end

men

ts S

ec. 7.1

2. N

otifica

tion

of C

ertain

Pu

rch

ases o

r Con

tract A

ward

s, Am

en

dm

ents, a

nd

Exten

sion

s.

(a) Until p

rovid

ing n

otice th

at satisfies the req

uirem

ents o

f this S

ec. 7.1

2, an

agen

cy o

r

institu

tion o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n ap

pro

priated

funds in

this A

ct may

not ex

pen

d fu

nds to

mak

e a

pay

men

t on a co

ntract o

r purch

ase expen

d an

y fu

nds to

award

a contract o

r mak

e a purch

ase if if

the ex

pected

amount o

f the co

ntract o

r purch

ase, inclu

din

g an

y su

bseq

uen

t amen

dm

ents o

r

chan

ges to

such

a contract o

r purch

ase, exceed

s or m

ay reaso

nab

ly b

e expected

to ex

ceed eith

er:

of th

e follo

win

g th

reshold

s:

(1) $

10 m

illion; o

r

(2) $

1 m

illion in

the case o

f a contract o

r purch

ase:

(A) aw

arded

or m

ade as a resu

lt of an

emerg

ency o

r follo

win

g an

emerg

ency

pro

cedure allo

wed

by statu

te; or

(B) aw

arded

or m

ade w

ithout issu

ing a req

uest fo

r pro

posal, req

uest fo

r bid

, or

oth

er

similar p

rocess co

mm

on to

particip

ation in

the co

mpetitiv

e bid

din

g p

rocesses

required

by statu

te, rule, o

r ord

inary

and co

mm

only

recognized

state policies

and p

roced

ures.

(b) A

n ag

ency o

r institu

tion o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n m

ay n

ot ex

pen

d fu

nds to

mak

e a paym

ent o

n a

contract o

r pu

rchase o

rder in

(a)(1) o

r (a)(2) u

ntil th

e notice req

uired

in th

is Sectio

n 7

.12 is

pro

vid

ed to

exceed

the th

reshold

s pro

vid

ed u

nder S

ubsectio

n (a) o

f this S

ec. 7.1

2 after p

rovid

ing

a written

notice to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

. Such

notice sh

all be p

rov

ided

to th

e Leg

islative

Bud

get B

oard

:

(1) at least 1

0 b

usin

ess day

s prio

r to m

akin

g su

ch a p

aym

ent; o

r:

(1) m

eeting all o

f the req

uirem

ents o

f Subsectio

n (c) o

f this S

ec. 7.1

2 a m

inim

um

of 3

0

busin

ess day

s prio

r to th

e earlier of th

e date o

f:

(A) th

e purch

ase; or

(B) th

e execu

tion o

r issuan

ce of a co

ntract; o

r

(2) w

ithin

48 h

ours o

f mak

ing su

ch a p

aym

ent if th

e contract o

r purch

ase ord

er was m

ade

as a result o

f an em

ergen

cy o

r follo

win

g an

emerg

ency p

roced

ure allo

wed

by statu

te.

Such

a purch

ase must b

e necessary

to av

oid

a hazard

to life, h

ealth, safety

or th

e welfare

of h

um

ans, o

r to av

oid

a hazard

to p

roperty

. (2) co

ntain

ing a clear statem

ent o

f the

emerg

ency an

d n

ecessity fo

r mak

ing th

e contract o

r purch

ase, a min

imum

of 2

4 h

ou

rs

prio

r to th

e earlier to o

ccur o

f the em

ergen

cy p

urch

ase or th

e emerg

ency ex

ecutio

n o

r

issuan

ce of a co

ntract an

d th

en as so

on as p

ossib

le thereafter p

rovid

ing w

ritten n

otice

meetin

g all o

f the req

uirem

ents o

f Subsectio

n (c) o

f this S

ec. 7.1

2.

(c) A n

otice req

uired

by th

is Sec. 7

.12 m

ust in

clude:

(1) in

form

ation reg

ardin

g th

e natu

re, and term

, amount, an

d v

endor(s) aw

arded

of th

e

contract o

r pu

rchase an

d th

e ven

dor(s) aw

arded

the co

ntract o

r purch

ase;

(2) (A

) certification sig

ned

by th

e execu

tive d

irector o

f the ag

ency o

r oth

er similar

agen

cy o

r institu

tion ad

min

istrator o

r desig

nee o

f the ag

ency o

r institu

tion o

f hig

her

educatio

n statin

g th

at the p

rocess u

sed to

award

the co

ntract o

r purch

ase com

plies w

ith o

r

is consisten

t with

the fo

llow

ing:

(i) State o

f Tex

as Contract M

anag

emen

t Guid

e;

(ii) State o

f Tex

as Pro

curem

ent M

anual; an

d

(iii) all applicab

le statutes, ru

les, policies an

d p

roced

ures related

to th

e

pro

curem

ent an

d co

ntractin

g o

f goods an

d serv

ices, inclu

din

g co

mplian

ce

with

conflict o

f interest d

isclosu

re requirem

ents; o

r

(B) if th

e pro

cess to aw

ard th

e contract o

r pro

curem

ent d

id n

ot co

mply

with

the

requ

iremen

ts of S

ubsectio

n (c)(2

) (A)(i), (ii) an

d (iii), th

e agen

cy o

r institu

tion o

f hig

her

educatio

n sh

all pro

vid

e an ex

plan

ation fo

r the altern

ative p

rocess u

tilized, leg

al

justificatio

n fo

r the altern

ative p

rocess, an

d id

entify

the in

div

idual(s) d

irecting th

e use o

f

an altern

ative p

rocess;

Page 22 of 40

(3) certificatio

n b

y th

e execu

tive d

irector o

f the ag

ency o

r oth

er similar ag

ency

or

institu

tion

adm

inistrato

r or d

esign

ee of th

e agen

cy o

r institu

tion o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n

that th

e agen

cy o

r institu

tion h

as a pro

cess for:

(A) v

erification o

f ven

do

r perfo

rman

ce and d

eliverab

les;

(B) p

aym

ent fo

r goods an

d serv

ices only

with

in th

e scope o

f the co

ntrac

t or

pro

curem

ent o

rder;

(C) calcu

lation an

d co

llection o

f any liq

uid

ated d

amag

es associated

with

ven

dor

perfo

rman

ce; and

(4) an

y o

ther in

form

ation

requested

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

befo

re or after th

e

Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

receives th

e notice as req

uired

by th

is Sec. 7

.12.

(d) T

his sectio

n sh

all app

ly w

ithout reg

ard to

the so

urce o

f funds asso

ciated w

ith th

e

expen

ditu

res and w

ithout reg

ard to

the m

ethod o

f finan

ce associated

with

the ex

pen

ditu

res.

(e) The C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts sh

all not allo

w th

e expen

ditu

re of fu

nds if th

e

Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

pro

vid

es notificatio

n to

the C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts th

at the

requirem

ents o

f this p

rov

ision h

ave n

ot b

een satisfied

.

(f) In th

is section th

e term:

(1) "co

ntract" in

clud

es:

(A) an

orig

inal co

ntract o

r gran

t;

(B) a co

ntract o

r gran

t amen

dm

ent;

(C) a co

ntract o

r gran

t exten

sion;

(D) a p

urch

ase ord

er;

(E) an

interag

ency g

rant o

r agreem

ent; o

r

(F) an

interlo

cal gran

t agreem

ent.

(2) "p

urch

ase" inclu

des an

y acq

uisitio

n m

ethods co

vered

by T

itle 10, G

ov

ernm

ent C

ode,

inclu

din

g C

hap

ters 2155, 2

156, o

r 2157, G

overn

men

t Code . o

r Sectio

n 5

1.9

33

5 o

r

Sectio

n 7

3.1

15 o

f the E

ducatio

n C

ode.

(g) It is th

e inten

t of th

e legislatu

re that a w

ritten n

otice certified

as required

by th

is Sec. 7

.12

should

be co

nsid

ered a "g

overn

men

tal record

" as defin

ed u

nder C

hap

ter 37

, Pen

al Code.

(h) (1

) This S

ection 7

.12 d

oes n

ot m

ake an

app

rop

riation b

ut d

oes p

rovid

e detailed

directio

n to

agen

cies and in

stitutio

ns o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n reg

ardin

g th

e use o

f funds ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act

and p

laces limitatio

ns o

n th

e use o

f funds ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act.

(2) N

o p

art of th

is Sectio

n 7

.12 tak

es effect if both

Sen

ate Bill 2

0 relatin

g to

state agen

cy

contractin

g; au

thorizin

g fees; creatin

g an

offen

se or sim

ilar legislatio

n en

acted b

y th

e Eig

hty

-

fourth

Leg

islature, R

egular S

ession an

d H

ouse B

ill 15 relatin

g to

the m

anag

emen

t and o

versig

ht

of state co

ntracts, in

cludin

g co

ntracts fo

r info

rmatio

n tech

nolo

gy co

mm

odity

items o

r similar

legislatio

n en

acted b

y th

e Eig

hty

-fou

rth L

egislatu

re, Reg

ular S

ession b

ecom

e law an

d tak

e effect

on o

r befo

re Sep

tember 1

, 2015.

Page 23 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Article IX

:

Pro

posed

Rid

er Am

end

men

t

Reim

bu

rsem

ents a

nd

Paym

ents, a

nd

Su

rplu

s Pro

perty

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, M

ay 1

5, 2

015

Overv

iew

The p

roposed

revisio

n w

ould

iden

tify an

y state aid

funds o

r pro

ceeds fro

m th

e sale of real

pro

perty

or o

ther state p

roperty

recovered

from

a charter sch

ool th

at has b

een clo

sed u

nder th

e

pro

visio

ns o

f Tex

as Educatio

n C

ode, C

hap

ter 12

, and reap

pro

priate th

ose fu

nds to

the T

exas

Educatio

n A

gen

cy to

assist in th

e man

agem

ent an

d clo

sure o

f such

charters. F

unds in

excess o

f

$2 m

illion w

ould

be d

eposited

into

the C

harter D

istrict Bond G

uaran

tee Reserv

e Fund. T

he

pro

visio

n w

ould

gran

t unex

pen

ded

balan

ce carry-fo

rward

auth

ority

betw

een an

d w

ithin

the

bien

niu

m.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age IX

-41 an

d IX

-42 o

f Article IX

(House B

ill 1 as E

ngro

ssed), am

end

the fo

llow

ing

pro

visio

ns:

Sec. 8

.02. R

eimb

urse

men

ts an

d P

aym

ents.

(a) Ex

cept as p

rovid

ed in

Subsectio

n (f) o

r oth

er pro

visio

n o

f this A

ct, any reim

bursem

ents

received

by an

agen

cy o

f the state fo

r auth

orized

services, in

cludin

g co

ntractu

al agreem

ents w

ith

a non-g

overn

men

tal source o

r any u

nit o

f gov

ernm

ent, in

cludin

g state, fed

eral, or lo

cal

govern

men

t, refund o

f expen

ditu

res received

by an

agen

cy o

f the state an

d an

y p

aym

ents to

an

agen

cy o

f the state g

overn

men

t mad

e in settlem

ent o

f a claim fo

r dam

ages, are ap

pro

priated

to

the ag

ency o

f the state receiv

ing su

ch reim

bursem

ents an

d p

aym

ents fo

r use d

urin

g th

e fiscal

year in

which

they are receiv

ed. R

even

ues sp

ecifically estab

lished

by statu

te on a fee o

r service

pro

vid

ed b

asis are not ap

pro

priated

by th

is section

and are av

ailable fo

r expen

ditu

re by th

e

collectin

g ag

ency o

nly

if appro

priated

elsewhere in

this A

ct.

(b) F

orfeited

money, p

roceed

s from

the sale o

f forfeited

pro

perty

or sim

ilar monetary

award

s

related to

the ag

ency's p

articipatio

n in

the seizu

re of co

ntro

lled su

bstan

ces or o

ther co

ntrab

and

are app

ropriated

to th

e receivin

g state ag

ency, u

nless d

istributio

n is o

therw

ise pro

vid

ed b

y statu

te

or sp

ecific pro

visio

n o

f this A

ct.

(c) Ex

cept as p

rovid

ed elsew

here in

this A

ct, net am

ounts o

f money

received

by an

agen

cy as a

result o

f tax seizu

res or o

ther sim

ilar recov

eries auth

orized

by statu

te shall b

e dep

osited

in th

e

state treasury

as unap

pro

priated

reven

ues to

the fu

nds o

r accounts au

thorized

by statu

te.

(d) T

he p

ortio

n o

f pro

ceeds rep

resentin

g reco

veries o

f costs in

curred

in fo

rfeitures u

nder

Subsectio

n (b

) or, seizu

res or sim

ilar recoveries u

nder S

ubsectio

n (c) are ap

pro

priated

to th

e

receivin

g ag

ency. S

uch

cost reco

veries in

clude co

urt co

sts, attorn

ey fees, ren

tals or sto

rage fees,

auctio

n an

d sale co

sts, prep

aration co

sts to co

nditio

n p

roperty

for sale, an

d salaries, trav

el, and

oth

er overh

ead co

sts of th

e agen

cy.

(e) The reim

bursem

ents, refu

nds, an

d p

aym

ents receiv

ed u

nd

er Subsectio

n (a) sh

all be cred

ited

by th

e Com

ptro

ller to th

e agen

cy's cu

rrent ap

pro

priatio

n item

s or acco

unts fro

m w

hich

the

expen

ditu

res of lik

e character w

ere orig

inally

mad

e, or in

the case o

f dam

age settlem

ents to

the

appro

priatio

n item

s or acco

unts fro

m w

hich

repairs o

r replacem

ents are m

ade; p

rovid

ed,

how

ever, th

at any refu

nd

of less th

an $

50 to

an in

stitutio

n o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n fo

r postag

e,

telephone serv

ice, return

ed b

ooks an

d m

aterials, cylin

der an

d co

ntain

er dep

osits, in

suran

ce

prem

ium

s and lik

e items, sh

all be d

epo

sited to

the cu

rrent fu

nd acco

unt o

f the in

stitutio

n in

the

state treasury

and su

ch fu

nds are ap

pro

priated

.

(f) (1) F

ifty p

ercent o

f the reim

bursem

ents, refu

nd

s, and p

aym

ents o

f state funds receiv

ed u

nder

Subsectio

n (a) as a resu

lt of a reco

very

audit p

ursu

ant to

Chap

ter 2115, G

overn

men

t Code, sh

all

Page 24 of 40

be cred

ited b

y th

e Com

ptro

ller to th

e agen

cy's cu

rrent ap

pro

priatio

n item

s or acco

unts fro

m

which

the ex

pen

ditu

res of lik

e character w

ere orig

inally

mad

e and su

ch fu

nds are ap

pro

priated

to

the ag

ency in

the fiscal y

ear in w

hich

the fu

nds are receiv

ed. T

he rem

ainin

g 5

0 p

ercent sh

all be

dep

osited

in th

e state treasury

as unap

pro

priated

reven

ues to

the o

rigin

ating fu

nds o

r accounts.

(2) A

ny reim

bursem

ent o

r refund related

to g

rant fu

nds sh

all be g

overn

ed b

y P

art 4, G

rant-

mak

ing P

rovisio

ns, o

f this A

rticle.

(g) A

n u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce received

by an

agen

cy o

r institu

tion fro

m d

isaster related reco

veries,

disaster-related

reimbursem

ents, d

isaster-related refu

nds, o

r oth

er disaster-related

paym

ents th

at

exist o

n: (1

) August 3

1, 2

015 are ap

pro

priated

for u

se durin

g th

e follo

win

g fiscal y

ear beg

innin

g

Sep

tember 1

, 2015; an

d (2

) Au

gust 3

1, 2

016 are ap

pro

priated

for u

se durin

g th

e follo

win

g fiscal

year b

egin

nin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016. (g

) An u

nex

pen

ded

balan

ce received

by an

agen

cy o

r

institu

tion fro

m d

isaster related reco

veries, d

isaster-related reim

bursem

ents, d

isaster-related

refunds, o

r oth

er disaster-related

paym

ents th

at exist at th

e end o

f a fiscal year are ap

pro

priated

for u

se durin

g th

e follo

win

g fiscal y

ear.

(h) A

ny reco

vered

state funds d

istribu

ted u

nder §

12.1

06, T

exas E

ducatio

n C

ode, after th

e

revocatio

n o

r oth

er cessation o

f operatio

n o

f an en

tity u

nd

er Chap

ter 12, T

exas E

ducatio

n C

ode,

are app

ropriated

to th

e Tex

as Educatio

n A

gen

cy fo

r the m

anag

emen

t and clo

sure o

f entities an

d

disp

ositio

n o

f state pro

perty

under C

hap

ter 12, T

exas E

ducatio

n C

ode. P

roceed

s from

the sale o

f

real pro

perty

return

ed to

the state d

ue to

revo

cation o

r oth

er cessation o

f op

eration o

f an en

tity

under C

hap

ter 12, T

exas E

ducatio

n C

ode, are ap

pro

priated

to th

e Tex

as Ed

ucatio

n A

gen

cy fo

r

the m

anag

emen

t and clo

sure o

f entities an

d d

ispo

sition o

f state pro

perty

un

der C

hap

ter 12, T

exas

Educatio

n C

ode. A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

and u

noblig

ated b

alances id

entified

by th

is section rem

ainin

g

as of A

ugust 3

1, 2

015 are ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r the b

ienn

ium

beg

innin

g in

Sep

tember 1

, 2015. A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

and u

noblig

ated b

alances id

entified

by th

is section

remain

ing as o

f Au

gust 3

1, 2

016 are ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r the fiscal y

ear

beg

innin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016

. Funds ap

pro

priated

to th

e Tex

as Educatio

n A

gen

cy b

y A

rticle IX,

Sectio

n 8

.03(b

) of th

is Act an

d th

is section

that are u

nex

pen

ded

and u

noblig

ated in

excess o

f $2

millio

n o

n th

e last day

of th

e fiscal bien

niu

m are tran

sferred to

the C

harter D

istrict Bond

Guaran

tee Reserv

e Fund. In

pu

rsuin

g d

ispo

sition o

f state real pro

perty

:

(1

) The A

ttorn

ey G

eneral sh

all represen

t the T

exas E

ducatio

n A

gen

cy in

transferrin

g

title to th

e state, and

(2

) The G

eneral L

and O

ffice, upon req

uest o

f the co

mm

issioner o

f educatio

n, m

ay en

ter

into

an in

teragen

cy ag

reemen

t to assist w

ith th

e mark

eting an

d sale o

f the state real p

roperty

in

an ex

ped

ient m

anner an

d th

at allow

s the reco

very

of co

sts.

Sec. 8

.03. S

urp

lus P

rop

erty.

(a) Tw

enty

-five p

ercent o

f the receip

ts to a state ag

ency sp

ecified in

this A

ct received

from

the

sale of su

rplu

s pro

perty

, equip

men

t, com

modities, o

r salvag

e (inclu

din

g recy

cled p

roducts)

pursu

ant to

the p

rovisio

ns o

f Chap

ter 2175, G

overn

men

t Code, are ap

pro

priated

to th

e state

agen

cy fo

r expen

ditu

re durin

g th

e fiscal year in

which

the receip

ts are received

. Receip

ts from

such

surp

lus eq

uip

men

t, com

modities, o

r salvag

e (inclu

din

g rec

ycled

pro

ducts) sales sh

all be

expen

ded

from

the ap

pro

priatio

n item

from

which

like p

roperty

, equip

men

t, or co

mm

odities

would

be p

urch

ased.

(b) O

ne h

un

dred

percen

t of th

e receipts o

f pro

perty

sold

under su

bsectio

n (a) resu

lting fro

m th

e

revocatio

n o

r cessation o

f operatio

n o

f an en

tity u

nder C

hap

ter 12, T

exas E

ducatio

n C

ode, are

appro

priated

to th

e Tex

as Educatio

n A

gen

cy fo

r fundin

g th

e man

agem

ent an

d clo

sure o

f entities

and d

ispo

sition o

f state pro

perty

under C

hap

ter 12

, Tex

as Educatio

n C

ode. A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

and

unoblig

ated b

alances id

entified

by th

is section rem

ainin

g as o

f Au

gust 3

1, 2

015 are ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r the b

ienniu

m b

egin

nin

g in

Sep

tember 1

, 2015. A

ny u

nex

pen

ded

and

unoblig

ated b

alances id

entified

by th

is section rem

ainin

g as o

f Au

gust 3

1, 2

016 are ap

pro

priated

for th

e same p

urp

ose fo

r the fiscal y

ear beg

innin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016.

Page 25 of 40

Pro

posed

Tech

nica

l Am

end

men

t fo

r a rider to

appro

priate all p

re-collected

paym

ents.

Sec. 8

.15. C

ost R

eco

very o

f Fees. A

ny co

st recovery

fee collected

by an

agen

cy is ap

pro

priated

to th

at agen

cy fro

m th

e fund to

which

the co

st recovery

fee was d

eposited

to b

e used

for th

e

purp

ose o

f payin

g an

y co

st incu

rred b

y th

e agen

cy w

hen

those co

sts are associated

with

a

contract o

r oth

er expen

se related to

the co

st recov

ery fee.

Page 26 of 40

Tech

nica

l chan

ge

Sec. 9

.08

. Co

mp

uter In

ven

tory

Rep

ort. B

efore S

eptem

ber 1

of each

year, each

state agen

cy, in

clud

ing

all of th

e entities in

clud

ed u

nd

er that term

as defin

ed b

y

§215

1.0

02

(1), G

ov

ernm

ent C

od

e, as well as in

cludin

g self-d

irected sem

i-

ind

epen

den

t agen

cies, shall rep

ort to

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dg

et Board

an in

ven

tory

of

all perso

nal co

mp

uters (d

eskto

ps an

d lap

top

s, as well as co

mp

uter tab

lets) and

oth

er info

rmatio

n tech

nolo

gy d

evices, as req

uested

, po

ssessed b

y th

e agen

cy. T

he

repo

rt mu

st con

tain all in

form

ation

required

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

and

be p

rov

ided

in a fo

rmat req

uired

by th

e Leg

islative B

udg

et Bo

ard. T

he L

egislativ

e

Bud

get B

oard

may

requ

ire that th

e agen

cies repo

rt info

rmatio

n th

at inclu

des th

e

age, o

rigin

al cost, rep

lacemen

t cost, sch

eduled

or estim

ated d

ate for rep

lacemen

t,

and

any tech

nical sp

ecifications o

f the d

evices an

d an

y related

finan

cial

info

rmatio

n d

eemed

relevan

t to th

e repo

rt.

Page 27 of 40

Tech

nica

l chan

ge

S

ec. 14.0

4. D

isaster R

elated

Tra

nsfer A

uth

ority

. (a)

Policy

and

Pro

cedure: In

the ev

ent o

f a disaster p

roclam

ation b

y th

e govern

or u

nder th

e Tex

as

Disaster A

ct of 1

97

5, C

hap

ter 418, G

overn

men

t Code, tran

sfers of ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade in

this

Act, if n

ecessary to

respo

nd to

the d

isaster and if m

ade acco

rdin

g to

the term

s of th

is §14.0

4,

are perm

itted su

bject to

appro

val b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and g

overn

or as p

rovid

ed b

y

Sub

section

(g) o

f this §

14

.04

. This sectio

n is in

tended

to serv

e as a mean

s for q

uick

ly,

effectively

, and

efficiently

transferrin

g ap

pro

priatio

ns in

the ev

ent o

f a disaster an

d in

such

disasters to

serve as an

alternativ

e - as pro

vid

ed b

y A

rticle XV

I, §69, T

exas C

onstitu

tion - to

the b

ud

get ex

ecutio

n p

rocess p

rovid

ed u

nder C

hap

ter 317, G

overn

men

t Code. T

his §

14.0

4

pro

vid

es an ex

ceptio

n to

any o

ther p

rovisio

n o

f this A

ct which

mig

ht o

therw

ise limit tran

sfers

of ap

pro

priatio

ns su

ch as b

y im

posin

g a lim

it on th

e amount o

f a transfer o

r which

mig

ht

oth

erwise lim

it transfers o

f app

ropriatio

ns b

y cau

sing a d

elay in

mak

ing a tran

sfer becau

se of

the n

eed to

take actio

ns su

ch as p

reparin

g rep

orts o

r obtain

ing ap

pro

vals p

rior to

transferrin

g

appro

priatio

ns n

ecessary fo

r respondin

g to

a disaster. N

o p

art of th

is §14.0

4 sh

all be read

to

limit, m

od

ify, o

r abrid

ge th

e auth

ority

of th

e govern

or to

pro

claim an

emerg

ency

, disaster, o

r

martial law

or ex

ercise any o

ther p

ow

ers vested

in th

e go

vern

or u

nder th

e constitu

tion o

r oth

er

laws o

f this state.

(b)

Health

and

Hu

man

Serv

ices Agen

cies: For a h

ealth an

d h

um

an serv

ices agen

cy listed

in

Ch

apter 5

31

, Go

vern

men

t Co

de, th

at directly

responds to

the d

isaster, the C

om

missio

ner o

f

Health

and

Hu

man

Serv

ices is auth

orized

to tran

sfer funds fro

m an

oth

er health

and h

um

an

services ag

ency

listed in

Chap

ter 531, G

overn

men

t Code, to

the resp

ondin

g ag

ency

, and m

ay

transfer fu

nd

s betw

een th

e strategies o

f each ag

ency

for th

e purp

ose o

f fundin

g th

e disaster

respon

se subject to

the p

rior n

otificatio

n o

f and ap

pro

val b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and

go

vern

or as p

rovid

ed b

y S

ub

section (g

) of th

is §14.0

4.

(c) O

ther A

gen

cies: An

agen

cy o

ther th

an a h

ealth an

d h

um

an serv

ices agen

cy listed

in C

hap

ter

531

, Go

vern

men

t Co

de th

at directly

responds to

a disaster m

ay tran

sfer appro

priatio

ns w

ithin

the ag

ency

, with

out reg

ard to

any lim

its on tran

sfer of ap

pro

priatio

ns b

etween

strategies,

subject to

the p

rior n

otificatio

n o

f and ap

pro

val b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and g

overn

or

as pro

vid

ed b

y S

ub

section

(g) o

f this §

14.0

4.

(d)

Tran

sfers Betw

een A

gen

cies: In th

e even

t that a tran

sfer involv

ing at least o

ne ag

ency

no

t

listed in

Chap

ter 531

, Go

vern

men

t Code is n

ecessary in

ord

er to resp

ond to

a disaster, th

e

agen

cies invo

lved

in th

e transfer sh

all request ap

pro

val fro

m th

e Leg

islativ

e Budget B

oard

and

the G

overn

or fo

r the em

ergen

cy tran

sfer of fu

nds, p

ursu

ant to

Article X

VI, §

69, T

exas

Co

nstitu

tion

. An

y req

uest u

nd

er this S

ubsectio

n (d

) of th

is §14.0

4 is su

bject to

the p

rior

notificatio

n o

f and

app

roval b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and g

overn

or as p

rovid

ed b

y

Sub

section

(g) o

f this §

14

.04

sho

uld

inclu

de th

e same in

form

ation req

uired

in th

e recom

men

ded

plan

of tran

sfer belo

w. A

cop

y o

f the n

otificatio

n an

d ap

pro

val m

ust, an

d a co

py sh

all be

pro

vid

ed to

the C

om

ptro

ller. A req

uest m

ade u

nder th

is Subsectio

n (d

) of th

is §14.0

4 is su

bject

to th

e prio

r notificatio

n o

f the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

and g

overn

or as p

rovid

ed b

y

Sub

section

(g) o

f this §

14

.04

.

(e) A

pp

rop

riation

Tran

sfers betw

een F

iscal Years: A

gen

cies respondin

g to

a disaste

r are

auth

orized

to tran

sfer fun

ds ap

pro

priated

in fiscal y

ear 2017

to fiscal y

ear 2016

, subject to

the

prio

r notificatio

n o

f and

app

roval b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and g

overn

or as p

rovid

ed b

y

Sub

section

(g) o

f this §

14

.04

.

(f) U

nex

pen

ded

Balan

ces: Any u

noblig

ated b

alances fro

m tran

sfers mad

e under S

ubsectio

n (e) o

f

this §

14

.04

as of A

ugu

st 31, 2

01

6, are ap

pro

priated

to th

e agen

cy fo

r the sam

e purp

ose fo

r the

fiscal year b

egin

nin

g S

eptem

ber 1

, 2016

.

(g)

No

tification

of an

d A

pp

roval fo

r Reco

mm

ended

Plan

of T

ransfer.

(1)

Reco

mm

end

ed P

lan o

f Tran

sfer: A reco

mm

ended

plan

of tran

sfer subm

itted b

y an

agen

cy

to th

e go

vern

or an

d L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

under th

is §14.0

4 m

ust in

clude th

e

follo

win

g in

form

ation

:

(A)

a cop

y o

f the ap

pro

priate d

isaster pro

clamatio

n m

ade u

nder C

hap

ter 418,

Go

vern

men

t Co

de;

Page 28 of 40

(B)

the am

ou

nts to

be tran

sferred (listed

by m

ethod o

f finan

ce);

(C)

the ag

ency

or ag

encies affected

;

(D)

the p

rogram

s affected b

y th

e transfer; an

d

(E)

any o

ther in

form

ation req

uested

by th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

.

(2)

No

tification

and

appro

val: A

n ag

ency

must n

otify

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

, the

Co

mp

troller, th

e Go

vern

or, an

d an

y o

ther ag

ency

involv

ed in

the tran

sfer prio

r to th

e date

of reco

mm

end

ed tran

sfers. After ap

pro

val b

y th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and th

e

go

vern

or, th

e The C

om

ptro

ller shall tran

sfer the fu

nds as reco

mm

ended

.

(h) D

efinitio

n: In

this §

14.0

4 th

e term “d

isaster” has th

e mean

ing p

rovid

ed b

y

§41

8.0

04(1

), Go

vern

men

t Co

de, w

hich

inclu

des th

e occu

rrence o

r imm

inen

t threat o

f

wid

espread

or sev

ere dam

age, in

jury

, or lo

ss of life o

r pro

perty

resultin

g fro

m an

y n

atural o

r

man

-mad

e cause, in

clud

ing fire, flo

od, earth

quak

e, win

d, sto

rm, w

ave actio

n, o

il spill o

r oth

er

water co

ntam

inatio

n, v

olcan

ic activity

, epid

emic, air co

ntam

inatio

n, b

light, d

rought, in

festation

,

explo

sion

, riot, h

ostile m

ilitary o

r param

ilitary actio

n, ex

treme h

eat, oth

er public calam

ity

requirin

g em

ergen

cy actio

n, o

r energ

y em

ergen

cy.

Page 29 of 40

Pro

posed

Tech

nica

l Am

end

men

t S

ec. 16.0

4. J

ud

gm

ents a

nd

Settlem

ents.

…

(e) The A

ttorn

ey G

eneral sh

all repo

rt to th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

and th

e Govern

or n

ot less

than

month

ly, a listin

g o

f all settlemen

ts and ju

dgm

ents o

f more th

an $

5,0

00 su

bm

itted to

the

Com

ptro

ller for p

aym

ent. T

he d

ocu

men

t deliv

ered to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

and G

overn

or b

y th

e

Atto

rney

Gen

eral mu

st con

tain o

nly

info

rmatio

n th

at may

be p

ublish

ed o

n th

e intern

et, by a n

ewsp

aper, o

r

publish

ed b

y o

ther m

eans an

d [fo

r pub

lication] sh

all contain

at least the fo

llow

ing in

form

ation u

nless all

or p

art of th

e info

rmatio

n m

ay n

ot b

e disclo

sed to

the p

ublic u

nder state o

r federal law

or [is ex

empt] b

y

court o

rder C

hap

ter 55

2, G

overn

men

t Co

de, (th

e Open

Reco

rds A

ct or P

ublic In

form

ation A

ct):

(1) a su

mm

ary o

f the cau

se of actio

n;

(2) a su

mm

ary o

f the term

s of th

e settlemen

t;

(3) th

e style o

f the case;

(4) th

e nam

e and

bu

siness ad

dress o

f each atto

rney

represen

ting th

e opposin

g litig

ants at th

e

time o

f the settlem

ent;

(5) th

e amou

nt o

f the ju

dgm

ent o

r settlemen

t;

(6) th

e fund o

r accou

nt fro

m w

hich

pay

men

t was o

r should

be m

ade;

(7) th

e statuto

ry citatio

n fo

r the ap

pro

priatio

n o

r oth

er auth

ority

to b

e mad

e;

(8) sp

ecific statutes g

rantin

g w

aiver o

f sovereig

n im

munity

or leg

islative reso

lutio

n g

rantin

g

litigan

t perm

ission

to su

e;

(9) th

e date o

f jud

gm

ent o

r settlemen

t; and

(10) o

ther in

form

ation

as the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

may req

uest an

d in

the fo

rm req

uested

by th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

Page 30 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Sec. 1

8.0

2. A

pp

rop

riatio

n fo

r a S

ala

ry In

crease

for G

enera

l Sta

te Em

plo

yees.

(a) As u

sed in

this sectio

n, "salary

increase" sh

all mean

a two an

d a h

alf percen

t (2.5

%) in

crease in an

nu

al

salary, to

beg

in o

n S

eptem

ber 1

, 20

15

.

(b) C

ontin

gen

t on

enactm

ent H

ou

se Bill 9

, or sim

ilar legislatio

n to

increase th

e mem

ber co

ntrib

utio

n to

the E

mplo

yees R

etiremen

t System

, for th

e bien

niu

m th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts is ap

pro

priated

an am

ount estim

ated to

be $

27

6,2

00

,15

6 o

ut o

f the G

eneral R

even

ue F

und, an

amount estim

ated to

be

$18,7

81,5

28 o

ut o

f Gen

eral Rev

enu

e-Ded

icated, an

amount estim

ated to

be $

36,1

31,7

94 o

ut o

f State

Hig

hw

ay F

und

No

. 00

6, an

amo

un

t estimated

to b

e $3,3

92,6

52 o

ut o

f Oth

er Funds an

d acco

unts, an

d an

amount estim

ated to

be $

55,6

97

,35

6 o

ut o

f Fed

eral Funds to

fund a salary

increase as d

escribed

in

Subsectio

n (a) o

f this sectio

n fo

r emp

loyees o

f state agen

cies, inclu

din

g em

plo

yees o

f the H

igher

Educatio

n C

oo

rdin

ating B

oard

. Inclu

ded

in th

e amounts ab

ove are G

eneral R

even

ue F

unds in

tended

to

pro

vid

e the salary

increase fo

r certain F

TE

s curren

tly p

aid fro

m fed

eral fund so

urces th

at would

not b

e

availab

le for th

is purp

ose.

(c) This sectio

n sh

all not ap

ply

to statew

ide elected

officials, ju

stices and ju

dges o

f the ap

pellate

and

district co

urts, em

plo

yees o

f institu

tion

s of h

igher ed

ucatio

n (ex

cept th

at the sectio

n d

oes ap

ply

to certain

emplo

yees o

f institu

tion

s of h

igh

er edu

cation th

at were fo

rmerly

emplo

yees o

f the T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f

Crim

inal Ju

stice and

who

con

tinu

e to co

ntrib

ute m

onth

ly to

the E

mplo

yees R

etiremen

t System

) and

return

to w

ork

retirees or o

ther em

plo

yees w

ho d

o n

ot co

ntrib

ute m

onth

ly to

the E

mplo

yees R

etiremen

t S

ystem

.

(d) A

ny in

crease in em

plo

yee b

enefits co

sts associated

with

the salary

increase as d

escribed

above sh

all

be p

aid o

nly

ou

t of th

e appro

priatio

ns m

ade ab

ove in

Subsectio

n (b

).

(e) Pro

visio

ns req

uirin

g salaries an

d b

enefits to

be p

roportio

nal to

the so

urce o

f funds sh

all apply

to all

sum

s allocated

un

der th

is section

. Each

agen

cy sh

all pay

the in

crease in co

mpen

sation fro

m fu

nds h

eld in

the state treasu

ry an

d fro

m lo

cal fun

ds in

the sam

e pro

portio

n as th

e emplo

yee's reg

ular co

mpen

sation

unless th

eir salary is p

aid fro

m th

ose fed

eral funds d

eemed

unav

ailable in

Subsectio

n (b

).

(f) The C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccou

nts sh

all pro

mulg

ate ru

les and reg

ulatio

ns as n

ecessary to

adm

inister

this sectio

n. F

und

s app

ropriated

in th

is section sh

all be allo

cated to

each ag

ency

, and to

the ap

pro

priate

emplo

yee b

enefit ap

pro

priatio

n item

s, in acco

rdan

ce with

such

rules an

d reg

ulatio

ns an

d m

ay b

e used

only

for th

e pu

rpose o

f pro

vid

ing a salary

increase an

d p

ayin

g asso

ciated em

plo

yee b

enefit co

sts.

Page 31 of 40

Pro

posed

Tech

nica

l Am

end

men

ts

Article

IX

Tech

nica

l am

end

men

t movin

g R

ider 3

5, U

se of th

e Sp

ortin

g G

ood

s Sales T

ax

Tra

nsfer to

the G

enera

l Rev

enu

e-D

edica

ted S

tate P

ark

s Acco

un

t No. 6

4.

Overv

iew

The p

roposal w

ould

amen

d R

ider 3

5, U

se of th

e Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

Tran

sfer to

the G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

State P

arks A

ccount N

o. 6

4, to

inclu

de lan

guag

e

directin

g th

at, contin

gen

t upon th

e pro

visio

ns o

f the rid

er, the P

ublic F

inan

ce Auth

ority

be ap

pro

priated

funds fro

m th

e Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

transfer to

the S

tate Park

s

Acco

unt N

o. 6

4 an

d G

eneral R

even

ue o

f the sam

e amount b

e lapsed

. The p

roposal

would

also ad

just th

e time w

ithin

which

the P

ublic F

inan

ce Auth

ority

and P

arks an

d

Wild

life Dep

artmen

t wo

uld

agree u

pon th

e necessary

fundin

g ad

justm

ents. T

he p

roposal

also clarifies th

at the am

ounts are n

ot estim

ated.

The p

roposal also

moves th

e rider fro

m th

e Park

s and W

ildlife b

ill pattern

to A

rticle IX.

Req

uired

Actio

n

(1) O

n p

age V

I-41 o

f the P

arks an

d W

ildlife b

ill pattern

, amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

35.

Use o

f the S

portin

g G

ood

s Sales T

ax T

ran

sfer to th

e Gen

eral R

even

ue-

Ded

icated

Sta

te Pa

rks A

ccou

nt N

o. 6

4. A

ppro

priatio

ns m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct to

the T

exas P

ublic F

inan

ce Auth

ority

(TP

FA

) for G

eneral O

blig

ation (G

O) B

ond D

ebt

Serv

ice inclu

de an

estimated

$13,4

40,0

00 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

13,2

30,0

00 in

fiscal

year 2

017 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue, fo

r deb

t service p

aym

ents o

n G

O b

onds issu

ed an

d

auth

orized

but u

nissu

ed fo

r statewid

e park

repairs. C

ontin

gen

t upon rev

iew d

escribed

belo

w, G

eneral R

even

ue sh

all be red

uced

and an

equal am

ount o

f the S

portin

g G

oods

Sales T

ax tran

sfer to G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

State P

arks A

ccount N

o. 6

4 is

appro

priated

to T

PF

A fo

r deb

t service ex

pen

ditu

res on G

O b

onds issu

ed an

d au

thorized

for statew

ide p

ark rep

airs. Additio

nally

, amounts ap

pro

priated

abov

e in S

trategy D

.1.4

,

Deb

t Serv

ice, inclu

de an

estimated

$2,5

00,1

03 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

2,4

55,3

72 in

fiscal year 2

017 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue fo

r deb

t service p

aym

ents o

n R

even

ue B

onds

issued

for statew

ide p

ark rep

airs.

a. W

ithin

60 3

0 d

ays fo

llow

ing A

ugust 3

1 o

f each fiscal y

ear, the T

exas P

arks

and W

ildlife D

epartm

ent (T

PW

D) in

cooperatio

n w

ith T

PF

A sh

all use

expen

ditu

re sched

ules an

d an

y o

ther n

ecessary d

ocu

men

tation to

determ

ine

the actu

al amount o

f deb

t service ex

pen

ded

from

both

sources o

n statew

ide

park

repairs, an

d su

bm

it the fin

din

gs o

f this rev

iew to

the C

om

ptro

ller of

Public A

ccounts an

d th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

.

b.

With

in 9

0 6

0 d

ays fo

llow

ing A

ugust 3

1 o

f each fiscal y

ear, the C

om

ptro

ller

shall au

thorize th

e necessary

expen

ditu

re transfers n

eeded

to cred

it Gen

eral

Rev

enue fro

m an

additio

nal S

portin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

(SG

ST

) Tran

sfer to th

e

Gen

eral Rev

enue-D

edicated

State P

arks A

ccount N

o. 6

4 fo

r the actu

al costs o

f

deb

t service.

In th

e even

t that actu

al costs o

f deb

t service fo

r statewid

e park

repairs ex

ceed th

e

availab

le remain

ing b

alance o

f the m

axim

um

statuto

ry allo

cation o

f the S

GS

T tran

sfer to

the S

tate Park

s Acco

unt, th

e Com

ptro

ller shall ad

just d

ebt serv

ice paym

ents to

be m

ade

from

oth

er reven

ues d

eposited

to th

e credit o

f the G

eneral R

even

ue F

und acco

rdin

gly

.

(2) O

n p

age V

I-41 o

f the P

arks an

d W

ildlife b

ill pattern

, delete R

ider 3

5, U

se of th

e

Sportin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

Tran

sfer to th

e Gen

eral Rev

enue-D

edicated

State P

arks

Acco

unt N

o. 6

4, an

d in

sert the sam

e on th

e last pag

e of A

rticle IX.

Page 32 of 40

______ U

se of th

e Sp

ortin

g G

ood

s Sales T

ax T

ran

sfer to th

e Gen

era

l Rev

enu

e-

Ded

icated

Sta

te Pa

rks A

ccou

nt N

o. 6

4. A

ppro

priatio

ns m

ade elsew

here in

this A

ct

to th

e Tex

as Public F

inan

ce Au

thority

(TP

FA

) for G

eneral O

blig

ation (G

O) B

ond

Deb

t Serv

ice inclu

de $

13

,440,0

00 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

13,2

30,0

00 in

fiscal year

2017 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue, fo

r deb

t service p

aym

ents o

n G

O b

onds issu

ed an

d

auth

orized

but u

nissu

ed fo

r statewid

e park

repairs. C

ontin

gen

t upon rev

iew d

escribed

belo

w, G

eneral R

even

ue sh

all be red

uced

and an

equal am

ou

nt o

f the S

portin

g G

oods

Sales T

ax tran

sfer to G

eneral R

even

ue-D

edicated

State P

arks A

ccount N

o. 6

4 is

appro

priated

to T

PF

A fo

r deb

t service ex

pen

ditu

res on G

O b

onds issu

ed an

d

auth

orized

for statew

ide p

ark rep

airs. Additio

nally

, amounts ap

pro

priated

above in

Strateg

y D

.1.4

, Deb

t Serv

ice, inclu

de $

2,5

00,1

03 in

fiscal year 2

016 an

d $

2,4

55,3

72

in fiscal y

ear 2017 fro

m G

eneral R

even

ue fo

r deb

t service p

aym

ents o

n R

even

ue

Bond

s issued

for statew

ide p

ark rep

airs.

a. With

in 3

0 d

ays fo

llow

ing A

ugust 3

1 o

f each fiscal y

ear, the T

exas P

arks an

d

Wild

life Dep

artmen

t (TP

WD

) in co

operatio

n w

ith T

PF

A sh

all use ex

pen

ditu

re

sched

ules an

d an

y o

ther n

ecessary d

ocu

men

tation

to d

etermin

e the actu

al amount o

f

deb

t service ex

pen

ded

from

both

sources o

n statew

ide p

ark rep

airs, and su

bm

it the

findin

gs o

f this rev

iew to

the C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic A

ccounts an

d th

e Leg

islative

Bud

get B

oard

.

b. W

ithin

60 d

ays fo

llow

ing A

ugust 3

1 o

f each fiscal y

ear, the C

om

ptro

ller shall

auth

orize th

e necessary

expen

ditu

re transfers n

eeded

to cred

it Gen

eral Rev

enue fro

m

an ad

ditio

nal S

portin

g G

oods S

ales Tax

(SG

ST

) Tran

sfer to th

e Gen

eral Rev

enue-

Ded

icated S

tate Park

s Acco

unt N

o. 6

4 fo

r the actu

al costs o

f deb

t service.

In th

e even

t that actu

al costs o

f deb

t service fo

r statewid

e park

repairs ex

ceed th

e

availab

le remain

ing b

alance o

f the m

axim

um

statuto

ry allo

cation o

f the S

GS

T

transfer to

the S

tate Park

s Acco

unt, th

e Com

ptro

ller shall ad

just d

ebt serv

ice

pay

men

ts to b

e mad

e from

oth

er reven

ues d

eposited

to th

e credit o

f the G

eneral

Rev

enue F

und acco

rdin

gly

.

Page 33 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Article

IX

Pro

posed

Rid

er

Rid

er to R

equ

ire the H

ealth

an

d H

um

an

Serv

ices Co

mm

ission

to A

naly

ze Certa

in

Hea

lthca

re Da

ta

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/2

0/1

5

Overv

iew

This rid

er would

require th

e Health

and

Hum

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n to

(1) an

alyze ex

isting

data co

llected b

y th

e Em

plo

yee R

etiremen

t System

of T

exas, T

exas D

epartm

ent o

f Crim

inal

Justice, an

d T

eacher R

etiremen

t System

and (2

) iden

tify o

utliers as w

ell as efficiency an

d q

uality

impro

vem

ents.

Req

uired

Actio

n

Add th

e follo

win

g rid

er to A

rticle IX:

Sec. 1

8. _

____. A

naly

sis of C

ertain

Hea

lthca

re Data

. Out o

f funds ap

pro

priated

elsewh

ere in

this A

ct, the H

ealth an

d H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n (H

HS

C) sh

all collect, an

alyze, an

d

com

pare d

ata related to

the h

ealthcare sy

stems fu

nded

by ap

pro

priatio

ns m

ade to

the ag

encies

listed b

elow

. HH

SC

may

enter in

to a co

ntract to

conduct th

e required

collectio

n an

d an

alysis o

f

data.

The E

mplo

yees R

etiremen

t System

of T

exas (E

RS

), Tex

as Dep

artmen

t of C

rimin

al Justice

(TD

CJ), an

d T

eacher R

etiremen

t System

(TR

S) sh

all enter in

to a M

emoran

dum

of

Understan

din

g w

ith H

HS

C to

share h

ealthcare d

ata to th

e exten

t allow

ed b

y state an

d fed

eral

law. H

HS

C sh

all use th

is data to

analy

ze v

ariations in

utilizatio

n, co

st, reimbursem

ent rates, an

d

quality

and id

entify

outliers an

d im

pro

vem

ents fo

r efficiency an

d q

uality

that can

be

implem

ented

with

in each

health

care system

. Com

pariso

ns o

f reimbursem

ent an

d u

tilization

rates

shall b

e mad

e betw

een E

RS

, TR

S, C

orrectio

nal M

anag

ed H

ealth C

are, Med

icaid, an

d M

edicare;

usin

g co

ntro

ls establish

ed b

y H

HS

C an

d in

conju

nctio

n w

ith E

RS

, TD

CJ, an

d T

RS

to acco

unt

for d

ifferences in

populatio

n, acu

ity, an

d o

ther n

ecessary facto

rs betw

een each

system

.

Resu

lts of th

is analy

sis should

be p

rovid

ed to

the L

egislativ

e Bud

get B

oard

and th

e Govern

or n

o

later than

Sep

tember 1

, 2016

.

Page 34 of 40

Technical Change

Sec. 18.xx. APPROPRIATION FOR VOLUNTEER FIREMEN MONUMENT.

In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the

state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, the amount of

$95,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to

the State Preservation Board for the two-year period

beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose

of expanding and improving the volunteer firemen monument

on the south lawn of the Capitol grounds.

Page 35 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Sec. 7

.136.2

5. N

otifica

tion

ofP

re-Ap

pro

val fo

r C

ertain

Exp

end

itures R

elated

to M

itigatio

n o

f

Ad

verse E

nviro

nm

enta

l Imp

acts. N

o state ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n ap

pro

priated

fun

ds

by th

is Act m

ay en

ter into

an ag

reemen

t funds ap

pro

priated

above m

ay b

e expen

ded

to co

mply

with

Title

23, S

ubch

apter H

, Part 7

77

of th

e Co

de o

f Fed

eral Reg

ulatio

ns o

r Sectio

n 2

01.6

17 o

f the T

ransp

ortatio

n

Code u

ntil p

rovid

ing n

otice to

with

out p

rior ap

pro

val fro

m th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

inclu

din

g th

e

natu

re and term

of th

e agreem

ent, th

e pro

cess used

to aw

ard th

e agreem

ent, p

aym

ent fo

r goods an

d

services w

ithin

the sco

pe o

f the ag

reemen

t. The ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n sh

all respond p

rom

ptly

to an

y

request fro

m th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

for ad

ditio

nal in

form

ation reg

ardin

g th

e agreem

entA

requ

est

to ex

pen

d fu

nd

s shall b

e con

sidered

to b

e disap

pro

ved

unless th

e Leg

islative B

udget B

oard

issues a

written

appro

val w

ithin

30

bu

siness d

ays o

f the d

ate on w

hich

the staff o

f the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

forw

ards its rev

iew o

f the req

uest to

the C

hair o

f the H

ouse A

ppro

priatio

ns C

om

mittee, C

hair o

f the

Sen

ate Fin

ance C

om

mittee, S

peak

er of th

e House, an

d L

ieuten

ant G

overn

or. A

ny req

uest fo

r additio

nal

info

rmatio

n m

ade b

y th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

shall in

terrupt th

e countin

g o

f the 3

0 b

usin

ess day

s.

Page 36 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Art. IX

, Hea

lth-R

elated

Pro

visio

ns

Am

end

Rid

er

Sta

tewid

e Beh

avio

ral H

ealth

Stra

tegic P

lan

an

d C

oord

inated

Exp

end

itures

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/1

9/2

015

Req

uired

Actio

n

On p

age IX

-54 o

f the S

enate en

gro

ssed b

ill, amen

d th

e follo

win

g rid

er:

Sec. 1

0.0

4. S

tatew

ide B

eha

vio

ral H

ealth

Stra

tegic P

lan

an

d C

oord

inated

Exp

end

itures.

(a) In

form

atio

na

l Listin

g - B

eha

vio

ral H

ealth

an

d S

ub

stan

ce Ab

use S

ervices A

pp

rop

riatio

ns.

The fo

llow

ing is an

info

rmatio

nal listin

g o

f All F

unds am

ounts ap

pro

priated

specifically

for

beh

avio

ral health

services in

this A

ct and

does n

ot m

ake ap

pro

priatio

ns.

Beh

avio

ral health

services are p

rogram

s or serv

ices concern

ed w

ith research

, prev

entio

n, an

d d

etection

of

men

tal diso

rders an

d d

isabilities, an

d all serv

ices necessary

to treat, care fo

r, contro

l, superv

ise, and

rehab

ilitate perso

ns w

ho

hav

e a men

tal diso

rder o

r disab

ility, in

cludin

g p

ersons w

hose m

ental d

isord

ers or

disab

ilities result fro

m alco

ho

lism o

r dru

g ad

dictio

n. C

ertain n

on

-beh

avio

ral health

-related co

sts which

could

not b

e disag

greg

ated fro

m o

ther h

ealthcare co

sts are also in

cluded

in th

e listing b

elow

.

2016 -2

017

F

Y 2

016

F

Y 2

017

Article I

Tru

steed P

rogram

s, Office o

f the G

overn

or

$

5,3

04,9

74 $

5,3

04,9

74

Veteran

s Com

missio

n

$

1,5

00,0

00 $

1,5

00,0

00

Article II

Dep

artmen

t of A

gin

g an

d D

isability

Serv

ices

$52,2

58,6

73

$52,2

58

,674

Dep

artmen

t of F

amily

and

Pro

tective S

ervices

$20,8

12,5

08

$20,8

12,5

08

Dep

artmen

t of S

tate Health

Serv

ices

$1,3

43,7

08,1

73

$1,3

43,7

08,1

73

Health

and H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n

$56,1

35,8

37

$56,1

35,8

36

Office o

f Vio

lent S

ex O

ffend

er Man

agem

ent

$

154,9

61

$154,9

61

Article III

Univ

ersity o

f Tex

as - Health

Scien

ce Cen

ter Housto

n

$6,0

00,0

00

$6,0

00,0

00

Univ

ersity o

f Tex

as - Health

Scien

ce Cen

ter Tyler

$4,0

00,0

00

$4,0

00,0

00

Article V

Dep

artmen

t of C

rimin

al Justice

$251,9

71,5

61

$25

1,9

71,5

62

Juven

ile Justice D

epartm

ent

$118,6

22,7

98

$118,6

22,7

97

Military

Dep

artmen

t

$628,5

00

$628,5

00

Article V

III

State B

oard

of D

ental E

xam

iners

$124,2

50

$124,2

50

Board

of P

harm

acy

$233,6

62

$233,6

63

Board

of V

eterinary

Med

ical

Exam

iners

$30,0

00

$30,0

00

Opto

metry

Bo

ard

$36,0

00

$36,0

00

Board

of N

ursin

g

$873,5

58

$873,5

58

Med

ical Board

$533,5

49

$533,5

49

Tota

l

$1,8

62,7

74,0

43

$1,8

62,7

74,0

44

(b) S

tatew

ide B

eha

vio

ral H

ealth

Stra

tegic P

lan

. The O

ffice of th

e Govern

or, th

e Veteran

s

Com

missio

n, th

e Dep

artmen

t of A

gin

g an

d D

isability

Serv

ices, Dep

artmen

t of F

amily

and P

rotectiv

e

Serv

ices, the D

epartm

ent o

f State H

ealth S

ervices, th

e Office o

f Vio

lent S

ex O

ffender M

anag

emen

t, the

Health

and H

um

an S

ervices C

om

missio

n, th

e Univ

ersity o

f Tex

as - Health

Scien

ce Cen

ter Housto

n, th

e

Page 37 of 40

Univ

ersity o

f Tex

as - Health

Scien

ce Cen

ter Tyler, th

e Dep

artmen

t of C

rimin

al Justice, th

e Juven

ile

Justice D

epartm

ent an

d th

e Military

Dep

artmen

t may

use fu

nds ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act to

support th

e

statewid

e beh

avio

ral health

coo

rdin

ating co

uncil an

d each

shall d

esignate an

indiv

idual to

serve as a

mem

ber o

f that co

ord

inatin

g co

un

cil. Th

e Health

Pro

fessions C

ouncil sh

all desig

nate an

indiv

idual to

serve as th

e represen

tative fo

r all of th

e Article V

III regulato

ry ag

encies as a m

emb

er of th

e coord

inatin

g

council. A

ny o

ther state ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n th

at receives fu

ndin

g in

this A

ct and p

rovid

es specific

beh

avio

ral health

services m

ay p

articipate in

the m

eetings an

d d

iscussio

ns o

f the co

ord

inatin

g co

uncil.

The M

ental H

ealth S

tatewid

e Co

ord

inato

r at HH

SC

shall serv

e as chair o

f this co

uncil. T

he p

urp

ose o

f the

statewid

e beh

avio

ral health

coo

rdin

ating co

uncil sh

all be to

dev

elop

a five y

ear statewid

e beh

avio

ral

health

strategic p

lan an

d fu

nd

ing p

lan.

The co

ord

inatin

g co

un

cil shall su

bm

it the fiv

e year strateg

ic plan

to th

e Execu

tive C

om

missio

ner o

f

HH

SC

for ap

pro

val. T

he strateg

ic plan

shall in

clude an

inven

tory

of b

ehav

ioral h

ealth p

rogram

s and

services cu

rrently

offered

by state ag

encies an

d in

stitutio

ns o

f hig

her ed

ucatio

n, a rep

ort o

n th

e num

ber o

f

perso

ns serv

ed w

ith m

ental illn

ess and/o

r substan

ce abuse b

y each

agen

cy an

d d

etail a plan

to co

ord

inate

these p

rogram

s and

services to

elimin

ate redundan

cy, fo

rmalize co

ntractin

g stan

dard

s,utilize b

est

practices in

con

tracting stan

dard

s, perp

etuate id

entified

, successfu

l models fo

r men

tal health

and

substan

ce abuse treatm

ent, b

est practices, en

sure o

ptim

al service d

elivery

, and id

entify

and co

llect

com

parab

le data o

n resu

lts and

effectiven

ess. The E

xecu

tive C

om

missio

ner o

f HH

SC

shall ap

pro

ve th

e

plan

and n

otify

the L

egislativ

e Bu

dget B

oard

of su

ch ap

pro

val b

y M

ay 1

, 2016.

(c) Coord

inatio

n o

f Fisca

l Yea

r 20

17

Beh

avio

ral H

ealth

Exp

end

itures. T

he co

ord

inatin

g co

uncil sh

all

subm

it to th

e Ex

ecutiv

e Com

missio

ner o

f HH

SC

for ap

pro

val a co

ord

inated

statewid

e expen

ditu

re

pro

posal fo

r fiscal year 2

017

for each

agen

cy, w

hich

shall b

e the fiscal y

ear 2017 am

ount id

entified

in

subsectio

n (a) o

f this rid

er. Th

e expen

ditu

re pro

posal sh

all describ

e how

the id

entified

appro

priatio

ns at

each ag

ency

or in

stitutio

n w

ill be sp

ent in

accord

ance w

ith, an

d to

furth

er the g

oals o

f, the ap

pro

ved

statewid

e beh

avio

ral health

strategic p

lan. H

HS

C sh

all subm

it the co

ord

inated

statewid

e beh

avio

ral health

expen

ditu

re pro

posal to

the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

by Ju

ne 1

, 2016. T

he p

lan sh

all be co

nsid

ered to

be

appro

ved

unless th

e Leg

islative B

ud

get B

oard

issue w

ritten d

isappro

vals b

y A

ugust 1

, 2016.

Notw

ithstan

din

g an

y o

ther ap

pro

priatio

n au

thority

gran

ted b

y th

is Act, th

e Com

ptro

ller of P

ublic

Acco

unts sh

all not allo

w th

e exp

end

iture o

f Gen

eral Rev

enue-R

elated fu

nds id

entified

in su

bsectio

n (a)

by a p

articular ag

ency

if the L

egislativ

e Budget B

oard

pro

vid

es notificatio

n to

the C

om

ptro

ller of P

ublic

Acco

unts th

at the ag

ency

's exp

enditu

re pro

posal h

as not satisfied

the req

uirem

ents o

f this p

rovisio

n. If

fiscal year 2

017

Gen

eral Rev

enu

e-R

elated fu

nds are u

sed to

pro

vid

e service

s required

by fed

eral law, are

related to

court-o

rdered

treatmen

t, or req

uired

as the resu

lt of ad

min

istrative p

roceed

ings, th

e fundin

g fo

r

these serv

ices shall still b

e inclu

ded

in th

e pro

posal, b

ut th

ese funds sh

all not b

e contin

gen

t upon

appro

val.

Page 38 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Article

IX, G

en

era

l Pro

visio

ns

Pro

posed

Rid

er

Prep

ared b

y L

BB

Staff, 0

5/1

9/2

015

Overv

iew

Pro

vid

e directio

n o

n th

e pro

fessional leg

al services p

rovid

ed b

y th

e Office o

f the A

ttorn

ey

Gen

eral to th

e legislativ

e bran

ch o

f gov

ernm

ent.

Req

uired

Actio

n

On th

e appro

priate p

age o

f Article IX

in th

e Leg

al Rep

resentatio

n an

d Ju

dgm

ents P

rovisio

ns

with

in A

rticle IX o

f the G

eneral A

ppro

priatio

ns A

ct, add

the fo

llow

ing rid

er:

Sec. 1

6.0

6.

Pro

fession

al L

egal S

ervices.

(a) It is the in

tent o

f the leg

islature th

at in p

rovid

ing p

rofessio

nal leg

al services to

officials an

d

entities o

f the leg

islative b

ranch

of state g

overn

men

t usin

g m

oney ap

pro

priated

by th

is Act, th

e

attorn

ey g

eneral sh

all abid

e by th

e official’s o

r entity

’s decisio

ns co

ncern

ing th

e objectiv

es and

gen

eral meth

ods o

f represen

tation an

d w

heth

er to accep

t or reject an

offer o

f settlemen

t of a

matter. If circu

mstan

ces prev

ent th

e attorn

ey g

eneral fro

m ab

idin

g b

y su

ch d

ecisions, th

e official

or en

tity m

ay ex

pen

d fro

m g

eneral rev

enu

e funds ap

pro

priated

to th

e legislatu

re in A

rticle X o

f

this A

ct amounts n

ecessary to

pay fo

r pro

fessional leg

al services, in

cludin

g leg

al advice,

assistance, an

d rep

resentatio

n.

(b) T

o th

e exten

t this sectio

n co

nflicts w

ith an

oth

er pro

visio

n o

f this A

ct, this sectio

n p

revails.

Page 39 of 40

Tech

nica

l Ch

an

ge

Sec. 1

7.0

9. B

ord

er Secu

rity - In

form

atio

nal L

isting. In

cluded

elsewhere in

this A

ct is $8

00

.0 m

illion

in

bord

er security

fun

din

g fo

r the 2

01

6-1

7 b

ienniu

m. T

he fo

llow

ing is an

info

rmatio

nal list o

f the am

ou

nts

appro

priated

elsewhere in

this A

ct for b

ord

er security

to th

e Dep

artmen

t of P

ublic S

afety, T

rusteed

Pro

gram

s With

in th

e Office o

f the G

overn

or, th

e Park

s and W

ildlife D

epartm

ent, th

e Alco

holic B

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