By: Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) H.B. No. 15
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2007;
  April 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Finance; May 21, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0;
  May 21, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 15 By:  Duncan
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in
  appropriations and giving direction, transfer authority, and other
  adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE:  GROUP HEALTH
  INSURANCE.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $3,678,942 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to
  Austin Community College for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of correcting the
  institution's underreporting of its state-funded group health
  insurance enrollment for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
         SECTION 2.  SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE:  GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE.  
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $1,424,764 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to South Plains
  College for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act for the purpose of correcting the institution's
  underreporting of its state-funded group health insurance
  enrollment for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
         SECTION 3.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
  OPERATIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $27,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
  providing for salaries and wages, hazardous duty and longevity pay,
  overtime pay, contractual rate adjustments, utilities, and fuel.
         SECTION 4.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
  CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2007, the amount of $12,940,619 is appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
  for the purpose of providing for correctional managed health care.
         SECTION 5.  TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD:  OPERATIONS.  (a)  In
  addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $1,222,827 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas Medical
  Board for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act for the purpose of:
               (1)  repaying the Governor's Emergency and Deficiency
  Grant awarded in fiscal year 2006; and
               (2)  providing for agency operating expenses for
  licensing and enforcement.
         (b)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $600,248 is appropriated out of the public assurance account to the
  Texas Medical Board for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing for agency
  operating expenses for licensing and enforcement.
         (c)  In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
  employees (FTEs) the Texas Medical Board is authorized to employ by
  other law during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, the
  board may employ an additional six FTEs during that period.
         SECTION 6.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION:  
  COSTS RELATED TO FORMER COSMETOLOGY COMMISSION AND BOARD OF BARBER
  EXAMINERS. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $463,202 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for the two-year
  period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purposes
  of paying:
               (1)  the unanticipated costs of relocating the
  functions and operations of the former Cosmetology Commission and
  the former Board of Barber Examiners; and
               (2)  obligations, including interest accrued on the
  obligations, of the former Cosmetology Commission and the former
  Board of Barber Examiners.
         (b)  This subsection applies with respect to the obligation
  to pay for goods or services received before August 31, 2005, by the
  former Cosmetology Commission or the former Board of Barber
  Examiners. A claim for payment or reimbursement for goods or
  services to which this subsection applies may not be paid from money
  appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section until the claim is
  verified and substantiated by the executive director of the Texas
  Department of Licensing and Regulation and until it is subsequently
  approved by the attorney general and the comptroller of public
  accounts. The approvals must occur before August 31, 2008.
         SECTION 7.  TEXAS BUILDING AND PROCUREMENT COMMISSION:  
  RENOVATION AND REPAIRS TO SAM HOUSTON BUILDING. In addition to
  amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated
  out of the general revenue fund to the Texas Building and
  Procurement Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of making renovations and
  repairs to the Sam Houston Building.
         SECTION 8.  TEXAS BUILDING AND PROCUREMENT COMMISSION:
  UTILITIES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $2,847,069 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Texas Building and Procurement Commission for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
  making utility payments.
         SECTION 9.  TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY:  CONTINGENCY
  APPROPRIATION FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND OTHER EXPENSES. (a)  
  Subject to Subsection (b) of this section, and in addition to
  amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $13,645,120 is appropriated
  out of the general revenue fund to Texas Southern University for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
  purpose of providing deferred maintenance, paying outstanding
  expenses, making emergency maintenance repairs, paying contract
  deficits, paying audit and legal costs, providing funding for
  summer school, and providing funding for the TSU/HISD Charter
  School.
         (b)  The appropriation made by Subsection (a) of this section
  is contingent on the occurrence of either:
               (1)  the enactment and becoming law of Senate Bill No.
  2039 or similar legislation by the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007; or
               (2)  the appointment of a conservator for Texas
  Southern University under Chapter 2104, Government Code.
         SECTION 10.  TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: CONTINGENCY
  APPROPRIATION FOR ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. (a)  Subject to
  Subsection (b) of this section, and in addition to other amounts
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
  that may be used for this purpose, the following amounts are
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Texas Southern
  University for the Academic Development Initiative:
               (1)  $12,500,000 is appropriated for the state fiscal
  year ending August 31, 2008; and
               (2)  $12,500,000 and any unexpended balance of the
  amount appropriated under Subdivision (1) of this subsection are
  appropriated for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2009.
         (b)  The appropriations made by Subsection (a) of this
  section are contingent on the occurrence of either:
               (1)  the enactment and becoming law of Senate Bill No.
  2039 or similar legislation by the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007; or
               (2)  the appointment of a conservator for Texas
  Southern University under Chapter 2104, Government Code.
         (c)  The amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section shall be used for:
               (1)  proven academic success programs;
               (2)  existing graduate programs;
               (3)  undergraduate education; and
               (4)  initiatives to target enrollment growth.
         (d)  Not later than November 1 of each fiscal year, the
  university shall submit to the Texas Southern University Board of
  Regents, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the
  Legislative Budget Board, and the governor a report describing the
  use of the funds appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section that
  states the goals to be achieved through use of the funds and
  establishes timelines and milestones for showing progress in
  meeting the goals. The report shall include proposed actions to be
  taken in the event a milestone is not met.
         SECTION 11.  TEXAS FOREST SERVICE:  REIMBURSEMENT FOR
  WILDFIRE COSTS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $44,730,767 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
  Texas Forest Service for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of providing
  reimbursement for costs related to wildfire.
         SECTION 12.  UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: TEXAS FORENSIC SCIENCE
  COMMISSION EXPENSES. (a)  In addition to amounts previously
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007,
  the amount of $45,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
  fund to the University of Houston for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act for the purposes of paying salary,
  office, and travel expenses of the Texas Forensic Science
  Commission under Article 38.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (b)  From money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section, the commission is authorized to employ one full-time
  equivalent employee (FTE) during the period covered by the
  appropriation.
         SECTION 13.  ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT:  OPERATIONS. In
  addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $1,681,615 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Adjutant
  General's Department for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying salaries and
  wages and providing for maintenance and operations.
         SECTION 14.  RESTORATION OF REDUCTIONS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL
  AIR TRAVEL. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following amounts
  are appropriated to the following agencies for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
  restoring reductions in appropriations for commercial air travel
  made pursuant to Section 5.09, Article IX, Chapter 1369, Acts of the
  79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General
  Appropriations Act):
               (1)  the Structural Pest Control Board is appropriated
  $2,595 out of the general revenue fund;
               (2)  the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is
  appropriated $33,370 out of the general revenue fund;
               (3)  the School for the Deaf is appropriated $139,207
  out of the general revenue fund; and
               (4)  the Eleventh Court of Appeals, Eastland, is
  appropriated $3,383 out of the general revenue fund.
         SECTION 15.  SUPREME COURT: MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION. In
  addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $50,747 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Supreme Court of
  Texas for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act for the purpose of providing grants to appellate
  courts for additional court staff to handle multi-district
  litigation cases, such as cases related to asbestosis or silicosis,
  appealed from the trial courts.
         SECTION 16.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: PRIVATE
  HOSPITAL UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT PROGRAM; TRANSFER FROM TEXAS TECH
  HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER. (a) The Texas Tech University Health
  Sciences Center shall transfer an amount of non-Medicaid
  state-appropriated funds, not to exceed $4,500,000, to the Health
  and Human Services Commission during the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2007. The comptroller in consultation with the
  commission shall determine the time or times of the transfer. The
  commission in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board, the
  comptroller, and the health sciences center shall determine the
  amount of the transfer based on achieving the optimal match of
  available federal funds.
         (b)  The Health and Human Services Commission is authorized
  to expend amounts transferred under Subsection (a) of this section
  during the two—year period beginning on the date of the transfer for
  the state contribution under the private hospital upper payment
  limit program.
         SECTION 17.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:  TRANSFER
  OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR CHIP SERVICES. Notwithstanding any
  provision of another Act making appropriations to the contrary, the
  Health and Human Services Commission may, without the necessity of
  prior approval by another officer or entity, transfer funds
  appropriated to the commission under Goal C:  CHIP Services by
  Chapter 1369, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005
  (page II-70, General Appropriations Act), to other goals and
  strategies as necessary to efficiently and effectively comply with
  the provisions of this Act.
         SECTION 18.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: STAFFING
  AND CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORITY IN LIEU OF CONTRACTED
  RESPONSIBILITIES.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this
  Act or another Act making an appropriation, if the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission determines
  that a service performed as of the effective date of this Act under
  a contract would be more effectively performed by state personnel,
  the executive commissioner may adjust the agency's full-time
  equivalent employee (FTE) limitation prescribed by any Act making
  an appropriation to the extent necessary to ensure the successful
  assumption of such contracted duties, provided that the commission
  has made corresponding adjustments in the scope of duties and
  responsibilities under the affected contract.  An increase in
  agency staffing resulting from the executive commissioner's
  determination under this section is subject to the following
  requirements:
               (1)  the executive commissioner must notify the
  Legislative Budget Board and the governor at least 10 days before
  adjusting the budgeted FTE levels; and
               (2)  the executive commissioner must report on a
  quarterly basis beginning December 1, 2007, to the Legislative
  Budget Board and the governor the number of eligibility and related
  support staff and any related costs under the appropriations made
  to the commission for Strategy A.1.2, Integrated Eligibility and
  Enrollment, by the applicable General Appropriations Act.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision in an Act making an
  appropriation, if the executive commissioner of the Health and
  Human Services Commission determines that a service performed as of
  the effective date of this Act under a contract would be more
  effectively performed by state personnel, the Health and Human
  Services Commission may exceed the capital budget authority
  limitations provided elsewhere in an Act making an appropriation to
  the extent necessary to acquire hardware, software, and office
  space to support any assumed contracted duties and
  responsibilities, provided that the commission has made
  corresponding adjustments in the scope of the affected contract.  
  An increase in capital expenditures is subject to the following
  requirements:
               (1)  the executive commissioner must notify the
  Legislative Budget Board and the governor at least 10 days before
  acquiring capital equipment; and
               (2)  the executive commissioner must include capital
  acquisitions in required financial reporting to the Legislative
  Budget Board and the governor.
         (c)  This section applies in relation to the Health and Human
  Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 19.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: GENERAL
  SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.  In addition to other amounts
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007,
  the amount of $110,000,000 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Health and Human Services Commission for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act. The
  amounts appropriated by this section may be expended by the
  commission or transferred by the commission to a health and human
  services agency for expenditure for any purpose for which the
  Health and Human Services Commission or health and human services
  agency received an appropriation under Chapter 1369, Acts of the
  79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General
  Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 20.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION AND HEALTH
  AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES: FREW V. HAWKINS COMPLIANCE. (a) This
  section provides direction, information, transfer authority,
  capital budget authority, and full-time-equivalent employee (FTE)
  authority in relation to the Frew v. Hawkins lawsuit regarding
  amounts described by this section that are appropriated by any Act
  of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. This section does
  not of itself make an appropriation.
         (b)  In this section:
               (1)  "Appropriating Act" means an Act of the 80th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that makes one or more
  appropriations.
               (2)  "Executive Commissioner" means the Executive
  Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
               (3)  "Frew v. Hawkins" means the lawsuit styled Linda
  Frew, et al. v. Albert Hawkins, et al., Civil Action No. 3:93CA65
  (U.S. Dist.--E.D. Tex.).
               (4)  "Health and human services agency" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code.
               (5)  "Joint Motion" means the Joint Motion for Entry of
  Agreed Corrective Action Order filed jointly by the plaintiffs and
  defendants in Frew v. Hawkins on April 27, 2007.
         (c)  Contingent on applicable approval by the federal
  judiciary and pursuant to the Joint Motion in Frew v. Hawkins, the
  amount of $1,779.9 million in All Funds, including $706.7 million
  in General Revenue, appropriated by any appropriating Act to the
  Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) may be used to improve
  access to medically necessary services for members of the plaintiff
  class in that lawsuit and to ensure compliance with the Consent
  Decree and judicially-approved Corrective Action Plans in that
  lawsuit during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009.
  Notwithstanding any limitation on transfer authority prescribed by
  any appropriating Act, the Executive Commissioner may transfer
  amounts appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission or
  to a health and human services agency by any appropriating Act, in a
  cumulative amount not to exceed the amounts described above in this
  subsection, within and among the commission and the health and
  human services agencies as necessary to accomplish the purposes
  described by this section.
         (d)  The Executive Commissioner shall develop a plan
  consistent with Subsection (c) of this section that details the
  proposed expenditure of funds under this section in a manner that
  addresses the requirements of the Consent Decree, the Joint Motion,
  and the judicially-approved Corrective Action Plans in Frew v.
  Hawkins, to the extent those judicially-approved Corrective Action
  Plans supersede the Joint Motion. All expenditures by HHSC or a
  health and human services agency that address the requirements of
  the Consent Decree, the Joint Motion, or the judicially-approved
  Corrective Action Plans in Frew v. Hawkins must be made pursuant to
  the plan or a plan amendment. The Executive Commissioner shall
  submit the plan to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor not
  later than September 1, 2007, or as soon thereafter as practical
  following judicial approval of the Corrective Action Plans. The
  Executive Commissioner may develop amendments to the plan as
  necessary and shall submit any amendments to the plan to the
  Legislative Budget Board and the Governor. In accordance with
  Section 69, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, expenditures pursuant
  to the plan or any plan amendment may not be made without the prior
  approval of the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
         (e)  To the extent not otherwise superseded by the
  judicially-approved Corrective Action Plans, the amounts described
  by this section that may be used for purposes of Frew v. Hawkins
  compliance may be used for the following purposes:
               (1)  a 25 percent increase in physician and other
  professional reimbursement rates for services to children enrolled
  in the medical assistance program and covered by the Joint Motion
  ($511.3 million in All Funds including $203 million in General
  Revenue);
               (2)  a 50 percent increase in dental reimbursement
  rates for services to children enrolled in the medical assistance
  program and covered by the Joint Motion ($661.6 million in All Funds
  including $258.7 million in General Revenue);
               (3)  a targeted rate increase for certain specialists
  for services to children enrolled in the medical assistance program
  and covered by the Joint Motion ($125.9 million in All Funds
  including $50 million in General Revenue);
               (4)  strategic dental and medical initiatives
  concerning services to children enrolled in the medical assistance
  program and covered by the Joint Motion ($150 million in General
  Revenue) which may include but are not limited to the following:
                     (A)  mobile medical and dental vans and operations
  in underserved areas of the state, commencing with health and human
  services Region 11;
                     (B)  stipends or other incentives that qualify for
  federal financial participation to health care professionals who
  provide health care services in an underserved area to children
  enrolled in the medical assistance program;
                     (C)  targeted rate adjustments not otherwise
  included in Subdivisions (1)-(3) of this subsection that further
  improve access for children enrolled in the medical assistance
  program;
                     (D)  improvements in medical transportation;
                     (E)  improvements such as the Medicaid Access Card
  that simplify access to medically necessary services and enhance
  scheduling and notification of required check-ups and follow-up
  care;
                     (F)  appropriate efforts to provide specialty
  services in or near underserved areas, such as providing for
  regular, periodic clinics by specialists in communities that are
  closer to underserved areas than the specialists' regular offices;
  and
                     (G)  other appropriate strategic initiatives to
  improve the access to medically necessary services in underserved
  areas of the state for children enrolled in the medical assistance
  program and covered by the Joint Motion;
               (5)  implementation of the judicially-approved
  Corrective Action Plans ($113.4 million in All Funds including $45
  million in General Revenue); and
               (6)  reasonable variances in utilization or cost
  estimates of the court-ordered Corrective Action Plans.
         (f)  Notwithstanding any provision of any appropriating Act
  to the contrary, the Executive Commissioner is authorized to adjust
  staffing levels and to acquire capital items to the extent the
  Executive Commissioner determines is necessary to ensure
  compliance with the judicially-approved Corrective Action Plans,
  subject to the following requirements:
               (1)  staffing and capital equipment needs must be
  described in adequate detail in the plan submitted by the Executive
  Commissioner pursuant to Subsection (d) of this section, to the
  extent such needs are known at the time the plan is submitted; and
               (2)  to the extent such needs are not known at that
  time, the Executive Commissioner shall amend the plan and notify
  the Legislative Budget Board and the Office of the Governor not
  later than:
                     (A)  the 30th day following the date the Executive
  Commissioner determines that additional staffing and capital items
  are required; and
                     (B)  the 10th day before the date the number of
  FTEs are adjusted or capital equipment is acquired in a manner that
  differs from the original plan or an earlier amendment to the plan.
         SECTION 21.  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:  
  CPS REFORM. (a)  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the following
  amounts are appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective
  Services for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
  this Act to initiate child protective services reforms relating to
  family group decision-making, in-home family support, redaction of
  adoption records, improvement of court services, tablet personal
  computers for conservatorship workers, and centralization of
  background and criminal history checks:
               (1)  $1,502,423 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund; and
               (2)  $2,214,557 in federal funds (TANF) is
  appropriated.
         (b)  In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
  employees (FTEs) the Department of Family and Protective Services
  is authorized to employ by other law during the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2007, the department may employ an additional 117
  FTEs during the remainder of that period.
         (c)  In addition to the capital budget authority previously
  granted for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the
  Department of Family and Protective Services may use an additional
  $2,033,837 in capital budget authority for programming expenses
  associated with providing tablet personal computers for
  conservatorship workers, child-care licensing staff, and
  residential child-care licensing staff.
         SECTION 22.  DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:  
  RESTORATION OF COMMUNITY CARE PROVIDER RATES TO FISCAL YEAR 2003
  LEVELS.  The amount of $10,814,194 is appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund and $16,422,160 in federal funds is
  appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for
  the two-year period beginning June 1, 2007, for the purpose of
  restoring provider rates to fiscal year 2003 levels in programs for
  home and community-based services, in programs for community living
  assistance and support services (CLASS), in the Texas Home Living
  Waiver program, and in intermediate care facilities for the
  mentally retarded.  The adjustment to provider rates for such
  services shall be effective January 1, 2007.
         SECTION 23.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES:
  ANTIVIRALS FOR INFLUENZA PANDEMIC. In addition to amounts
  previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2007, the amount of $11,000,000 is appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund to the Department of State Health Services for
  the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  the purpose of purchasing antiviral drugs for use in the event of an
  influenza pandemic.
         SECTION 24.  COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: SUPPORT FOR TAX
  ADMINISTRATION DUTIES AND STATEWIDE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES. In
  addition to other amounts appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2009, that may be used for this purpose,
  the amount of $4,100,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
  fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2009, for the purpose of supporting the
  comptroller's tax administration duties and statewide fiscal
  responsibilities.
         SECTION 25.  GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND VETERANS' LAND BOARD:
  DERELICT STRUCTURE REMOVAL. In addition to other amounts
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007,
  the amount of $2,000,000 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue-dedicated coastal protection account No. 27 to the General
  Land Office and Veterans' Land Board for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
  removing and disposing of the Zeus jack rig, an off-shore oil
  platform abandoned in the Freeport Channel.
         SECTION 26.  SECRETARY OF STATE: COSTS OF MAY 12
  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION.  In addition to other amounts
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007,
  the amount of $5,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
  fund to the secretary of state for the two-year period beginning on
  the effective date of this Act for the purpose of reimbursing each
  county in this state for the expense incurred by the county in
  conducting the election held on May 12, 2007, at which a proposed
  amendment to the Texas Constitution was on the ballot.
         SECTION 27.  TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
  HELOTES FIRE. In addition to other amounts appropriated for the
  state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $2,800,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue-dedicated
  solid waste disposal fees account No. 5000 to the Texas Commission
  on Environmental Quality for the two-year period beginning on the
  effective date of this Act for the purpose of supporting efforts to
  extinguish the fire in or near the city of Helotes on property owned
  by H.L. Zumwalt Construction, Inc., that poses a potential threat
  to Edwards Aquifer groundwater.
         SECTION 28.  TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION:  OPERATING EXPENSES.  
  In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of $20,000,000 is
  appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas Youth
  Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
  of this Act for the purpose of providing for the agency's operating
  expenses and video surveillance needs.  Notwithstanding any
  limitation on the capital budget authority of the Texas Youth
  Commission, the commission may expend the amount necessary from the
  appropriation made by this section to acquire needed video
  surveillance equipment.
         SECTION 29.  DATA CENTER SERVICES.  (a)  The following
  amounts are appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending
  August 31, 2009, to the following agencies for the purpose of making
  payments for data center services:
               (1)  $154,354 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Railroad Commission of Texas;
               (2)  $1,124,521 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund and an additional $4,856,648 is appropriated out of
  general revenue dedicated accounts to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality;
               (3)  $381,705 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund, an additional $17,699 is appropriated out of general
  revenue dedicated accounts, and $1,937,066 in federal funds is
  appropriated to the Texas Workforce Commission;
               (4)  $958,928 is appropriated out of the state highway
  fund to the Texas Department of Transportation;
               (5)  $2,734,431 is appropriated out of general revenue
  dedicated accounts to the Parks and Wildlife Department;
               (6)  $339,523 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission;
               (7)  $773,164 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the secretary of state;
               (8)  $1,295,979 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund, $136,277 in other funds is appropriated, and $778,098
  in federal funds is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency;
               (9)  $552,478 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund, $590,858 in other funds is appropriated, and $10,995
  in federal funds is appropriated to the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board;
               (10)  $519,429 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
               (11)  $78,920 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the General Land Office;
               (12)  $1,929,901 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Office of the Attorney General;
               (13)  $329,626 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
               (14)  $147,631 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
               (15)  $2,466,681 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Texas Water Development Board; and
               (16)  $839,500 is appropriated out of the general
  revenue fund to the Texas Youth Commission.
         (b)  The amount of $8,081,368 is appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund to the Department of Information Resources for
  the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, for the purpose of
  transferring funds to state agencies as necessary for use by the
  agencies in making payments for data center services.
         (c)  The following amounts are appropriated out of the
  general revenue fund to the Department of Information Resources for
  the purpose of paying one-time costs related to the data center
  services contract:
               (1)  in addition to amounts previously appropriated for
  the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, the amount of
  $32,335,000 is appropriated for the two-year period beginning on
  the effective date of this Act; and
               (2)  in addition to other amounts appropriated for all
  or part of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, that
  may be used for this purpose, the amount of $34,385,000 is
  appropriated for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, and
  the amount of $9,935,000 is appropriated for the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2009.
         (d)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Employees Retirement
  System for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, are reduced
  by the following amounts to reflect decreased retirement program
  costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $221,782;
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $58,608; and
               (3)  appropriations out of other funds are reduced by
  $88,412.
         (e)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Employees Retirement
  System for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, are reduced
  by the following amounts to reflect decreased insurance program
  costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $487,921;
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $128,937; and
               (3)  appropriations out of other funds are reduced by
  $194,507.
         (f)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Comptroller of Public
  Accounts for the state match for social security for the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, are reduced by the following
  amounts to reflect decreased social security costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $263,044;
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $69,511; and
               (3)  appropriations out of other funds are reduced by
  $104,861.
         (g)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Comptroller of Public
  Accounts made by Section 13.17(b), Article IX, Chapter 1369, Acts
  of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General
  Appropriations Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
  2007, are reduced by the following amounts to reflect decreased
  salary costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $140,729;
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $37,189; and
               (3)  appropriations out of other funds are reduced by
  $56,101.
         (h)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Texas Department of
  Insurance for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, are
  reduced by the following amounts to reflect decreased costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $912,610; and
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $1,153,023.
         (i)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Department of Family
  and Protective Services for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2009, are reduced by the following amounts to reflect decreased
  costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $2,192,309; and
               (2)  federal funds appropriations are reduced by
  $371,007.
         (j)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Department of Public
  Safety for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, are
  reduced by the following amounts to reflect decreased costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the state highway fund are
  reduced by $83,250; and
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $141,750.
         (k)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations to the Texas Building and
  Procurement Commission for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2009, are reduced by the following amounts to reflect decreased
  costs:
               (1)  appropriations out of the general revenue fund are
  reduced by $844,083;
               (2)  appropriations out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts are reduced by $34,450; and
               (3)  appropriations out of other funds are reduced by
  $289,273.
         (l)  As a result of reduced costs due to the implementation
  of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (House Bill 1516), appropriations out of the general revenue
  fund to the Department of Agriculture for the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2009, are reduced by $105,478 to reflect
  decreased costs.
         (m)  If this section makes an appropriation to an agency out
  of general revenue dedicated accounts or out of other funds, or
  reduces an agency's appropriation out of general revenue dedicated
  accounts or out of other funds, under circumstances in which more
  than one general revenue dedicated account or source of other funds
  could be involved, the comptroller with the assistance of the
  affected agency shall allocate the appropriation or reduction in
  appropriations among the dedicated accounts or sources of other
  funds according to:
               (1)  the amounts available in the affected accounts or
  from the sources of other funds; and
               (2)  the extent to which the programs supported by the
  dedicated accounts or sources of other funds are supported by the
  appropriation or, in the case of a reduction in appropriations,
  supported by the implementation of Chapter 1068, Acts of the 79th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (House Bill 1516).
         (n)(1)  Amounts appropriated by Subsection (c) of this
  section may be used only for one-time implementation costs directly
  related to consolidating data center services, such as costs for
  labor, hardware, software, software upgrades, travel, human
  resources expenses, moving and living expenses of transitioned
  employees, consulting, communications, inventory of in-scope
  equipment, and facilities renovations to consolidated data
  centers, customer data centers, and customer remote facilities.
               (2)  As necessary to maximize the receipt of federal
  funds, amounts appropriated by Subsection (c) of this section may
  be transferred by the Department of Information Resources to state
  agencies involved in the data center contract for use by the
  agencies only for the purpose stated by Subsection (c) of this
  section and this subsection.  Notwithstanding any authority granted
  by this Act or a General Appropriations Act to transfer
  appropriated money between strategies, amounts appropriated by
  Subsection (c) of this section are not available for any purpose
  other than the purpose stated by Subsection (c) and this
  subsection.
               (3)  The Department of Information Resources may not
  spend amounts appropriated by Subsection (c) of this section and an
  agency to which the department transfers money under this
  subsection may not spend a transferred amount unless, more than 21
  days before the department spends or transfers the money, as
  applicable, the department reports to the Legislative Budget Board
  and the Governor the intended use of the funds and, for money
  transferred to another agency under this subsection, the specific
  amounts proposed to be transferred. Amounts appropriated by
  Subsection (c) of this section may not be expended to the extent:
                     (A)  the Governor issues a written disapproval of
  a proposed expenditure not later than the 21st business day after
  the date the Governor receives the report from the department
  concerning the proposed expenditure; or
                     (B)  the Legislative Budget Board issues a written
  disapproval of a proposed expenditure not later than the 21st
  business day after the date the staff of the Legislative Budget
  Board concludes its review of the report from the department
  concerning the proposed expenditure and forwards the staff's
  conclusions or comments to the Chair of the House Appropriations
  Committee, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Speaker of the
  House of Representatives, and Lieutenant Governor.
               (4)  Amounts appropriated by Subsection (c) of this
  section may not be used by the department or another agency to pay
  for costs incurred by the department to administer and oversee the
  data center services contract.  
         SECTION 30.  PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DEFERRALS OF AUGUST 2007
  PAYMENTS.  (a)  The following riders in Article II, Chapter 1369,
  Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the General
  Appropriations Act) are repealed:
               (1)  Rider 66 following the appropriations to the
  Health and Human Services Commission;
               (2)  Rider 21 following the appropriations to the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services;
               (3)  Rider 48 following the appropriations to the
  Department of Aging and Disability Services; and
               (4)  Rider 25 following the appropriations to the
  Department of Family and Protective Services.
         (b)  The following unencumbered amounts appropriated to the
  Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal biennium
  ending August 31, 2007, are transferred as follows:
               (1)  the amount of $122,701,559 in general revenue is
  transferred to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for
  expenditure by the department during the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2007, or if appropriate, during the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2008, in connection with making payments for
  August 2007 services; and
               (2)  the amount of $12,792,244 in general revenue is
  transferred to the Department of Family and Protective Services for
  expenditure by the department during the state fiscal year ending
  August 31, 2007, or if appropriate, during the state fiscal year
  ending August 31, 2008, in connection with making payments for
  August 2007 services.
         SECTION 31.  TRANSFERS TO DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND
  REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. The
  unencumbered amount of $1,541,628 in general revenue appropriated
  to the Health and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2007, is transferred to the Department
  of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services for expenditure by the
  department during the two-year period beginning on the effective
  date of this Act for vocational rehabilitation.
         SECTION 32.  TRANSFERS TO DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND
  PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NEEDS. The unencumbered
  amount of $13,047,000 in general revenue appropriated to the Health
  and Human Services Commission for the state fiscal biennium ending
  August 31, 2007, is transferred to the Department of Family and
  Protective Services for expenditure by the department during the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
  purpose of making foster care and adoption subsidy payments.
         SECTION 33.  APPROPRIATION REDUCTION:  TEACHER RETIREMENT
  SYSTEM, TRS-CARE.  The unencumbered appropriations from the general
  revenue fund appropriated to the Teacher Retirement System for use
  during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, by Chapter
  1369, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005 (the
  General Appropriations Act) under Strategy A.3.1 for the Teacher
  Retirement System (Retiree Health - Supplemental Funds) are reduced
  by the amount of $76,644,468.
         SECTION 34.  REDUCTION IN VETOED FUNDS APPROPRIATION.  The
  appropriations made from general revenue by Section 13.18, Article
  IX, Chapter 1369, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2005 (the General Appropriations Act), are reduced by the amount of
  $463,973,206.
         SECTION 35.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect
  immediately.
 
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