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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS

SENATE VERSION

Eighty-seventh Legislature

2022 -20 23 Biennium

STATE OF TEXAS

By: Nelson S.B. No. 1

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• Arts, Commission on the....................................................................................................................... I- ARTICLE I - GENERAL GOVERNMENT
• Attorney General, Office of the I-
• Bond Review Board I-
• Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas............................................................................ I-
• Comptroller of Public Accounts I-
• Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts I-
  • Informational Listing of Funds Appropriated to the Comptroller for Social Security BRP I-
• Emergency Communications, Commission on State I-
• Emergency Services Retirement System, Texas I-
• Employees Retirement System I-
• Ethics Commission, Texas I-
• Facilities Commission......................................................................................................................... I-
• Finance Authority, Public I-
• Governor, Office of the I-
• Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor........................................................................ I-
• Historical Commission I-
• Information Resources, Department of I-
• Library & Archives Commission I-
• Pension Review Board I-
• Preservation Board I-
• Risk Management, State Office of I-
• Secretary of State I-
• Veterans Commission I-
• Retirement and Group Insurance ...I-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay I-
• Bond Debt Service Payments............................................................................................................ I-
• Lease Payments I-
• Recapitulation - Article I - General Revenue.................................................................................... I-
• Recapitulation - Article I - General Revenue - Dedicated I-
• Recapitulation - Article I - Federal Funds I-
• Recapitulation - Article I - Other Funds I-
• Recapitulation - Article I - All Funds I-
• Family and Protective Services, Department of................................................................................... II- ARTICLE II - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• State Health Services, Department of II-
• Health and Human Services Commission II-
• Retirement and Group Insurance II-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay II-
• Bond Debt Service Payments........................................................................................................... II-
• Lease Payments II-
• Special Provisions Relating to All Health and Human Services Agencies II-
• Recapitulation - Article II - General Revenue II-
• Recapitulation - Article II - General Revenue - Dedicated II-
• Recapitulation - Article II - Federal Funds II-
• Recapitulation - Article II - Other Funds II-
• Recapitulation - Article II - All Funds II-
• Education Agency, Texas III- ARTICLE III - EDUCATION
• Blind and Visually Impaired, School for the III-
• Deaf, School for the III-
• School for the Deaf III- Special Provisions for the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired /
• Teacher Retirement System III-
• Optional Retirement Program III-
• Group Insurance Contributions, Higher Education Employees III-
• Higher Education Coordinating Board III-
• Higher Education Fund III-
• The University of Texas System Administration III-
• Available University Fund III-
• Available National Research University Fund.................................................................................. III-
• Support for Military and Veterans Exemptions III- ii
• The University of Texas at Arlington III-
• The University of Texas at Austin III-
• The University of Texas at Dallas..................................................................................................... III-
• The University of Texas at El Paso................................................................................................... III-
• The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley................................................................................. III-
• The University of Texas Permian Basin III-
• The University of Texas at San Antonio........................................................................................... III-
• The University of Texas at Tyler III-
• Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices III-
• Texas A&M University..................................................................................................................... III-
• Texas A&M University at Galveston................................................................................................ III-
• Prairie View A&M University III-
• Tarleton State University III-
• Texas A&M University – Central Texas III-
• Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi III-
• Texas A&M University - Kingsville............................................................................................... III-
• Texas A&M University – San Antonio........................................................................................... III-
• Texas A&M International University III-
• West Texas A&M University III-
• Texas A&M University - Commerce III-
• Texas A&M University - Texarkana III-
• University of Houston System Administration III-
• University of Houston III-
• University of Houston - Clear Lake III-
• University of Houston - Downtown III-
• University of Houston - Victoria III-
• Midwestern State University........................................................................................................... III-
• University of North Texas System Administration......................................................................... III-
• University of North Texas III-
• University of North Texas at Dallas III-
• Stephen F. Austin State University III-
• Texas Southern University III-
• Texas Tech University System Administration III-
• Texas Tech University III-
• Angelo State University III-
• Texas Woman’s University............................................................................................................. III-
• Texas State University System III-
• Lamar University III-
• Lamar Institute of Technology........................................................................................................ III-
• Lamar State College - Orange III-
• Lamar State College - Port Arthur III-
• Sam Houston State University III-
• Texas State University III-
• Sul Ross State University................................................................................................................ III-
• Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College III-
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center III-
• The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston III-
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston........................................................... III-
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio III-
• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine III-
• The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center III-
• The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler III-
• Texas A&M University System Health Science Center III-
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth III-
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center III-
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso III-
• University of Houston College of Medicine III-
• Public Community/Junior Colleges III-
• Texas State Technical College System Administration III-
• Texas State Technical College - Harlingen..................................................................................... III-
• Texas State Technical College - West Texas III-
• Texas State Technical College - Marshall III-
• Texas State Technical College - Waco III-
• Texas State Technical College – Fort Bend III-
• Texas State Technical College – North Texas III-
• Special Provisions Relating Only to Components of Texas State Technical College III-
• Texas A&M Agrilife Research III-
• Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service III-
• Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station III-
• Texas A&M Transportation Institute III-
• Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service III-
• Texas A&M Forest Service III- iii
• Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory III-
• Texas Division of Emergency Management III-
• Retirement and Group Insurance III-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay III-
• Bond Debt Service Payments.......................................................................................................... III-
• Lease Payments III-
• Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education III-
• Recapitulation - Article III - General Revenue III-
• Recapitulation - Article III - General Revenue - Dedicated III-
• Recapitulation - Article III - Federal Funds III-
• Recapitulation - Article III - Other Funds III-
• Recapitulation - Article III - All Funds........................................................................................... III-
• Supreme Court of Texas IV- ARTICLE IV - THE JUDICIARY
• Court of Criminal Appeals IV-
• First Court of Appeals District, Houston IV-
• Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth IV-
• Third Court of Appeals District, Austin........................................................................................... IV-
• Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio IV-
• Fifth Court of Appeals District, Dallas IV-
• Sixth Court of Appeals District, Texarkana IV-
• Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo IV-
• Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso IV-
• Ninth Court of Appeals District, Beaumont..................................................................................... IV-
• Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco IV-
• Eleventh Court of Appeals District, Eastland IV-
• Twelfth Court of Appeals District, Tyler IV-
• Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus Christi - Edinburg IV-
• Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston IV-
• Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council IV-
• Office of Capital Writs..................................................................................................................... IV-
• State Prosecuting Attorney, Office of the IV-
• State Law Library IV-
• Commission on Judicial Conduct, State IV-
• Judiciary Section, Comptroller’s Department IV-
• Retirement and Group Insurance IV-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay IV-
• Lease Payments IV-
• Special Provisions - Judiciary IV-
• Recapitulation - Article IV - General Revenue IV-
• Recapitulation - Article IV - General Revenue - Dedicated IV-
• Recapitulation - Article IV - Federal Funds..................................................................................... IV-
• Recapitulation - Article IV - Other Funds IV-
• Recapitulation - Article IV - All Funds IV-
• Alcoholic Beverage Commission......................................................................................................... V- ARTICLE V - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Criminal Justice, Department of V-
• Fire Protection, Commission on......................................................................................................... V-
• Jail Standards, Commission on V-
• Juvenile Justice Department............................................................................................................... V-
• Law Enforcement, Commission on.................................................................................................... V-
• Military Department........................................................................................................................... V-
• Public Safety, Department of V-
• Retirement and Group Insurance V-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay V-
• Bond Debt Service Payments............................................................................................................. V-
• Lease Payments V-
• Recapitulation - Article V - General Revenue V-
• Recapitulation - Article V - General Revenue - Dedicated................................................................ V-
• Recapitulation - Article V - Federal Funds V-
• Recapitulation - Article V - Other Funds V-
• Recapitulation - Article V - All Funds V-
• Agriculture, Department of VI- ARTICLE VI - NATURAL RESOURCES
• Animal Health Commission VI-
• Commission on Environmental Quality........................................................................................... VI-
• General Land Office and Veterans’ Land Board VI-
• Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission VI-
• Parks and Wildlife Department VI-
• Railroad Commission....................................................................................................................... VI-
• Soil and Water Conservation Board................................................................................................. VI-
• Water Development Board VI-
• Retirement and Group Insurance VI-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay VI-
• Bond Debt Service Payments........................................................................................................... VI-
• Lease Payments VI-
• Recapitulation - Article VI - General Revenue VI-
• Recapitulation - Article VI - General Revenue - Dedicated VI-
• Recapitulation - Article VI - Federal Funds..................................................................................... VI-
• Recapitulation - Article VI - Other Funds VI-
• Recapitulation - Article VI - All Funds VI-
• Housing and Community Affairs, Department of VII- ARTICLE VII - BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Lottery Commission, Texas VII-
• Motor Vehicles, Department of VII-
• Transportation, Department of VII-
• Workforce Commission, Texas....................................................................................................... VII-
  • Reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Account VII-
• Retirement and Group Insurance VII-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay VII-
• Bond Debt Service Payments.......................................................................................................... VII-
• Lease Payments VII-
• Recapitulation - Article VII - General Revenue VII-
• Recapitulation - Article VII - General Revenue - Dedicated VII-
• Recapitulation - Article VII - Federal Funds VII-
• Recapitulation - Article VII - Other Funds VII-
• Recapitulation - Article VII - All Funds VII-
• Administrative Hearings, State Office of......................................................................................... VIII- ARTICLE VIII - REGULATORY
• Behavioral Health Executive Council VIII-
• Chiropractic Examiners, Board of VIII-
• Dental Examiners, Texas State Board of VIII-
• Funeral Service Commission VIII-
• Geoscientists, Board of Professional VIII-
• Health Professions Council VIII-
• Injured Employee Counsel, Office of VIII-
• Insurance, Department of VIII-
• Insurance Counsel, Office of Public VIII-
• Licensing and Regulation, Department of VIII-
• Texas Medical Board VIII-
• Nursing, Texas Board of VIII-
• Optometry Board VIII-
• Pharmacy, Board of VIII-
• Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Examiners, Executive Council of VIII-
• Plumbing Examiners, Board of VIII-
• Racing Commission VIII-
• Securities Board VIII-
• Utility Commission of Texas, Public VIII-
• Utility Counsel, Office of Public VIII-
• Veterinary Medical Examiners, Board of VIII-
• Retirement and Group Insurance VIII-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay VIII-
• Lease Payments VIII-
• Special Provisions Relating to All Regulatory Agencies VIII-
• Recapitulation - Article VIII - General Revenue VIII-
• Recapitulation - Article VIII - General Revenue - Dedicated........................................................ VIII-
• Recapitulation - Article VIII - Federal Funds VIII-
• Recapitulation - Article VIII - Other Funds VIII-
• Recapitulation - Article VIII - All Funds VIII-
• LEGISLATIVE INTENT IX- ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS
  • Sec. 1.01. Limitations IX-
• PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN IX-
  • Sec. 2.01. Position Classification Plan...................................................................................... IX-
    • Classified Positions for the 2022-2023 Biennium.................................................... IX-
    • Schedule A Classification Salary Schedule IX-
    • Schedule B Classification Salary Schedule IX-
    • Schedule C Classification Salary Schedule IX-
• SALARY ADMINISTRATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 3.01. Salary Rates............................................................................................................ IX-
  • Sec. 3.02. Salary Supplementation IX-
  • Sec. 3.03. Salary Limits IX-
  • Sec. 3.04. Scheduled Exempt Positions. IX-
    • Vocational Nurses IX- Sec. 3.05. Evening, Night, Weekend Shift Pay: Registered Nurses and Licensed
  • Sec. 3.06. Recruitment and Retention Bonuses IX-
  • Sec. 3.07. Equity Adjustments IX-
  • Sec. 3.08. Classification Study on Scheduled Exempt Positions IX-
  • Sec. 3.09. Method of Salary Payments IX-
  • Sec. 3.10. Exception - Contracts Less than 12 Months........................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 3.11. Exceptions for Certain Employees IX-
  • Sec. 3.12. Exceptions for Salary Schedule C IX-
  • Sec. 3.13. Matching Retirement and Certain Insurance IX-
• GRANT-MAKING PROVISIONS.................................................................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 4.01. Grant Restriction IX-
  • Sec. 4.02. Grants IX-
  • Sec. 4.03. Grants for Political Polling Prohibited IX-
  • Sec. 4.04. Limitation on Grants to Units of Local Government IX-
• TRAVEL REGULATIONS IX-
  • Sec. 5.01. Travel Definitions. IX-
  • Sec. 5.02. General Travel Provisions IX-
  • Sec. 5.03. Transportation Expenses in Personally Owned or Leased Motor Vehicles IX-
  • Sec. 5.04. Transportation in Personally Owned or Leased Aircraft........................................ IX-
  • Sec. 5.05. Travel Meals and Lodging Expenses IX-
  • Sec. 5.06. Special Provisions Regarding Travel Expenses IX-
  • Sec. 5.07. Travel and Per Diem of Board or Commission Members IX-
  • Sec. 5.08. Travel of Advisory Committee Members IX-
• GENERAL LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES IX-
  • Sec. 6.01. Unexpended Balance IX-
  • Sec. 6.02. Interpretation of Estimates IX-
  • Sec. 6.03. Excess Obligations Prohibited IX-
  • Sec. 6.04. Interpretation of Legislative Intent......................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 6.05. Comptroller’s Duty to Pay IX-
  • Sec. 6.06. Last Quarter Expenditures...................................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 6.07. Employee Benefit and Debt Service Items IX-
  • Sec. 6.08. Benefits Paid Proportional by Method of Finance IX-
  • Sec. 6.09. Appropriations from Special Funds IX-
  • Sec. 6.10. Limitation on State Employment Levels IX-
  • Sec. 6.11. Purchases of Postage IX-
  • Sec. 6.12. Expenditures for State-Federal Relations............................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 6.13. Performance Standards........................................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 6.14. Bookkeeping Entries IX-
  • Sec. 6.15. Accounting for State Expenditures IX-
  • Sec. 6.16. Fee Increase Notification IX-
  • Sec. 6.17. Consolidated Funds IX-
  • Sec. 6.18. Demographic and Statistical Studies IX-
  • Sec. 6.19. Cost Allocations IX-
  • Sec. 6.20. Use of Appropriations to Contract for Audits IX-
  • Sec. 6.21. Limitations on Use of Appropriated Funds IX-
  • Sec. 6.22. Informational Items IX-
  • Sec. 6.23. Appropriations from State Tax Revenue IX-
  • Sec. 6.24. Limitation on Abortion Funding............................................................................. IX-
• REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IX-
  • Sec. 7.01. Budgeting and Reporting IX-
  • Sec. 7.02. Annual Reports and Inventories IX- vi
  • Sec. 7.03. Notification to Members of the Legislature IX-
  • Sec. 7.04. Contract Notification: Amounts Greater than $50,000 IX-
  • Sec. 7.05. Reports and References IX-
    • Businesses IX- Sec. 7.06. Internal Assessments on Utilization of Historically Underutilized
  • Sec. 7.07. Historically Underutilized Business Policy Compliance IX-
  • Sec. 7.08. Reporting of Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Key Measures IX-
  • Sec. 7.09. Fraud Reporting IX-
  • Sec. 7.10. Border Security IX-
    • and Extensions IX- Sec. 7.11. Notification of Certain Purchases or Contract Awards, Amendments,
  • Sec. 7.12. Document Production Standards IX-
• OTHER APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY IX-
  • Sec. 8.01. Acceptance of Gifts of Money IX-
  • Sec. 8.02. Reimbursements and Payments.............................................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 8.03. Surplus Property IX-
  • Sec. 8.04. Refunds of Deposits IX-
  • Sec. 8.05. Vending Machines IX-
  • Sec. 8.06. Pay Station Telephones IX-
  • Sec. 8.07. Appropriation of Collections for Seminars and Conferences IX-
  • Sec. 8.08. Appropriation of Bond Proceeds IX-
  • Sec. 8.09. CMIA Interest and Other Federal Payments IX-
    • Cost Recovery Service Fees IX- Sec. 8.10. Appropriation of Receipts: Credit, Charge, Debit Card, or Electronic
  • Sec. 8.11. Employee Meal Authorization IX-
  • Sec. 8.12. Bank Fees and Charges IX-
  • Sec. 8.13. Appropriation of Specialty License Plate Receipts IX-
  • Sec. 8.14. Cost Recovery of Application or Testing Fees IX-
  • Sec. 8.15. Cost Recovery of Fees IX-
  • Sec. 8.16. Deaccessioned Items IX-
• INFORMATION RESOURCES PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 9.01. Purchases of Information Resources Technologies................................................ IX-
  • Sec. 9.02. Quality Assurance Review of Major Information Resources Projects................... IX-
    • Approval................................................................................................................. IX- Sec. 9.03. Biennial Operating Plan and Information Resources Strategic Plan
  • Sec. 9.04. Information Technology Replacement IX-
  • Sec. 9.05. Texas.gov Project: Occupational Licenses............................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 9.06. Texas.gov Project: Cost Recovery Fees IX-
  • Sec. 9.07. Server Consolidation Status Update....................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 9.08. Prioritization of Cybersecurity and Legacy System Projects IX-
  • Sec. 9.09. Surplus Information Technology Hardware IX-
  • Sec. 9.10. Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System Deployments IX-
  • Sec. 9.11. Staff Telecommunications Survey and Analysis IX-
  • Sec. 9.12. Assignment of Contract Responsibility.................................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 9.13. Report on Monitoring Assessments by State Auditor IX-
• HEALTH-RELATED PROVISIONS.............................................................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 10.01. Full Application for Health Coverage IX- - State-Owned Hospitals IX- Sec. 10.02. Appropriation of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments to
  • Sec. 10.03. Informational Listing on Use of Tobacco Settlement Receipts IX- - Expenditures IX- Sec. 10.04. Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan and Coordinated
  • Sec. 10.05. Funding for Autism Services............................................................................. IX-
  • Sec. 10.06. Cross-Agency Coordination on Healthcare Strategies and Measures IX-
• PROVISIONS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY IX-
  • Sec. 11.01. Limitation on Use of Funds for Personal Residences IX-
  • Sec. 11.02. Reporting Related to State Owned Housing IX-
  • Sec. 11.03. Statewide Capital Planning IX-
  • Sec. 11.04. Efficient Use of State Owned and Leased Space IX-
  • Sec. 11.05. State Agency Emergency Leases IX-
  • Sec. 11.06. Prepayment of Annual Lease Costs................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 11.07. Efficient Use of State Property to House State Facilities IX-
• PROVISIONS RELATED TO PROPERTY IX-
  • Sec. 12.01. Aircraft IX- - Matter or Records IX- Sec. 12.02. Publication or Sale of Printed, Recorded, or Electronically Produced - Alternative Fuel Vehicles IX- Sec. 12.03. Limitation on Expenditures for Purchases and Conversions of
  • Sec. 12.04. Transfer of Master Lease Purchase Program Payments IX-
  • Sec. 12.05. Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Repair IX-
• FEDERAL FUNDS IX-
  • Sec. 13.01. Federal Funds/Block Grants IX-
  • Sec. 13.02. Report of Additional Funding IX-
  • Sec. 13.03. Reports to Comptroller IX-
  • Sec. 13.04. Deposit and Expenditure Limitations IX-
  • Sec. 13.05. Reimbursements from Federal Funds................................................................ IX-
  • Sec. 13.06. Limitations on Classified Positions IX-
  • Sec. 13.07. Funding Reductions........................................................................................... IX-
  • Sec. 13.08. Unexpended Balances IX-
    • Grant (SSBG), or Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) IX- Sec. 13.09. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Social Services Block
    • Earned Federal Funds IX- Sec. 13.10. Definition, Appropriation, Reporting and Audit of
  • Sec. 13.11. Reporting of Federal Homeland Security Funding IX-
• AGENCY DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 14.01. Appropriation Transfers IX-
  • Sec. 14.02. Transfers for Contract Services IX-
  • Sec. 14.03. Transfers – Capital Budget IX-
  • Sec. 14.04. Disaster Related Transfer Authority.................................................................. IX-
    • the Same Biennium IX- Sec. 14.05. Unexpended Balance Authority Between Fiscal Years within
• AGENCY NON-DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 15.01. Reimbursements for Unemployment Benefits IX-
  • Sec. 15.02. Payments to the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) IX-
  • Sec. 15.03. Contingency Appropriation Reduction IX-
  • Sec. 15.04. Appropriation Transfers: Billings for Statewide Allocated Costs IX-
• LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND JUDGMENTS PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 16.01. Court Representation and Outside Legal Counsel............................................. IX-
  • Sec. 16.02. Contingent Fee Contract for Legal Services IX-
  • Sec. 16.03. Proceeds of Litigation IX-
  • Sec. 16.04. Judgments and Settlements IX- - and State Hospitals IX- Sec. 16.05. Incidents Report: State Supported Living Centers
  • Sec. 16.06. Professional Legal Services............................................................................... IX-
• MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS IX-
  • Sec. 17.01. Contingency Rider............................................................................................. IX- - Funded Projects IX- Sec. 17.02. Limitation on Substitution of General Obligation Bond
  • Sec. 17.03. Payroll Contribution for Group Health Insurance IX-
  • Sec. 17.04. Veterans Services at Other State Agencies IX-
  • Sec. 17.05. Agency Coordination for Youth Prevention and Intervention Services IX-
  • Sec. 17.06. Additional Payroll Contribution for Retirement Contribution IX-
  • Sec. 17.07. Border Security IX-
    • State Parks Account No. 64............................................................................... IX- Sec. 17.08. Use of Sporting Goods Sales Tax Transfer to the General Revenue – Dedicated
  • Sec. 17.09. Reporting Requirement for Funds Held Outside the Treasury IX-
  • Sec. 17.10. Contract Management and Oversight IX-
  • Sec. 17.11. Energy Efficiency Savings for State Facilities IX-
  • Sec. 17.12. Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council IX-
  • Sec. 17.13 Reports on Interagency Contracts IX-
  • Sec. 17.14 Realtime Captioning of Open Meetings IX-
  • Sec. 17.15 Informational Listing of Program Funding IX-
  • Sec. 17.16 Contingency Appropriation for the Capitol Complex Safety Zone................... IX-
• CONTINGENCY AND OTHER PROVISIONS IX-
• Senate……………............................................................................................................................... X- ARTICLE X LEGISLATURE
• House of Representative X-
• Legislative Budget Board X-
• Legislative Council X-
• Uniform State Laws, Commission on X-
• Sunset Advisory Commission X- viii
• State Auditor’s Office X-
• Legislative Reference Library.............................................................................................................. X-
• Retirement and Group Insurance X-
• Social Security and Benefit Replacement Pay X-
• Lease Payments…. X-
• Special Provisions Relating to the Legislature................................................................................... X-
• Recapitulation - Article X - General Revenue X-
• Recapitulation - Article X - Other Funds X-
• Recapitulation - Article X - All Funds X-
• ARTICLE XI – SAVINGS CLAUSE XI-
• ARTICLE XII – EMERGENCY CLAUSE XI-

RECAP-LBB Senate-ALL ix January 15, 2021

RECAPITULATION - ALL ARTICLES

(General Revenue)

For the Years Ending August 31, August 31, 2022 2023

ARTICLE I - General Government $ 2,157,810,765 $ 1,989,150, ARTICLE II - Health and Human Services 18,343,432,290 18,229,723, ARTICLE III - Agencies of Education 32,665,162,511 31,820,919, ARTICLE IV - The Judiciary 273,612,910 273,249, ARTICLE V - Public Safety and Criminal Justice 5,935,922,103 5,913,363, ARTICLE VI - Natural Resources 476,188,546 439,332, ARTICLE VII - Business and Economic Development 238,842,388 238,921, ARTICLE VIII - Regulatory 143,271,347 144,073, ARTICLE IX - General Provisions 0 0 ARTICLE X - The Legislature 198,955,736 211,224,

GRAND TOTAL, General Revenue $ 60,433,198,596 $ 59,259,958,

RECAPITULATION - ALL ARTICLES

(General Revenue-Dedicated)

For the Years Ending August 31, August 31, 2022 2023

ARTICLE I - General Government $ 364,233,187 $ 202,856, ARTICLE II - Health and Human Services 286,832,234 287,151, ARTICLE III - Agencies of Education 1,398,902,180 1,400,773, ARTICLE IV - The Judiciary 95,291,940 85,089, ARTICLE V - Public Safety and Criminal Justice 26,540,379 25,605, ARTICLE VI - Natural Resources 622,607,554 565,245, ARTICLE VII - Business and Economic Development 306,001,554 293,528, ARTICLE VIII - Regulatory 165,590,923 156,098, ARTICLE IX - General Provisions 0 0 ARTICLE X - The Legislature 0 0

GRAND TOTAL, General Revenue-Dedicated $ 3,265,999,951 $ 3,016,349,

RECAPITULATION - ALL ARTICLES

(Federal Funds)

For the Years Ending August 31, August 31, 2022 2023

ARTICLE I - General Government $ 607,332,678 $ 589,897, ARTICLE II - Health and Human Services 26,782,892,222 26,512,228, ARTICLE III - Agencies of Education 5,707,310,940 5,645,288, ARTICLE IV - The Judiciary 2,255,162 2,255, ARTICLE V - Public Safety and Criminal Justice 335,480,114 289,845, ARTICLE VI - Natural Resources 3,001,762,880 1,858,184, ARTICLE VII - Business and Economic Development 6,970,100,090 7,029,236, ARTICLE VIII - Regulatory 4,730,020 4,768, ARTICLE IX - General Provisions 0 0 ARTICLE X - The Legislature 0 0

GRAND TOTAL, Federal Funds $ 43,411,864,106 $ 41,931,704,

A813-LBB Senate-1-A I-1 January 12, 2021

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

appropriating money for the support of the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches of the State government, for the construction of State buildings, and for State aid to public junior colleges, for the period beginning September 1, 2021 and ending August 31, 2023; authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

ARTICLE I

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 1. The several sums of money herein specified, or so much thereby as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or out of special funds as indicated, for the support, maintenance, or improvement of the designated agencies of general government.

COMMISSION ON THE ARTS

For the Years Ending August 31, August 31, 2022 2023 Method of Financing: General Revenue Fund $ 8,164,493 $ 8,164,

GR Dedicated - Commission on the Arts Operating Account No. 334 $ 45 $ 46

Federal Funds $ 1,087,800 $ 1,087,

Other Funds Appropriated Receipts $ 152,000 $ 152, License Plate Trust Fund Account No. 0802, estimated 100,000 100,

Subtotal, Other Funds $ 252,000 $ 252,

Total, Method of Financing $ 9,504,338 $ 9,504,

This bill pattern represents an estimated 100% of this agency's estimated total available funds for the biennium.

Number of Full-Time-Equivalents (FTE): 14.0 14.

Schedule of Exempt Positions: Executive Director, Group 3 $129,927 $129,

Items of Appropriation: A. Goal: ARTS AND CULTURAL GRANTS Provide and Support Arts and Cultural Grants. A.1.1. Strategy: ARTS ORGANIZATION GRANTS $ 4,000,926 $ 4,000, A.1.2. Strategy: ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS 710,787 710, A.1.3. Strategy: CULTURAL TOURISM GRANTS 3,670,000 3,670, A.1.4. Strategy: DIRECT ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS 629,498 629,

Total, Goal A: ARTS AND CULTURAL GRANTS $ 9,011,211 $ 9,011,

B. Goal: INDIRECT ADMINISTRATION B.1.1. Strategy: CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION $ 368,902 $ 368, B.1.2. Strategy: INFORMATION RESOURCES 124,225 124,

Total, Goal B: INDIRECT ADMINISTRATION $ 493,127 $ 493,

Grand Total, COMMISSION ON THE ARTS $ 9,504,338 $ 9,504,

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Object-of-Expense Informational Listing: Salaries and Wages $ 916,362 $ 916, Other Personnel Costs 29,239 29, Professional Fees and Services 5,050 5, Consumable Supplies 5,000 5, Utilities 7,200 7, Travel 33,873 33, Rent - Building 4,240 4, Rent - Machine and Other 6,000 6, Other Operating Expense 115,661 115, Grants 8,381,713 8,381,

Total, Object-of-Expense Informational Listing $ 9,504,338 $ 9,504,

Estimated Allocations for Employee Benefits and Debt Service Appropriations Made Elsewhere in this Act: Employee Benefits Retirement $ 90,037 $ 90, Group Insurance 163,797 166, Social Security 72,548 72, Benefits Replacement 704 583

Total, Estimated Allocations for Employee Benefits and Debt Service Appropriations Made Elsewhere in this Act $ 327,086 $ 330,

1. Performance Measure Targets. The following is a listing of the key performance target levels for the Commission on the Arts. It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriations made by this Act be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of the Commission on the Arts. In order to achieve the objectives and service standards established by this Act, the Commission on the Arts shall make every effort to attain the following designated key performance target levels associated with each item of appropriation.

2022 2023 A. Goal: ARTS AND CULTURAL GRANTS Outcome (Results/Impact): Percentage of Grant Dollars Provided to Minority Organizations 12% 12% Percentage of Grant Dollars to Rural Counties 6% 6% Percentage of Grants Funded for Arts Education 25% 25% Number of Artists Compensated for TCA Texas Touring Roster Performances 1,500 1, Number of Texas Cities in Which Organizations Received TCA Grants 150 150 Number Served by Arts Respond Projects in Education 750,000 750, Number Served by Arts Respond Projects in Health & Human Services 77,500 77, Number Served by Arts Respond Projects in Public Safety & Criminal Justice 90,000 90, A.1.3. Strategy: CULTURAL TOURISM GRANTS Output (Volume): Number of Grants that Promote Cultural Tourism 157 157

3 2. Unexpended Balances within the Biennium. Any unexpended balances in appropriations made to Strategy A.1.1, Arts Organization Grants, Strategy A.1.2, Arts Education Grants, and Strategy A.1.3, Cultural Tourism Grants, remaining as of August 31, 20202022, are appropriated to the Commission on the Arts for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 20202022, for the same purpose.

2. Capital Budget. None of the funds appropriated above may be expended for capital budget items except as listed below. The amounts shown below shall be expended only for the purposes shown and are not available for expenditures for other purposes.

2020 2022 2021 2023

a. Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) (1)Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System implementation. $ 0 $ 12,

Total, Capital Budget $ 0 $ 12,

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Items of Appropriation: A. Goal: PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES Provide General Legal Services to the State and Authorized Entities. A.1.1. Strategy: LEGAL SERVICES $ 102,905,815 $ 102,738, Provide Legal Counsel/Litigation/Alternative Dispute Resolution Srvcs.

B. Goal: ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT LAW Enforce State/Federal Child Support Laws. B.1.1. Strategy: CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT $ 326,543,287 $ 326,543, Establish Paternity/Obligations, Enforce Orders and Distribute Monies. B.1.2. Strategy: STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT 13,283,404 13,283,

Total, Goal B: ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT LAW $ 339,826,691 $ 339,826,

C. Goal: CRIME VICTIMS' SERVICES Review/Process Applications for Compensation to Crime Victims. C.1.1. Strategy: CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION $ 83,134,103 $ 83,871, Review Claims, Determine Eligibility/State Liability, Pay Correctly. C.1.2. Strategy: VICTIMS ASSISTANCE 37,951,313 37,300, Provide Grants & Contrcts for Victims Svcs/Sexual Asslt Victims.

Total, Goal C: CRIME VICTIMS' SERVICES $ 121,085,416 $ 121,171,

D. Goal: REFER MEDICAID CRIMES Investigate/Refer for Prosecution Fraud/Misconduct Involving Medicaid. D.1.1. Strategy: MEDICAID INVESTIGATION $ 19,181,783 $ 19,181, Conduct Investigation Supporting Prosecution of Alleged Medicaid Crime.

E. Goal: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Administration for OAG. E.1.1. Strategy: AGENCY IT PROJECTS $ 1,570,482 $ 1,570, Administer Information Technology Projects across the Agency.

F. Goal: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR SORM Provide Administrative Support for the State Office of Risk Management. F.1.1. Strategy: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR SORM $ 807,297 $ 807, Provide Administrative Support to the State Office of Risk Management.

Grand Total, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $ 585,377,484 $ 585,295,

Object-of-Expense Informational Listing: Salaries and Wages $ 262,299,853 $ 262,299, Other Personnel Costs 8,245,572 8,242, Professional Fees and Services 59,249,691 59,232, Fuels and Lubricants 424,161 424, Consumable Supplies 1,653,162 1,653, Utilities 3,006,888 3,006, Travel 5,089,360 5,089, Rent - Building 23,698,641 23,698, Rent - Machine and Other 1,252,701 1,252, Other Operating Expense 167,522,855 167,040, Grants 52,107,004 52,455, Capital Expenditures 827,596 899,

Total, Object-of-Expense Informational Listing $ 585,377,484 $ 585,295,

Estimated Allocations for Employee Benefits and Debt Service Appropriations Made Elsewhere in this Act: Employee Benefits Retirement $ 22,679,728 $ 22,793, Group Insurance 48,594,356 49,266, Social Security 17,849,201 17,938,

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Benefits Replacement 209,950 173,

Subtotal, Employee Benefits $ 89,333,235 $ 90,172,

Debt Service Lease Payments $ 123,441 $ 0

Total, Estimated Allocations for Employee Benefits and Debt Service Appropriations Made Elsewhere in this Act $ 89,456,676 $ 90,172,

1. Performance Measure Targets. The following is a listing of the key performance target levels for the Office of the Attorney General. It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriations made by this Act be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of the Office of the Attorney General. In order to achieve the objectives and service standards established by this Act, the Office of the Attorney General shall make every effort to attain the following designated key performance target levels associated with each item of appropriation.

2022 2023 A. Goal: PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES Outcome (Results/Impact): Delinquent State Revenue Collected 50,000,000 50,000, A.1.1. Strategy: LEGAL SERVICES Output (Volume): Legal Hours Billed to Litigation and Legal Counsel 1,118,357 1,122, Efficiencies: Average Cost Per Legal Hour 108.07 106.

B. Goal: ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT LAW Outcome (Results/Impact): Percent of Title IV-D Cases That Have Court Orders for Child Support 86% 86% Percent of All Current Child Support Amounts Due That Are Collected 66% 66% Percent of Title IV-D Cases with Arrears Due in Which Any Amount Is Paid Toward Arrears 66% 66% Percent of Paternity Establishments for Out of Wedlock Births 96% 96% B.1.1. Strategy: CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT Output (Volume): Amount of Title IV-D Child Support Collected (in Millions) 4,450 4, Efficiencies: Ratio of Total Dollars Collected Per Dollar Spent 13.42 13. B.1.2. Strategy: STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT Output (Volume): Number of Payment Receipts Processed by the SDU Vendor 22,657,319 22,657,

C. Goal: CRIME VICTIMS' SERVICES Outcome (Results/Impact): Amount of Crime Victims' Compensation Awarded 73,730,000 74,467, C.1.1. Strategy: CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION Efficiencies: Average Number of Days to Analyze a Claim and Make an Award 42 42

D. Goal: REFER MEDICAID CRIMES D.1.1. Strategy: MEDICAID INVESTIGATION Output (Volume): Number of Investigations Concluded 375 500

2. Capital Budget.^ Funds appropriated above may be expended for capital budget items listed below. The amounts identified for each item may be adjusted or may be expended on other non- capital expenditures, within the strategy to which the funds were appropriated. However, any amounts spent on capital items are subject to the aggregate dollar restrictions on capital budget expenditures provided in the General Provisions of this Act.

2020 2021 a. Acquisition of Information Resource Technologies (1) Child Support Hardware/Software Enhancements $ 100,000 $ 100,

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Federal Funds $ 25,422,749 $ 25,470,

Other Funds Appropriated Receipts $ 1,193,388 $ 1,292, Interagency Contracts 133,888 127,

Subtotal, Other Funds $ 1,327,276 $ 1,419,

Total, Method of Financing $ 43,230,377 $ 43,087,

3. Cost Allocation, Reporting Requirement. The Office of the Attorney General is directed to continue an accounting and billing system by which the costs of legal services provided to each agency may be determined. This cost information shall be provided to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year. 4. Child Support Collections.

a. The Office of the Attorney General shall deposit Child Support Retained Collections in a special account in the Comptroller's Office. The account shall be called the Child Support Retained Collection Account. Child Support Retained Collections shall include the state share of funds collected by the Office of the Attorney General which were previously paid by the State as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or foster care payments, all child support enforcement incentive payments received from the federal government, and all revenues specifically established by statute on a fee or service-provided basis and pertaining to the Child Support Enforcement Program.

b. Amounts earned as interest on, and allocated by the Comptroller of Public Accounts to, the Child Support Trust Fund No. 994, in excess of $808,289 in fiscal year 20202022 and $808,289 in fiscal year 20212023, shall be transferred monthly by the Comptroller of Public Accounts to such funds from the General Revenue Fund, and all amounts so transferred are appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General for use during the 2020-212022- biennium, in addition to the amounts otherwise appropriated herein. Amounts transferred pursuant to this provision shall be shown as a separate, individual entry in the Method of Finance in all standard reports regularly utilizing a method of finance which are submitted to the Governor's Office or the Legislative Budget Board.

c. The Office of the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Comptroller of Public Accounts, shall develop and maintain such cost centers and/or sub accounts within the Child Support Trust Fund No. 994 and/or the Child Support Retained Collection Account as may be determined necessary or appropriate to separately account for, and allocate the interest earned on, the various sources for receipts deposited to, and types of expenditures made from such funds. The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall separately allocate interest earned by the State to each such cost center and/or subaccount, or to such groupings thereof as may be designated by the Office of the Attorney General for purposes of reporting interest earned to the federal government.

d. The Comptroller of Public Accounts is directed to transfer and carry forward all the balances of funds in the Child Support Trust Fund No. 994 and the Child Support Retained Collection Account as of August 31, 20192021, as such funds are to be available for use in fiscal year

20202022. Any balances in the Child Support Trust Fund No. 994 and the Child Support Retained Collection Account on hand as of August 31, 20202022, shall be carried forward in such funds as funding sources for the appropriation for fiscal year 20212023.

e. In addition to the amounts otherwise appropriated for Strategy B.1.1, Child Support Enforcement, all funds received from the federal government as reimbursement for the costs and fees paid to counties, district or county clerks, sheriffs or constables pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 231 of the Texas Family Code are appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General for use during the 2020-212022-23 biennium.

5. Reporting Requirement.^ The Office of the Attorney General is directed to develop and maintain separate accounting information and records on receipts and distribution of funds from the Child Support Trust Fund No. 994 and the Child Support Retained Collection Account. Such information must at a minimum identify all deposits, allocations, and expenditures by type of revenues. The Comptroller of Public Accounts shall prescribe rules and procedures to assure compliance with this section and all transactions and balances shall be reconciled monthly against

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the records of the Comptroller. In addition to the requirements for annual financial reports required by the General Provisions of this Act, the Office of the Attorney General shall include a separate section detailing all such balances, receipts, and distributions of money in Child Support Trust Fund No. 994 and the Child Support Retained Collection Account. The report must specifically show balances held for transfer to operating appropriations of the Office of the Attorney General and any other agency. In addition, any balances which are unclaimed and subject to escheat under other laws must be identified as to amount and age.

6. Debt Collections.

a. The Office of the Attorney General shall attempt to collect all delinquent judgments owed the State of Texas. A portion of those debts collected, as outlined below, shall be eligible for retention by the Office of the Attorney General and may be used as a source of funding for agency operations as specified in and limited by the method of financing of the Office. One hundred percent of the debts collected by the Office of the Attorney General and eligible for retention by the Office shall be applied toward the amounts shown above for Attorney General Debt Collection Receipts in the method of financing for agency operations. Regardless of the total amount collected by the Office of the Attorney General, in no event shall this provision be construed as an appropriation in addition to the amount appropriated above as specified in the method of financing, of any of the funds collected by the Office of the Attorney General.

b. To be eligible for retention by the Office of the Attorney General, the debt collected must be from a qualifying judgment. Qualifying judgments, as used in this rider, are judgments that are at least one year old from the date of entry of the court order and also include debts not reduced to judgment where there are collections on the debt by the Collections Division of the Office of the Attorney General if the debt is delinquent by more than one year or has been certified for collection to the Collections Division of the Office of the Attorney General. In no event shall more than $5.0 million from collections stemming from a common nucleus of operative fact be eligible for retention by the Office of the Attorney General.

c. It is the intent of the Legislature that the following not be allowed as a credit toward the percentage set forth in Rider 6a above: judgments collected by state agencies; judgments less than one year old; or judgments collected without direct action by the Office of the Attorney General's Collection Division.

d. The Office of the Attorney General shall maintain a centralized recordkeeping system for accounting for various departmental and agency certification of delinquent taxes, judgments, and other debts owed the state. The accounting should distinguish by type of tax, judgment, or other debt, and provide for: when the debt was certified by an agency or department for collection by the Attorney General; when it was collected or disposed of, and such other information as the Legislative Budget Board, Governor, or the Comptroller of Public Accounts may require. The Office of the Attorney General shall submit semi-annual reports to the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board detailing by agency or department the amount of each debt, when the debt was certified, and when and in what amount, it was collected or disposed of.

7. Appropriation of Receipts, Court Costs.^ Out of the funds appropriated above as Appropriated Receipts, $20,500,000$23,000,000 in fiscal year 20202022 and $20,500,000$23,000,000 in fiscal year 20212023 represents the annual appropriation of court costs, attorneys' fees, and investigative costs recovered by the Office of the Attorney General. Court costs, attorneys' fees, and investigative costs recovered by the Office of the Attorney General in excess of those specifically appropriated and shown in the agency's method of financing are appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 each fiscal year and shall be used for Strategy A.1.1, Legal Services. At least semi-annually, beginning within 60 days after the close of each fiscal year or more often upon request of the Legislative Budget Board, the Office of the Attorney General shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Governor a report that lists each case in which an award of court costs, attorneys' fees, or investigative fees was made, the date of the award, the amount of court costs that were awarded, the amount of investigative costs that were awarded, the amount of attorneys' fees that were awarded, and the strategy or strategies to which the above receipts were allocated, in addition to any other information that may be requested by the Legislative Budget Board.