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House Bill 2 |
House Author: Zerwas |
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Effective: 6-12-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 2 makes supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations to various state agencies, programs, and funds; provides transfer authority and other appropriation adjustment authority; and imposes contingencies on the appropriation of funds and transferred appropriations and restrictions on the use of certain supplemental and transferred appropriations. Unencumbered appropriations for the 2016-2017 state fiscal biennium from the general revenue fund and from dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund are reduced by approximately $112.7 million. The bill makes supplemental appropriations for the 2016-2017 state fiscal biennium totaling almost $1.1 billion from the general revenue fund and almost $1.6 billion from other federal funds.
House Bill 2 amends the law to require the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to report to the Legislative Budget Board any cost overruns and project delays for the Information Management Protecting Adults and Children in Texas (IMPACT) project not identified and reported before June 1, 2017, and to require all cost overruns to be paid from amounts appropriated out of Appropriated Receipts for DFPS for the 2016-2017 state fiscal biennium, subject to certain conditions. The bill also sets out provisions relating to a hiring freeze for state entities directed to adhere to a memorandum issued by the governor on January 31, 2017, through the end of the 2017 state fiscal year.