81(R) HB 4586 - Enrolled version

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	H.B. No. 4586




	AN ACT
	relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in
	appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority and
	prescribing limitations regarding appropriations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: SWINE FLU.
	In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $11,796,415 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 paying for costs
	associated with the swine flu.
	SECTION 2. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE:
	OPERATIONS. (a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated
	for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$917,389 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
	Cancer Prevention and Research Institute for the two-year period
	beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
	providing for salaries and wages, travel, acquisition of
	information technology, computers, furniture, legal counseling,
	and contracts.
	(b) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
	employees (FTEs) the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute is
	authorized by other law to employ during the state fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2009, the center may employ an additional 16.0
	FTEs during that state fiscal year.
	SECTION 3. TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION: UTILITY COSTS. (a)
	In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $2,396,612 is
	appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas
	Facilities Commission under Strategy C.2.1, Facilities Operation,
	for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	for the purpose of providing for payment of increased utility costs
	as a result of an increase in utility rates.
	(b) Notwithstanding Article IX, Section 14.01,
	Appropriation Transfers, or similar provisions of Chapter 1428
	(H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), funds appropriated by this section may
	not be transferred by the commission to another appropriation item
	or be used by the commission for a purpose other than payment of
	utility expenses without the prior written approval of the
	Legislative Budget Board.
	SECTION 4. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION: FREE MARKET ASSOCIATION
	V. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $188,349 is appropriated out of the general revenue
	fund to the Texas Ethics Commission for the fiscal year ending
	August 31, 2009, for the purpose of reimbursing the commission for
	the payment of the judgment on October 2, 2008, in Free Market
	Association of Texas v. Texas Ethics Commission in the United
	States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin
	Division.
	SECTION 5. TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION:
	LORENZO DE ZAVALA BUILDING. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $1,894,676 is appropriated out of the general revenue
	fund to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
	purchase of furniture and shelving for the Lorenzo de Zavala
	Building.
	SECTION 6. PRESERVATION BOARD OR HISTORICAL COMMISSION:
	RESTORATION OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. Out of reimbursements
	received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for
	expenditures that were paid for with funds transferred from the
	Health and Human Services Commission to the Department of Public
	Safety during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, an
	amount not to exceed $11,000,000 is appropriated for the two-year
	period beginning on the effective date of this Act, in addition to
	other amounts appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending
	August 31, 2009, for costs associated with the restoration of the
	Governor's Mansion. The appropriation is to:
	(1) the State Preservation Board, contingent on the
	enactment and becoming law of S.B. 2307 or similar legislation by
	the 81st Legislature in regular session that imposes responsibility
	on the State Preservation Board for the preservation and
	maintenance of the Governor's Mansion; or
	(2) the Texas Historical Commission, if the 81st
	Legislature in regular session does not enact S.B. 2307 or similar
	legislation that becomes law that imposes responsibility on the
	State Preservation Board for the preservation and maintenance of
	the Governor's Mansion.
	SECTION 7. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: RED LIGHT
	CAMERA TRAUMA FUND. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
	for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, all revenue
	deposited to the Regional Trauma Account 5137 (Red Light Camera
	Trauma Fund) (estimated to be $6,712,284) is appropriated under
	Strategy A.1.1, Enterprise Oversight and Policy, to the Health and
	Human Services Commission for the state fiscal year ending August
	31, 2009, to be used to reimburse uncompensated trauma care.
	SECTION 8. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: CRIMINAL HISTORY
	BACKGROUND CHECKS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
	for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$2,630,206 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
	Texas Education Agency for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to conduct criminal history background
	checks pursuant to Chapter 1372 (S.B. 9), Acts of the 80th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
	SECTION 9. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: APPROPRIATION
	REPURPOSING. (a) The unencumbered appropriations from the general
	revenue fund appropriated to Texas Southern University for use
	during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by Article
	III, Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), under Strategy
	B.1.2, Tuition Revenue Bond Retirement, are reduced by the amount
	of $3,729,808.
	(b) Notwithstanding any limitation made by Article III,
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), under Section 6(9)
	of the Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher
	Education, the amount of $3,729,808 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 paying for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by
	the university associated with damages caused by natural disasters
	that occurred before the effective date of this Act during the state
	fiscal biennium that began September 1, 2007.
	SECTION 10. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: ADMINISTRATIVE
	EXPENSES. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$2,350,000 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 administrative operation expenses.
	SECTION 11. HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INSURANCE
	CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the following
	amounts are appropriated out of the general revenue fund for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to the
	following community and junior colleges for the purpose of
	restoring fiscal year 2009 proportional state contributions for
	health benefits and providing a transitional adjustment sufficient
	to set the restoration total for each institution at an amount equal
	to the amount of the fiscal year 2009 higher education group
	insurance contribution for each institution included in the line
	item veto for Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act):
	(1) $12,185,357 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Alamo Community College;
	(2) $1,574,860 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Alvin Community College;
	(3) $3,758,285 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Amarillo College;
	(4) $1,367,325 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Angelina College;
	(5) $7,164,544 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Austin Community College;
	(6) $3,054,600 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Blinn College;
	(7) $1,373,650 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Brazosport College;
	(8) $2,731,087 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Central Texas College;
	(9) $990,189 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Cisco Junior College;
	(10) $461,040 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Clarendon College;
	(11) $1,497,422 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Coastal Bend College;
	(12) $2,138,088 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the College of the Mainland;
	(13) $3,784,295 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Collin County Community College;
	(14) $15,758,341 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the Dallas County Community College District;
	(15) $4,018,340 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Del Mar College;
	(16) $6,182,391 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to El Paso Community College;
	(17) $585,527 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Frank Phillips College;
	(18) $943,016 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Galveston College;
	(19) $1,468,952 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Grayson County College;
	(20) $954,181 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Hill College;
	(21) $10,278,053 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Houston Community College;
	(22) $1,813,685 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Howard College;
	(23) $2,129,068 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Kilgore College;
	(24) $3,342,228 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Laredo Community College;
	(25) $2,119,681 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Lee College;
	(26) $8,670,589 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the Lone Star College System;
	(27) $2,724,160 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to McLennan Community College;
	(28) $2,065,163 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Midland College;
	(29) $1,470,933 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Navarro College;
	(30) $1,418,908 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to North Central Texas College;
	(31) $874,764 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Northeast Texas Community College;
	(32) $1,963,198 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Odessa College;
	(33) $945,499 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Panola College;
	(34) $1,278,367 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Paris Junior College;
	(35) $474,991 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Ranger College;
	(36) $6,628,666 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to San Jacinto College;
	(37) $3,338,955 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to South Plains College;
	(38) $3,985,978 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to South Texas College;
	(39) $1,666,736 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Southwest Texas Junior College;
	(40) $9,207,978 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Tarrant County College;
	(41) $1,330,783 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Temple College;
	(42) $1,667,329 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Texarkana College;
	(43) $1,706,940 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Trinity Valley Community College;
	(44) $3,361,192 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Tyler Junior College;
	(45) $1,120,729 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Vernon College;
	(46) $1,519,013 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Victoria College;
	(47) $1,397,289 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Weatherford College;
	(48) $694,843 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Western Texas College; and
	(49) $1,789,670 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to Wharton County Junior College.
	SECTION 12. TEXAS FOREST SERVICE: VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
	ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
	for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$2,500,000 is appropriated out of general revenue fund dedicated
	account number 5064 to the Texas Forest Service for the two-year
	period beginning on the effective date of this Act for grants to
	volunteer fire departments for training and equipment through the
	Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program.
	SECTION 13. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH: HIGHER
	EDUCATION GROUP INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to amounts
	previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
	31, 2009, the amount of $500,000 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
	for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	for additional contributions made to higher education group
	insurance made on behalf of 47 full-time equivalent positions
	transferred under a contract with the Texas Youth Commission from
	the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to The University
	of Texas Medical Branch.
	SECTION 14. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM:
	REIMBURSEMENT FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN. In addition to amounts
	previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
	31, 2009, the amount of $2,800,000 is appropriated out of the
	general revenue fund to the University of North Texas System for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
	purpose of reimbursing the cost of planning and design for
	construction of a second academic building at the Dallas campus.
	The legislature finds there is a demonstrated need for undertaking
	the planning and design process for this building.
	SECTION 15. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
	OPERATIONS. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$164,230,000 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, food for wards of the state, costs of damages
	resulting from natural disasters, contracted temporary capacity,
	utilities, information technology services, and fuel.
	SECTION 16. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
	CORRECTIONAL MANAGED HEALTH CARE. (a) In addition to amounts
	previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
	31, 2009, the amount of $48,144,918 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 and
	psychiatric care, the use of infirmary beds at The University of
	Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, outpatient cancer treatment,
	and the rental of a CT scanner.
	(b) Out of the funds appropriated in Subsection (a) of this
	section, the Department of Criminal Justice and the Correctional
	Managed Health Care Committee shall identify and evaluate
	mechanisms to lower the cost of, or increase the quality of care in,
	health or pharmacy services and submit a report to the Legislative
	Budget Board and the governor no later than May 1, 2010.
	SECTION 17. WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: MEDINA LAKE DAM.
	Contingent on an interlocal agreement among interested parties,
	including the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and
	Improvement District No. 1, the Edwards Aquifer Authority, the
	Bexar Metropolitan Water District and the San Antonio River
	Authority, regarding repairs to the Lake Medina Dam, in addition to
	amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
	ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $4,000,000 is appropriated
	out of the general revenue fund to the Water Development Board for
	the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to
	be transferred to the Water Assistance Fund to provide a grant to
	the Bexar-Medina Atascosa Water Control and Improvement District #1
	for structural improvements to the Medina Lake Dam.
	SECTION 18. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD: MILEAGE
	REIMBURSEMENT. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the following
	amounts are appropriated to the Soil and Water Conservation Board
	for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	to provide mileage reimbursement for soil and water conservation
	district directors:
	(1) $54,664 is appropriated out of the general revenue
	fund; and
	(2) the unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
	amounts appropriated by Section 19.63, Article IX, Chapter 1428
	(H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act).
	SECTION 19. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAY AND
	BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $662,200,000 is appropriated out of funds received
	under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L.
	No. 111-5) to the Texas Department of Transportation for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
	purpose of highway and bridge construction.
	SECTION 20. RACING COMMISSION: REVENUE SHORTFALL. In
	addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $348,525 is
	appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Racing
	Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date
	of this Act for the purpose of providing for current operations as a
	result of a revenue shortfall.
	SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: THE UNIVERSITY OF
	HOUSTON. The unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue
	fund appropriated to the University of Houston for use during the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by Chapter 1428 (H.B.
	1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), by the Section 55 special item
	appropriation for the University of Houston - Wind Energy under the
	Special Provisions of Article III of that Act are reduced by
	$4,245,244.
	SECTION 22. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: WIND ENERGY. In
	addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $4,245,244 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 purpose of developing and constructing the
	National Large Wind Turbine Research and Testing Facility. The
	legislature finds there is a demonstrated need to develop and
	construct this facility.
	SECTION 23. JUDICIARY SECTION, COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT:
	TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding the transfer limitations of Section
	14.01, Article IX, or Rider 4 following the appropriations to the
	Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, in Chapter 1428 (H.B.
	1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's
	Department, may transfer appropriations among items of
	appropriations appropriated by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the
	80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), in any amount during the state fiscal biennium
	ending August 31, 2009. The Judiciary Section, Comptroller's
	Department, may use any funds transferred under this section to pay
	for personnel expenses of the 435th District Court in Montgomery
	County.
	SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: OFFICE OF ATTORNEY
	GENERAL. As a result of savings created by the American Recovery
	and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5) in providing a
	temporary exemption for the use of federal incentives to increase
	federal funds, the unencumbered appropriations from the general
	revenue fund appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General for
	use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), under Strategy
	B.1.1, Child Support Enforcement, are reduced by $27,300,000.
	SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
	HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER; HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INSURANCE
	CONTRIBUTIONS. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
	revenue fund appropriated to the Texas Tech University Health
	Sciences Center for use during the state fiscal biennium ending
	August 31, 2009, by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations
	Act), under the Article III appropriations for Higher Education
	Employees Group Insurance Contributions (Strategy C.1.22, Texas
	Tech University Health Sciences Center), are reduced by $500,000 to
	reflect the transfer of 47 full-time equivalent employee positions
	(FTEs) from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to The
	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston under a contract
	with the Texas Youth Commission.
	SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: TEXAS EDUCATION
	AGENCY. The unencumbered appropriations from the foundation school
	fund appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for use during the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, made by Chapter 1428
	(H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), under Strategy A.1.1, FSP-Equalized
	Operations, are reduced by $500,000,000.
	SECTION 27. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
	RESTORATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) Notwithstanding any
	limitation on transfer among appropriation items prescribed by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), for the fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2009, but subject to the limitations prescribed
	by Subsections (b)-(e) of this section, the Health and Human
	Services Commission may allocate the amount appropriated by Section
	52(1) of this Act among the items of appropriation listed under Goal
	B, Medicaid.
	(b) Any unexpended balances of general revenue funds
	appropriated by Section 52(1) of this Act for the state fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2009 (estimated to be $0), are appropriated to the
	Health and Human Services Commission for the fiscal year beginning
	September 1, 2009, for the purposes of Goal B, Medicaid, but the
	amounts may be spent only with the prior approval of the Legislative
	Budget Board and the governor obtained as prescribed by this
	section.
	(c) The commission shall submit a written request for prior
	approval to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor and
	concurrently provide a copy of the request to the comptroller. The
	request for prior approval must be organized by fiscal year as
	provided by this subsection. The commission shall provide the
	following information:
	(1) for the fiscal year with an unexpended balance:
	(A) an explanation of the causes for the
	unexpended balance;
	(B) the amount of the unexpended balance by
	strategy; and
	(C) the associated incremental change in service
	levels compared to applicable performance targets for that fiscal
	year; and
	(2) for the fiscal year receiving the funds:
	(A) an explanation of the purposes for which the
	unexpended balances will be used and whether the expenditures will
	be one-time or ongoing;
	(B) the amount of the expenditures by strategy;
	(C) the incremental change in service levels
	compared to applicable performance targets for that fiscal year;
	and
	(D) the capital budget impact.
	(d) The request made under Subsection (c) of this section is
	considered to be approved unless the Legislative Budget Board or
	the governor issues a written disapproval on or before the 15th
	business day after the date on which the staff of the Legislative
	Budget Board concludes its review of the proposal to expend the
	funds and forwards its review to the chair of the House
	Appropriations Committee, chair of the Senate Finance Committee,
	speaker of the house of representatives, and lieutenant governor.
	(e) The comptroller may not allow the use of unexpended
	balance amounts appropriated by this section if the Legislative
	Budget Board provides notification to the comptroller that the
	requirements of this section have not been satisfied.
	SECTION 28. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: APPROPRIATION
	REDUCTION. The unencumbered appropriations from the general
	revenue fund appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for use
	during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, made by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), are reduced by the
	following amounts:
	(1) $19,251,340 from Strategy A.2.1, Student Success;
	(2) $1,037,973 from Strategy A.2.4, School
	Improvement and Support Programs;
	(3) $108,007 from Strategy B.2.1, Educational
	Technology; and
	(4) $1,300,434 from Strategy B.2.2, Safe Schools.
	SECTION 29. OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL: ADDITIONAL
	APPROPRIATION. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$27,300,000 is appropriated out of funds received under the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5)
	to the Office of the Attorney General for the two-year period
	beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
	providing child support enforcement.
	SECTION 30. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT:
	LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS. (a) None of the federal funds made
	available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
	and appropriated by this Act may be expended for any purpose other
	than those identified by this Act without prior approval of the
	governor and Legislative Budget Board obtained in accordance with
	this section and Section 34 of this Act.
	(b) A state agency or institution receiving federal ARRA
	funds appropriated by this Act shall notify the governor,
	comptroller, Legislative Budget Board, and state auditor's office
	whenever the federal government, including a federal agency, does
	not approve an application by the agency or institution to spend the
	federal ARRA funds in a particular manner. The notice may include a
	proposed alternative use of the funds that the agency or
	institution considers to be consistent with the purposes, as
	identified by this Act, for which the funds may be used. Unless the
	governor and the Legislative Budget Board issue a written
	disapproval of a proposed alternative use within 15 business days
	after receiving the notification of federal disapproval that
	contains the proposed alternative use, the agency or institution
	may expend the funds in accordance with the proposed alternative
	use. If the governor and the Legislative Budget Board issue a
	written disapproval of the proposed alternative use, the governor
	and Legislative Budget Board may approve expenditure of the funds
	in accordance with a modified alternative use identified by the
	governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
	(c) Before expending any federal ARRA funds appropriated by
	this Act, each agency or institution shall notify the Legislative
	Budget Board, the governor, and the comptroller of any changes in
	federal law, rules, or regulations related to programs that receive
	appropriations under this Act that could create a future fiscal
	obligation to the state beyond the state fiscal year beginning
	September 1, 2010. If after the 15th business day after
	notification from the agency or institution the Legislative Budget
	Board and the governor have not both issued a written disapproval of
	the expenditure, the agency or institution may expend the funds.
	(d) Each state agency or institution that receives federal
	ARRA funds appropriated by this Act shall certify to the
	Legislative Budget Board, the governor, and the comptroller how the
	use of the funds or the programs receiving the funds comply with
	applicable state law, federal law, rules, regulations, and other
	relevant guidance, including any changes in guidance or
	interpretation and any changes in information reported under this
	section. The certification must include a statement that the
	agency's chief executive and executive staff have knowledge of the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act law and of federal agency
	actions regarding that law and that those persons in their official
	capacity accept responsibility that the agency's or institution's
	use of federal ARRA funds appropriated by this Act comply with
	applicable federal law, state law, rules, regulations, and relevant
	guidance.
	(e) The comptroller, in cooperation with the state auditor,
	may prescribe and implement any payment and post-payment audit
	procedures considered necessary to ensure compliance with this
	section. The comptroller may provide consultation and training for
	agencies and institutions prior to obligation or expenditure of
	funds, and the comptroller shall provide technical assistance with
	these matters as needed during the two-year period beginning with
	the effective date of this Act. The comptroller shall coordinate
	with the state auditor to ensure appropriate use of the funds
	throughout the two-year period. Each state agency receiving
	federal ARRA funds under this Act must comply with reporting
	requirements prescribed by the comptroller and state auditor.
	SECTION 31. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT:
	PRIORITY OF FUNDING. (a) To the extent allowed under the American
	Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), from funds appropriated in
	this Act, agencies and institutions shall give priority to
	expenditures that do not recur beyond the two-year period that
	begins on the effective date of this Act.
	(b) To the extent allowed under ARRA, an agency or
	institution may not create a liability that will cause the state to
	make:
	(1) repayment to the United States treasury
	("clawback") of ARRA funds already expended in the event of a future
	discontinuation of payments to the direct or indirect beneficiaries
	of a program or strategy; or
	(2) payments to direct or indirect beneficiaries of a
	program or strategy in an amount that exceeds the amount of ARRA
	funds actually received by the state from the United States
	treasury.
	SECTION 32. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT:
	INFORMATIONAL RIDER: REDUCTION IN GENERAL. The amounts of general
	revenue reductions shown in certain agency appropriations in this
	Act are in accordance with Title V, State Fiscal Relief, American
	Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
	SECTION 33. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT: FMAP
	ALLOCATIONS. Appropriations made by this Act to the Health and
	Human Services Commission for Medicaid Enhanced FMAP shall be
	allocated by the commission to affected agencies. The commission
	shall submit a plan for that allocation to the Legislative Budget
	Board and the governor not later than the 30th day after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 34. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT:
	REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each state agency and institution of
	higher education receiving appropriations under this Act or under
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), shall develop and
	submit a plan to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor
	providing details on the entity's intended use of appropriations
	received from money available under the American Recovery and
	Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The plan shall include a summary of any
	ARRA funds spent, allocated, or encumbered on or before August 31,
	2009. The report shall be delivered not later than September 30,
	2009. Unless the Legislative Budget Board and the governor issue a
	written disapproval of proposed expenditures under the plan within
	15 business days after September 30, 2009, the agency or
	institution may expend the funds in accordance with the plan,
	subject to Section 30 of this Act.
	(b) Each of the agencies and institutions receiving
	appropriations under this Act shall submit quarterly reports on the
	expenditure of funds received from money available under the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The report shall be
	in the format prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board and must
	include the estimated number of jobs that will be created or
	retained in this state and the number of full-time equivalent
	positions that will be created at the agency or institution. The
	quarterly reports must be submitted on or before December 31, March
	31, June 30, and September 30 of each year to the governor,
	Legislative Budget Board, state auditor's office, and comptroller.
	(c) Each agency or institution that receives funds from
	money available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
	and that provides reports to the Legislative Budget Board and
	federal agencies regarding funding received from that money shall
	post on the agency's or institution's Internet website the agency's
	or institution's ARRA report and provide a link to the state
	auditor's office fraud hotline.
	SECTION 35. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT:
	LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that all
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding appropriated by this
	Act or by Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), be allocated as
	prescribed in each respective Act.
	SECTION 36. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
	LIMITATION ON CASELOADS. From amounts appropriated by Chapter 1428
	(H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), for the fiscal year ending August 31,
	2009, the Department of Aging and Disability Services may not at any
	time during the period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	and ending August 31, 2009, exceed the following limitations on the
	total number of clients served under the following appropriation
	items:
	(1) 26,400 clients under Strategy A.3.1, Community
	Based Alternatives (CBA);
	(2) 15,629 clients under Strategy A.3.2, Home and
	Community-based Services (HCS);
	(3) 4,199 clients under Strategy A.3.3, Community
	Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS);
	(4) 154 clients under Strategy A.3.4, Deaf-blind
	Multiple Disabilities (DBMD);
	(5) 2,745 clients under Strategy A.3.5, Medically
	Dependent Children Program (MDCP);
	(6) 160 clients under Strategy A.3.6, Consolidated
	Waiver Program;
	(7) 994 clients under Strategy A.3.7, Texas Home
	Living Waiver;
	(8) 39,005 clients under Strategy A.4.1, Non-Medicaid
	Services;
	(9) 13,109 clients under Strategy A.4.2, MR Community
	Services;
	(10) 5,442 clients under Strategy A.4.4, In-Home and
	Family Support;
	(11) 3,060 clients under Strategy A.4.5, Mental
	Retardation In-Home Services; and
	(12) 902 clients under Strategy A.5.1, Program of
	All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
	SECTION 37. 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, without the necessity of
	prior approval by another office or entity, may transfer funds
	appropriated to the commission under Goal C, CHIP Services, or Goal
	B, Medicaid by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1) Acts of the 80th Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act) between Goal
	C, CHIP Services and Goal B, Medicaid, for the fiscal year ending
	August 31, 2009.
	SECTION 38. DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE
	SERVICES: APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. The unencumbered
	appropriations made by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations
	Act), from the general revenue fund for Vocational Rehabilitation
	(Fund 8007) to the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
	Services for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
	2009, under Strategy B.3.1, Vocational Rehabilitation-General, are
	reduced by $2,931,371.
	SECTION 39. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
	APPROPRIATION REDUCTION AND RELATED TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) The
	unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund
	appropriated to the Department of Family and Protective Services
	for use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	made by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), are reduced by the
	following amounts:
	(1) $3,961,399 under Strategy A.2.1, CPS Direct
	Delivery Staff;
	(2) $1,769,065 under Strategy A.2.12, STAR Program;
	(3) $1,100,000 under Strategy A.2.13, CYD Program; and
	(4) $1,368,000 under Strategy A.2.16, Other At-Risk
	Prevention Programs.
	(b) Notwithstanding any limitation on transfer among
	appropriation items prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of
	the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009,
	the Department of Family and Protective Services may transfer
	federal funds from the following items of appropriation to Strategy
	A.2.1, CPS Direct Delivery Staff:
	(1) Strategy A.2.12, STAR Program;
	(2) Strategy A.2.13, CYD Program;
	(3) Strategy A.2.14, Texas Families Program; and
	(4) Strategy A.2.16, Other At-Risk Prevention
	Programs.
	SECTION 40. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: TEMPORARY
	ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES GRANTS. Notwithstanding any provision
	of Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), the Health and
	Human Services Commission may use current unexpended TANF balances
	for the purpose of funding an additional $75 one-time grant for a
	total of $105 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, for
	each TANF child in an effort to maximize funds received by this
	state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
	SECTION 41. TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION: RESTORATION OF TRANSFER
	AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding any limitation on transfers among
	appropriation items prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of
	the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), the Texas Youth Commission may transfer an
	amount not to exceed $5,589,975 from Strategy A.1.3, Contracted
	Capacity, to Strategy A.1.2, Institutional Services.
	SECTION 42. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
	APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. As a result of savings created by the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5),
	the unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund
	appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for
	use during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act) under Strategy
	A.6.1, Nursing Facility Payments, are reduced by $473,774,915.
	SECTION 43. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
	RESTORATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) Notwithstanding any
	limitation on transfer among appropriation items prescribed by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), the Department of
	Aging and Disability Services for the fiscal year ending August 31,
	2009, may allocate the reduction in appropriations under Section 42
	of this Act among the items of appropriation listed by Subsection
	(c) of this section.
	(b) Notwithstanding any limitation on transfer among
	appropriation items prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of
	the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), the Department of Aging and Disability
	Services for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, may allocate
	the additional amount appropriated under Section 49 of this Act
	among the items of appropriation listed by Subsection (c) of this
	section.
	(c) The Department of Aging and Disability Services may
	allocate the additional and reduced amounts appropriated as
	described by Subsections (a) and (b) of this section among the
	following items of appropriation:
	(1) A.2.1, Primary Home Care;
	(2) A.2.2, Community Attendant Services;
	(3) A.2.3, Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS);
	(4) A.3.1, Community-based Alternatives (CBA);
	(5) A.3.2, Home and Community-based Services (HCS);
	(6) A.3.3, Community Living Assistance and Support
	Services (CLASS);
	(7) A.3.4, Deaf-blind Multiple Disabilities (DBMD);
	(8) A.3.5, Medically Dependent Children Program
	(MDCP);
	(9) A.3.6, Consolidated Waiver Program;
	(10) A.3.7, Texas Home Living Waiver;
	(11) A.5.1, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
	Elderly (PACE);
	(12) A.6.1, Nursing Facility Payments;
	(13) A.6.2, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility;
	(14) A.6.3, Hospice;
	(15) A.6.4, Promoting Independence by Providing
	Community-based Client Services;
	(16) A.7.1, Intermediate Care Facilities - Mental
	Retardation (ICF/MR); and
	(17) A.8.1, MR State Schools Services.
	SECTION 44. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: CORRECTIONAL
	SECURITY EQUIPMENT. (a) In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $10,000,000 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 purchasing correctional security equipment.
	(b) In addition to the capital budget authority previously
	granted for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the
	Department of Criminal Justice may use $10,000,000 in capital
	budget authority for an additional capital budget item for the
	acquisition of capital equipment and items.
	SECTION 45. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
	APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. As a result of savings created by the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5),
	the unencumbered amounts appropriated from the general revenue fund
	to the Department of Family and Protective Services for use during
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by Chapter 1428
	(H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), are reduced by the following amounts:
	(1) $10,976,561 under Strategy A.2.10, Foster Care
	Payments; and
	(2) $7,565,224 under Strategy A.2.11, Adoption
	Subsidy Payments.
	SECTION 46. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
	APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. As a result of savings created by the
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5),
	the unencumbered amounts appropriated from the general revenue fund
	to the Health and Human Services Commission for use during the state
	fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1),
	Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), under Strategy B.1.4, Children and Medically
	Needy, are reduced by $1,127,526,993.
	SECTION 47. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
	RESTORATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) Notwithstanding any
	limitation on transfer among appropriation items prescribed by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), the Health and
	Human Services Commission for the fiscal year ending August 31,
	2009, may allocate the reduction in appropriations under Section 46
	of this Act among the items of appropriation listed under Goal B,
	Medicaid.
	(b) Notwithstanding any limitation on transfer among
	appropriation items prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of
	the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), the Health and Human Services Commission for
	the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, may allocate the additional
	amount appropriated under Section 52(2) of this Act among the items
	of appropriation listed under Goal B, Medicaid.
	SECTION 48. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
	APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. The unencumbered amounts appropriated to
	the Department of Family and Protective Services for use during the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, by Chapter 1428 (H.B.
	1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the
	General Appropriations Act), under Strategy A.2.10, Foster Care
	Payments, are reduced by the following amounts:
	(1) $24,041,141 out of the general revenue fund
	appropriations for that strategy; and
	(2) $25,534,391 out of the federal funds (TANF)
	appropriations for that strategy.
	SECTION 49. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
	ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $74,351,306 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the Department of Aging and Disability Services
	under Strategy A.6.1, Nursing Facility Payments, for the fiscal
	year ending August 31, 2009.
	SECTION 50. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
	ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the Department of Family and Protective Services is appropriated
	for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, the following amounts
	for the following purposes:
	(1) $7,211,846 from the general revenue fund under
	Strategy A.2.11, Adoption Subsidy Payments;
	(2) $6,657,839 from the general revenue fund under
	Strategy C.1.1, CPS Reform Continued;
	(3) $3,732,979 in federal funds (TANF) under Strategy
	C.1.1, CPS Reform Continued;
	(4) $14,248,456 from the general revenue fund under
	Strategy A.3.1, APS Direct Delivery Staff, for the loss of Medicaid
	federal funds;
	(5) $18,620,948 in federal funds (TANF) under Strategy
	A.2.1, CPS Direct Delivery Staff, for enterprise support services;
	and
	(6) $6,693,100 from the general revenue fund under
	Strategy A.2.3, TWC Foster Day Care.
	SECTION 51. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES:
	RESTORATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) Notwithstanding any
	limitation on transfer among appropriation items prescribed by
	Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), for the fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2009, the Department of Family and Protective
	Services may allocate any amounts appropriated in Sections 50(4)
	and 50(5) of this Act among the following items of appropriation:
	(1) Strategy A.1.1, Statewide Intake Services;
	(2) Strategy A.2.1, CPS Direct Delivery Staff;
	(3) Strategy A.2.2, CPS Program Support;
	(4) Strategy A.3.1, APS Direct Delivery Staff;
	(5) Strategy A.3.2, APS Program Support;
	(6) Strategy A.3.3, MH and MR Investigations;
	(7) Strategy A.4.1, Child Care Regulation;
	(8) Strategy B.1.1, Central Administration;
	(9) Strategy B.1.2, Other Support Services;
	(10) Strategy B.1.3, Regional Administration; and
	(11) Strategy B.1.4, IT Program Support.
	(b) Notwithstanding any limitation on transfer among
	appropriation items prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of
	the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), the Department of Family and Protective
	Services for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, may transfer to
	Strategy A.2.4, TWC Protective Day Care, amounts appropriated by
	Section 50(6) of this Act to Strategy A.2.3, TWC Foster Day Care.
	SECTION 52. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
	ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the Health and Human Services Commission is appropriated for the
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, the following amounts for the
	following purposes:
	(1) $759,113,979 from the general revenue fund under
	Goal B, Medicaid; and
	(2) $323,850,650 from the general revenue fund under
	Strategy B.2.3, Medicare Federal Give Back.
	SECTION 53. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: REMOVAL OF
	CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. (a) In order to meet an expected shortfall
	within the mental health hospital system, the limitations
	prescribed by the following provisions of Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1),
	Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General
	Appropriations Act), do not limit appropriations made to the
	Department of State Health Services for the fiscal year ending
	August 31, 2009:
	(1) Section 8.03(e), Article IX (Reimbursements and
	Payments);
	(2) Section 14.01, Article IX (Appropriation
	Transfers);
	(3) Section 49, Article II, Special Provisions,
	Contingent Appropriation of Medicare Part D Savings;
	(4) Rider 46, State Owned Multicategorical Teaching
	Hospital Account (UTMB), following the appropriations to the
	Department of State Health Services; and
	(5) Rider 55, County Indigent Health Care, following
	the appropriations to the Department of State Health Services.
	(b) The Department of State Health Services shall report to
	the Legislative Budget Board not later than October 1, 2009,
	regarding each instance in which the Department of State Health
	Services transferred funds to meet the shortfall within the mental
	health hospital system. The report shall include at a minimum the
	items of appropriation from which the funds were transferred, the
	items of appropriation to which the funds were transferred, the
	amount and method of finance of funds used in each transfer, and any
	other information requested by the Legislative Budget Board.
	SECTION 54. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION:
	ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING. In addition to amounts
	previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August
	31, 2009, the amount of $1,619,843,693 is appropriated out of funds
	received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
	(Pub. L. No. 111-5) to the Health and Human Services Commission for
	the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
	the purpose of increased federal funding for Medicaid and foster
	care/adoption subsidies.
	SECTION 55. APPROPRIATIONS FOR GENERAL COSTS CAUSED BY
	NATURAL DISASTERS. (a) The following amounts are appropriated out
	of the general revenue fund to the following agencies and
	institutions of higher education for the two-year period beginning
	on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of paying for, or
	reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by the agencies or
	institutions associated with damages or disruptions caused by
	natural disasters that occurred before the effective date of this
	Act during the state fiscal biennium that began September 1, 2007:
	(1) UT Medical Branch at Galveston: $150,000,000;
	(2) Brazosport College: $120,111;
	(3) Parks and Wildlife Department: $12,000,000;
	(4) UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $1,725,995;
	(5) Alvin College: $2,358,771;
	(6) Texas A&M Galveston: $6,200,000;
	(7) Texas Forest Service: $385,091;
	(8) Houston Community College: $1,507,670;
	(9) Commission on Environmental Quality: $4,600,000;
	(10) San Jacinto College: $3,045,820;
	(11) Galveston College: $407,406;
	(12) Texas Engineering Extension Service: $1,200,000;
	(13) Adjutant General's Department: $1,244,007;
	(14) The University of Texas at Brownsville:
	$1,200,000;
	(15) Lamar University: $2,803,561;
	(16) Lamar Institute of Technology: $2,007,758;
	(17) Lamar State College: Port Arthur: $829,530;
	(18) Texas Southern University: $9,720,192;
	(19) College of the Mainland: $176,236;
	(20) The University of Texas Pan American: $102,258;
	(21) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler:
	$1,461,557;
	(22) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
	Houston: $1,000,000;
	(23) University of Houston System Administration:
	$7,339,000;
	(24) Texas State Technical College: Harlingen:
	$904,558;
	(25) Lamar State College: Orange: $600,000;
	(26) Prairie View A&M University: $488,864;
	(27) Lee College: $137,554; and
	(28) Department of Agriculture: $20,000,000.
	(b) For each appropriation made to an entity by this section
	in an amount that exceeds $5,000,000, the comptroller shall
	separately account for expenditures from that item of appropriation
	and for reimbursements to the general revenue fund made in
	connection with that item of appropriation in accordance with
	Section 62 of this Act by creating, for accounting purposes, a
	separate account within the general revenue fund. Expenditures
	from each item of appropriation subject to this section shall be
	made from the separate account created for that item and
	reimbursements to the general revenue fund made in connection with
	that item of appropriation in accordance with Section 62 of this Act
	shall be deposited to that separate account. It is the intent of
	the 81st Legislature that the 82nd Legislature appropriate for
	further recovery efforts from the natural disaster that are still
	being made or paid for by the entity that received the appropriation
	any money received as reimbursements to the general revenue fund in
	connection with the appropriation to that entity and separately
	accounted for in accordance with this subsection.
	(c) The amount appropriated by this section to UT Medical
	Branch at Galveston may be spent only to provide matching funds for
	FEMA qualifying projects, except that if that amount cannot be
	prudently and effectively spent in that manner, the remainder of
	the $150,000,000 appropriation may be spent only with the prior
	written approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
	(d) The amounts appropriated by this section to the
	Department of Agriculture shall be spent to compensate the Texas
	Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation for a portion of the
	foundation's increased expenses incurred because of Hurricane Ike
	and Hurricane Dolly. The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
	and the Department of Agriculture must approve the allocation of
	funds appropriated by this section to each eligible boll weevil
	eradication zone. The Department of Agriculture shall remit the
	amounts appropriated by this section to the Texas Boll Weevil
	Eradication Foundation, and the foundation shall credit the funds
	to the accounts of the following boll weevil eradication zones:
	(1) Southern Blacklands;
	(2) Northern Blacklands;
	(3) Upper Coastal Bend;
	(4) South Texas/Winter Garden; and
	(5) Lower Rio Grande Valley.
	SECTION 56. APPROPRIATIONS FOR GENERAL COSTS CAUSED BY
	WILDFIRES. The amount of $31,478,218 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 paying for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by
	the Texas Forest Service associated with wildfires that occurred
	before the effective date of this Act during the state fiscal
	biennium that began September 1, 2007.
	SECTION 57. APPROPRIATIONS FOR GENERAL COSTS CAUSED BY
	FLOODING. The amount of $69,339 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
	paying for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by the
	forest service associated with flooding that occurred before the
	effective date of this Act during the state fiscal biennium that
	began September 1, 2007.
	SECTION 58. CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
	(a) The amount of $62 million is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
	Governor for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
	this Act for the purpose of providing disaster relief in accordance
	with this section. The prior approval of the Legislative Budget
	Board given or considered to be given as provided by this subsection
	is required to expend funds for the purpose of providing
	reimbursements for post disaster recovery expenditures. The
	Governor's Division of Emergency Management shall provide
	information regarding proposed expenditures of funds for this
	purpose to the Legislative Budget Board in a format provided by the
	board. If the Legislative Budget Board does not disapprove a
	proposed reimbursement for post disaster recovery expenditures
	within 10 days of receiving the required information, the proposed
	expenditure is considered automatically approved.
	(b) The amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
	section may be transferred to the disaster contingency fund and
	expended out of the disaster contingency fund only serially as
	conditions warrant.
	(c) Out of amounts appropriated in Subsection (a) of this
	section, it is the intent of the legislature that $1,508,450 be used
	to pay for air ambulance services in connection with emergency
	evacuation operations during Hurricane Rita conducted from
	September 21 through September 29, 2005.
	(d) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
	section, it is the intent of the legislature that the governor
	coordinate with the Texas Education Agency to reimburse eligible
	school districts in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10 million
	for qualifying disaster remediation costs.
	(e) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
	section, it is the intent of the legislature that the Governor's
	Division of Emergency Management shall reimburse the Texas
	Engineering Extension Service for costs incurred in connection with
	the response of the Texas Task Force 1 to certain flooding.
	(f) Out of amounts appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
	section, it is the intent of the legislature that the Governor's
	Division of Emergency Management may reimburse the General Land
	Office for repairs made to the protective dune system for County
	Road 257.
	SECTION 59. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: HOLD HARMLESS.
	(a) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state
	fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $9,902,630 is
	appropriated out of the general revenue fund to The University of
	Texas at Austin for the two-year period beginning on the effective
	date of this Act for the purpose of providing The University of
	Texas the 2008-2009 biennium formula hold harmless amount.
	(b) From appropriations made by Subsection (a) of this
	section, The University of Texas at Austin shall direct the amount
	of $700,000 to the Marine Science Institute to support the National
	Estuarine Research Reserve.
	SECTION 60. TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
	GOVERNOR: DEBRIS REMOVAL. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $16,565,040 is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
	Governor for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of
	this Act for the Governor's Division of Emergency Management to
	remove debris from Harris County, Jefferson County, Chambers
	County, Brazoria County, Galveston County, and the City of Houston.
	SECTION 61. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: DISASTER
	RECOVERY REIMBURSEMENTS. It is the intent of the legislature that
	all funds received after the effective date of this Act by the Texas
	State University System or its component institutions for
	reimbursement of disaster recovery related expenditures associated
	with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita shall be immediately
	deposited to the credit of unappropriated general revenue. These
	funds include, but are not limited to, an estimated $9,100,000 in
	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursements.
	SECTION 62. REIMBURSEMENT TO GENERAL REVENUE FUND. (a) If
	any state agency or institution of higher education receives
	reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or another
	source for an expenditure paid for or reimbursed under Sections 9,
	15, 52, 55, 56, or 57 of this Act, the agency or institution shall
	reimburse the state in an amount equal to the general revenue funds
	expended for damages that is proportional to the total expenditures
	for damages described under Sections 9, 15, 52, 55, 56, or 57 of
	this Act, and that amount shall be deposited to the credit of the
	general revenue fund.
	(b) If any state agency or institution of higher education
	receives reimbursement from the federal government, an insurer, or
	another source for an expenditure paid for or reimbursed under
	Section 58 or 60 of this Act, the agency or institution shall
	reimburse the state by depositing the amount of the reimbursement
	to the credit of the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
	Governor. Amounts deposited under this subsection are
	reappropriated to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the
	Governor for disaster preparedness and recovery costs for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 63. DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS - NON-SELF SUPPORTING
	GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER BONDS: APPROPRIATION REDUCTION. The
	unencumbered appropriations from the general revenue fund
	appropriated to the Water Development Board for Debt Service
	Payments for Non-Self Supporting G.O. Water Bonds for use during
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, made by Chapter
	1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007
	(the General Appropriations Act), are reduced by the following
	amounts:
	(1) $15,820,198 from Strategy A.1.2, State
	Participation Debt Service;
	(2) $15,231,801 from Strategy A.1.1, EDAP Debt
	Service;
	(3) $3,354 from Strategy A.1.3, AG Water Conservation
	Debt; and
	(4) $1,894,416 from Strategy A.1.4, WIF Debt Service.
	SECTION 64. STATE AUDITOR AUTHORITY: DISASTER RELIEF
	APPROPRIATIONS. An entity receiving funds under this Act
	appropriated for disaster relief, including an entity receiving
	funds appropriated in response to a natural disaster and a unit of
	local government receiving funds appropriated for transfer to and
	expenditure out of the disaster contingency fund, is subject to
	audit by the state auditor based on a risk assessment made by the
	state auditor in developing the annual audit plan under Chapter
	321, Government Code. As part of the risk assessment of an entity,
	including a unit of local government, the state auditor may
	consider:
	(1) the amount of money directly appropriated to an
	entity by this Act or received by a unit of local government out of
	money appropriated for transfer to and expenditure out of the
	disaster contingency fund by this Act;
	(2) the amount of money reimbursed under a provision
	of this Act requiring that the general revenue fund or disaster
	contingency fund be reimbursed under certain circumstances; and
	(3) the methodology used by an entity, including a
	unit of local government, to estimate a loss caused by a disaster.
	SECTION 65. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS. (a)
	Reimbursements received from the Federal Emergency Management
	Agency (an estimated amount of $39 million) for expenses incurred
	by the General Land Office in removing debris caused by Hurricane
	Ike and paid for with $39 million in emergency funds transferred
	from the Texas Public Finance Authority are appropriated to the
	General Land Office for the period ending on May 30, 2011, for the
	purpose of funding coastal management programs of the land office,
	including debris and structure removal, derelict structure
	buyouts, shoreline stabilization, dune restoration, beach
	renourishment, coastal erosion mitigation, and other coastal
	projects authorized by statute.
	(b) Not later than May 31, 2011, the General Land Office
	shall deposit to the credit of undedicated general revenue an
	amount equal to the amount of reimbursements received and
	appropriated to the General Land Office under Subsection (a) of
	this section.
	SECTION 66. APPROPRIATIONS ALLOCATED TO APPROPRIATE
	GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT STRATEGIES. Except as otherwise
	provided by this Act, the agencies and institutions receiving
	appropriations made by this Act shall allocate the appropriations
	to the appropriate General Appropriations Act strategies.
	SECTION 67. DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE
	SERVICES: AUTISM. (a) In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $6,600,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
	fund to the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services for
	the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to
	provide autism services for children ages three to eight.
	(b) Out of the funds appropriated in this section, the
	Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall make
	every effort to attain the following performance measure targets:
	(1) provide autism services to an average of 127
	children per month for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and
	provide autism services to an average of 127 children per month for
	the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011;
	(2) provide autism services at an average monthly cost
	per child of $2,185 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and
	provide autism services at an average monthly cost per child of
	$2,185 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011;
	(3) provide autism services to 224 children by the end
	of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and provide autism
	services to 224 children by the end of the fiscal year ending August
	31, 2011.
	SECTION 68. CONTINGENCY FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
	SETTLEMENT. (a) Contingent on the State of Texas and the United
	States Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, the
	Department of Aging and Disability Services is appropriated the
	amount of $45,069,658 out of the general revenue fund for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act, for the
	purpose of providing for additional staffing, monitoring
	activities, training, and other one-time costs.
	(b) Also contingent upon the State of Texas and the United
	States Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, in
	addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
	Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized by other
	law to employ during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010,
	the department may employ an additional 1,160.0 FTEs during that
	state fiscal year. In addition to the number of full-time
	equivalent employees (FTEs) the Department of Aging and Disability
	Services is authorized by other law to employ during the state
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an
	additional 1,160.0 FTEs during that state fiscal year.
	(c) Contingent on the State of Texas and the United States
	Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, the
	Department of Family and Protective Services is appropriated the
	amount of $1,544,907 out of the general revenue fund for the fiscal
	year ending August 31, 2010, and $1,606,426 out of the general
	revenue fund for the period beginning on September 1, 2010, and
	ending on the last effective day of this Act for incident management
	and to ensure the protection from harm, abuse, or neglect for
	residents of state schools.
	(d) Also contingent upon the State of Texas and the United
	States Department of Justice reaching a settlement agreement, in
	addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
	Department of Family and Protective Services is authorized by other
	law to employ during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010,
	the department may employ an additional 37.0 FTEs during that state
	fiscal year. In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
	employees (FTEs) the Department of Family and Protective Services
	is authorized by other law to employ during the state fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an additional
	43.0 FTEs during that state fiscal year.
	SECTION 69. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM
	ADMINISTRATION: RENOVATIONS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Contingent
	on the enactment of H.B. 2654 or similar legislation relating to
	imposition of the motor vehicle sales tax on motor vehicles
	transferred as the result of a gift by the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009, and also contingent on the comptroller certifying
	that the estimated amount of additional general revenue produced by
	the enactment of H.B. 2654 or similar legislation relating to
	imposition of the motor vehicle sales tax on motor vehicles
	transferred as the result of a gift exceeds $10,000,000, the Texas
	State Technical College System Administration is appropriated the
	amount of $10,000,000 out of the general revenue fund for the fiscal
	year ending August 31, 2010, for capital expenditures and
	renovations for collaborative research projects. The legislature
	finds a demonstrated need for these capital expenditures and
	renovations.
	SECTION 70. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: MICKEY LELAND AND
	BARBARA JORDAN PAPERS. In addition to amounts previously
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009,
	the amount of $150,000 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 to ensure the proper preservation
	and display of the Mickey Leland and Barbara Jordan papers
	maintained by the university.
	SECTION 71. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: TEXAS
	STATE RAILROAD. In addition to amounts previously appropriated for
	the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$1,000,000 is appropriated to the Texas Parks and Wildlife
	Department out of the general revenue fund for the two-year period
	beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of
	supporting the operations of the Texas State Railroad. The
	comptroller shall release funds provided in this section contingent
	on review and approval by the Legislative Budget Board of a signed
	contract between the Texas State Railroad Authority and the
	railroad operator describing loan terms and regular reporting to
	the Legislative Budget Board on the revolving account.
	SECTION 72. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. In
	addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $2,000,000 is
	appropriated out of the general revenue dedicated account number
	550 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
	conducting hazardous substance removal and disposal activities at
	Ballard Pits, a state superfund site in Nueces County.
	SECTION 73. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES:
	CONTINGENCY FOR SENATE BILL 643. (a) Contingent on the enactment
	by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and becoming law of
	Senate Bill 643 or similar legislation relating to the protection
	and care of persons with mental retardation, the Department of
	Aging and Disability Services is appropriated, in addition to
	amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal biennium
	ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $19,000,000 from the general
	revenue fund and $19,000,000 from federal funds for the two-year
	period beginning on the effective date of this Act to fully
	implement the provisions of the legislation; to install video
	surveillance equipment in areas defined as nonprivate space for
	residents of state developmental centers and the ICF/MR component
	of the Rio Grande State Center; and to monitor video across shifts
	to detect and prevent abuse and exploitation of residents and
	clients.
	(b) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent
	employees (FTEs) the Department of Aging and Disability Services is
	authorized by other law to employ during the state fiscal biennium
	ending August 31, 2011, the department may employ an additional
	186.0 FTEs during that state fiscal biennium.
	(c) Also contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2009 and becoming law of Senate Bill 643 or similar
	legislation relating to the protection and care of persons with
	mental retardation, the Department of Aging and Disability Services
	shall use amounts appropriated by Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
	Act), to implement name changes, mortality reviews, on-site annual
	surveys of group homes, the Forensic State Supported Living Center,
	an independent ombudsman, a new assistance commissioner,
	behavioral support specialists for alleged offenders, and employee
	background checks, finger printing, and drug testing.
	SECTION 74. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
	TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN ACCOUNT. The Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality is appropriated the amount of $37,000,000 out
	of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Account No. 5071 for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the
	implementation of activities under Subsection (a) of 386.252 of the
	Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 75. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: EMERGENCY
	PREPAREDNESS. The Department of Public Safety is appropriated the
	amount of $4,500,000 from the general revenue fund under Goal D,
	Emergency Management, for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to be transferred to the Division of
	Emergency Management for staffing and emergency systems to apply
	lessons learned in multiple major disasters in 2007 and 2008 to
	enhance the capability of the state to plan and coordinate
	emergency preparedness, emergency response, and disaster recovery
	operations with local governments and state and federal agencies
	and to fully incorporate the support of industry and volunteer
	groups into emergency operations. Of the funds appropriated in
	this section, the amount of $1,550,000 shall be used to enhance the
	capabilities of the State Operations Center and the remainder shall
	be used to fund 29 full-time equivalent positions to improve
	preparedness and response capabilities, the delivery of disaster
	assistance, and staffing for disaster-related financial
	management.
	SECTION 76. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION: FEDERALLY FUNDED
	BENEFITS. To minimize the impact on state funds appropriated in
	this Act or in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), for the fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2011, for unemployment benefits, the
	Texas Workforce Commission may adjust unemployment eligibility
	periods as necessary to maximize receipt of any 100 percent
	federally funded benefit. This provision does not appropriate
	state funds, nor may additional state funds be appropriated as a
	result of this authorization. Additional federal funds received by
	the State of Texas resulting from the authorized adjustment are
	appropriated as necessary to comply with Section 2005 of Public Law
	No. 111-5.
	SECTION 77. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: PILOT PROGRAM TO
	TEST ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS. Out of funds appropriated to the
	Employees Retirement System in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
	Act), for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, the Employees
	Retirement System is authorized to establish a pilot program under
	which physicians and health care providers who provide health care
	services to employees and retirees participating in the group
	benefits program are compensated under a payment system designed to
	test alternatives to traditional fee-for-service payments. To the
	extent practicable, the program must be based on nationally
	recognized quality of care standards and evidence-based best
	practices, and must include policies designed to promote provider
	collaboration and other policies and practices as necessary to
	ensure high-quality and effective health care services.
	SECTION 78. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: LOCAL
	PARK RESTORATION. Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2009, and becoming law of H.B. 3391, S.B 1010, or
	similar legislation relating to the continuation and functions of
	the Parks and Wildlife Department, out of funds appropriated to the
	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Strategy B.2.1, Local Parks
	Grants in Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations Act), for the fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2011, it is the intent of the legislature
	that an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 be provided as matching
	grants to the City of Waco as follows:
	(1) $373,000 shall be allocated for a one-to-one
	matching grant for the purpose of replacing the existing Oscar Du
	Conge Pool with safe and appropriate public recreational water
	activities in East Waco, such as a splash pad/spray park; and
	(2) $1,127,000 shall be allocated for a two-to-one
	matching grant for the purpose of restoring, upgrading, or
	replacing the existing public skate park to provide a safe, family
	recreational skating facility.
	SECTION 79. APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADVANCED CLEAN ENERGY
	PROJECT. Amounts appropriated by Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General Appropriations
	Act), to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for
	transfer to the Texas Emerging Technology Fund may be used for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
	expenditures related to clean energy programs or projects, as
	authorized by general law.
	SECTION 80. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT
	HOUSTON: TRAUMA CARE. The University of Texas Health Science Center
	at Houston is appropriated $6,000,000 from the general revenue
	dedicated account 5111 for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to provide reimbursements for
	uncompensated care.
	SECTION 81. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER
	CENTER: UNCOMPENSATED CARE FOR HURRICANE IKE PATIENTS. The
	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is appropriated
	$2,000,000 from the general revenue fund for the two-year period
	beginning on the effective date of this Act to provide
	reimbursements for uncompensated care for Hurricane Ike patients.
	SECTION 82. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
	AT FORT WORTH: TRAUMA CARE. The University of North Texas Health
	Science Center at Fort Worth is appropriated $2,000,000 from the
	general revenue fund for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to provide reimbursements for
	uncompensated care.
	SECTION 83. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: VARIOUS
	FUNCTIONS. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is appropriated
	from the general revenue fund for the two-year period beginning on
	the effective date of this Act the following amounts:
	(1) $2,000,000 to repair hurricane-related damages to
	the Sea Rim State Park ;and
	(2) $1,000,000 for information technology services.
	SECTION 84. NAVARRO COLLEGE: REIMBURSEMENTS. Navarro
	College is appropriated $1,500,000 from the general revenue fund
	for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	to reimburse the Higher Education Coordinating Board for new campus
	funding.
	SECTION 85. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION:
	OPERATIONS. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is
	appropriated $956,000 from the general revenue fund for the
	two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
	operations.
	SECTION 86. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE:
	CERTAIN SALARIES. (a) Notwithstanding any limitation on salary
	rates prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations
	Act), the Executive Director of the Cancer Prevention and Research
	Institute shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $214,000 per
	fiscal year for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, and the
	Chief Scientific Officer of the institute may be compensated at a
	rate not to exceed $212,000 per year for the fiscal year ending
	August 31, 2009.
	(b) In addition to the rates provided in Subsection (a) of
	this section, the Executive Director may receive a salary
	supplement not to exceed $86,000 for a total combined salary of
	$300,000 out of state and foundation funds for the fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2009. In addition to the rates provided in
	Subsection (a) of this section, the Chief Scientific Officer may
	receive a salary supplement not to exceed $488,000 for a total
	combined salary of $700,000 out of state and foundation funds for
	the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009. The respective salaries
	paid out of appropriated state funds and foundation funds for each
	fiscal year of the biennium to the Executive Director and the Chief
	Scientific Officer of the Institute may not exceed the highest
	salary paid to a chancellor of a public university system.
	SECTION 87. GENERAL LAND OFFICE: DISASTER MITIGATION
	BUYOUTS. The General Land Office is appropriated $10,000,000 from
	the general revenue fund for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act for structure buyouts as authorized by
	Chapter 33, Natural Resources Code.
	SECTION 88. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: NORTHSTAR
	BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAIVER. (a) Notwithstanding any limitations
	prescribed by Chapter 1428 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2007 (the General Appropriations Act), for the
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, to the extent that the NorthSTAR
	managed care organization is able to obtain cost savings associated
	with state-approved purchasing arrangements for the purchase of new
	generation medications under Department of State Health Services
	Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR Behavioral Health Waiver, NorthSTAR
	managed care organization may expend an equivalent amount from
	Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR Behavioral Health Waiver on direct
	services to clients.
	(b) In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the
	state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of
	$5,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the
	Department of State Health Services under Strategy B.2.4, NorthSTAR
	Behavioral Health Waiver to provide direct client services.
	SECTION 89. APPROPRIATION FOR A SINGLE RETENTION PAYMENT
	FOR WORK PERFORMED BY STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) As used in this
	section, retention payment means a single employee compensation
	payment in the amount of eight hundred dollars ($800) authorized to
	be paid to employees in August, 2009, by each agency of the State of
	Texas through the payroll system, to each employee who was
	continuously employed by the agency from March 31, 2009, through
	August 1, 2009, for work performed by the state employees, but
	subject to the exclusions and limitations under this section.
	(b) The Comptroller of Public Accounts is appropriated an
	amount estimated to be $42,183,779 out of the General Revenue Fund,
	an amount estimated to be $3,915,109 out of General
	Revenue-Dedicated, an amount estimated to be $21,904,727 out of
	federal funds, and an amount estimated to be $20,260,422 out of
	other funds and accounts, to fund a retention payment for work
	performed by the state employees as described in Subsection (a) of
	this section for employees of state agencies including employees of
	the Higher Education Coordinating Board and employees of a Texas
	A&M University System service agency.
	(c) This section shall not apply to employees of
	institutions of higher education (except for employees of a service
	agency of The Texas A&M University System), statewide elected
	officials, justices and judges of the appellate and district
	courts, district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, county
	attorneys performing the duties of a district attorney, or line
	item exempt (non-classified) employees. Additionally, this
	section shall not apply to the following employees:
	(1) At the Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
	(A) Correctional Officer series; and Ranking
	Staff (including Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains, Majors,
	Assistant Wardens, and Wardens) otherwise provided a pay increase
	under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium;
	(B) Laundry Managers otherwise provided a pay
	increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
	Biennium;
	(C) Food Service Managers otherwise provided a
	pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
	Biennium;
	(D) Parole Officer series otherwise provided a
	pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
	Biennium; and
	(E) Other unit staff otherwise provided a pay
	increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
	Biennium;
	(2) At the Texas Youth Commission:
	(A) Juvenile Correctional Officers series
	otherwise provided a pay increase under the General Appropriations
	Act for the 2010-11 Biennium; and
	(B) Other unit staff otherwise provided a pay
	increase under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11
	Biennium;
	(3) Law Enforcement Employees classified under
	Schedule C under Part 2, Article IX of the General Appropriations
	Act for the 2010-11 Biennium otherwise provided a pay increase
	under the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium;
	(4) At the Parks and Wildlife Department, in the event
	the Comptroller certifies the additional revenue of $11,328,892
	from the Game, Fish and Water Safety Account No. 9, the employees
	provided pay raises from these amounts during the 2010-11
	Biennium may not participate in the $800 retention payment for
	classified employees provided by this Act.
	(5) In the Judicial branch of state government:
	(A) At the Supreme Court and the Court of
	Criminal Appeals:
	(1) the staff attorneys;
	(2) law clerks; and
	(3) court administrative staff;
	(B) At the 14 Appellate Courts:
	(1) staff attorneys;
	(2) law clerks; and
	(3) employees whom a Court of Appeals
	designates as receiving salary increases from the block grant
	appropriated for the 14 Courts of Appeals in the 2010-11 Biennium;
	(C) At the State Law Library, all positions; and
	(D) At the State Commission on Judicial Conduct,
	the General Counsel and attorney staff;
	(6) At all agencies, financial examiners otherwise
	provided a pay increase under the General Appropriations Act for
	the 2010-11 Biennium; and
	(7) At all agencies, employees who earned amounts
	greater than $100,000.00 per year calculated as may be prescribed
	by rules adopted by the Comptroller in order to achieve the
	legislative objective of excluding employees who earn salaries
	greater than either $8,334.00 per month or $100,000.00 per year
	from receiving the retention payment.
	(d) For employees paid the retention payment authorized
	under this section, any increase in employee benefits costs
	associated with the retention payment as described above shall be
	paid exclusively from appropriations made above in Subsection (b)
	of this section except for county extension agents who may receive a
	retention payment solely from appropriations made from the general
	revenue fund.
	(e) Provisions requiring salaries and benefits to be
	proportional to the source of funds shall apply to all sums
	allocated under this section for the payment of a retention payment
	as if the retention payment was a part of the employee's regular
	compensation, except as may otherwise be provided. Each agency
	shall pay the retention payment from funds held in the state
	treasury and from local funds in the same proportion as the
	employee's regular compensation.
	(f) The Comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to
	administer this section. Funds appropriated in this section shall
	be allocated to each agency, and to the appropriate employee
	benefit appropriation items, in accordance with such rules and may
	be used only for the purpose of providing a retention payment and
	paying associated employee benefit costs.
	(g) This section does not authorize an increase of
	classified salary rates above the rates listed in the classified
	salary schedules A, B, and C (as applicable) under Part 2, Article
	IX of the General Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium. This
	section authorizes each agency to pay a retention payment to each
	eligible employee of that agency from funds appropriated by this
	Act.
	(h) Agencies subject to a special provisions rider
	"Appropriations Limited to Revenue Collections" of the General
	Appropriations Act for the 2010-11 Biennium shall increase revenues
	as necessary to cover the increased retention payment amounts
	appropriated above. Revenues to general revenue and general revenue
	dedicated funds due to the retention payment increase described
	above are estimated to be at least $3,400,000.
	SECTION 90. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: APPROPRIATIONS FOR
	CERTAIN SALARIES. (a) Notwithstanding the Position Classification
	Plan, under Section 2.01, Article IX, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the
	81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
	Appropriations Act), the Department of Public Safety is
	appropriated for the two-year period beginning on the effective
	date of this Act the following amounts for the following purposes:
	(1) $3,369,476 out of general revenue dedicated fund
	99 to fund the reclassification of positions for the police
	communications operators and supervisors at the Bureau of Law
	Enforcement Communications and Technology within the Department of
	Public Safety; and
	(2) $350,000 out of the general revenue dedicated fund
	99 to fund the reclassification of positions for the forensic
	scientists in the Forensic Breath Laboratory Services within the
	Department of Public Safety.
	(b) The State Classification Officer shall review and
	properly classify the positions affected by Subsection (a) of this
	section pursuant to authority provided under Chapter 654,
	Government Code.
	SECTION 91. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY: CERTAIN BORDER
	SECURITY FUNDS. (a) Notwithstanding amounts appropriated under
	Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
	(the General Appropriations Act), in the appropriation to the
	Department of Public Safety for the fiscal year ending August 31,
	2010, the amount of general revenue dedicated account 99
	appropriated to the Department of Public Safety under Strategy
	D.1.1., Emergency Preparedness, is reduced by $5,500,000.
	(b) Subsection (a), Rider 54, of the bill pattern of the
	Department of Public Safety, under Article V in Senate Bill 1, Acts
	of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
	Appropriations Act), has no effect.
	SECTION 92. TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. OUTREACH
	AND ENROLLMENT. Texas A&M International University is appropriated
	$1,000,000 out of the general revenue fund for the fiscal year
	ending August 31, 2010, and $1,000,000 out of the general revenue
	fund for the period beginning on September 1, 2010, and ending on
	the second anniversary of the effective date of this Act for
	outreach, access, enrollment, advising, tutoring, and retention
	support.
	SECTION. 93. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 2534.
	Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 2534 or similar legislation
	relating to the creation of an interagency task force on economic
	growth and endangered species by the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009, $250,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue
	fund for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, to the Texas A&M
	University System for the purpose of operating the Task Force on
	Economic Growth and Endangered Species.
	SECTION 94. TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY: DEBT SERVICE.
	The Texas Public Finance Authority is appropriated $3,200,000 from
	the general revenue fund for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to pay debt service on general obligation
	bonds.
	SECTION 95. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR H.B. 1511. (a)
	Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
	2009, and becoming law of House Bill 1511, House Bill 2860, or
	Senate Bill 1411, or similar legislation relating to financial
	assistance programs in connection with certain children in the
	conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
	Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services is
	appropriated $2,250,638 out of the general revenue fund for the
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and $1,980,067 out of the
	general revenue fund for the period beginning on September 1, 2010,
	and ending on the second anniversary of the effective date of this
	Act, to implement the legislation.
	(b) Also contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2009, and becoming law of House Bill 1511, House
	Bill 2860, or Senate Bill 1411, or similar legislation relating to
	financial assistance programs in connection with certain children
	in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
	Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services, in
	addition to the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) the
	Department of Family and Protective Services is authorized by other
	law to employ during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
	2011, is authorized to employ an additional 17.0 FTEs during that
	state fiscal biennium.
	SECTION 96. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 2323.
	Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
	2009, and becoming law of Senate Bill 2323 or similar legislation
	relating to the functions of the Texas School Safety Center, Texas
	State University-San Marcos is appropriated out of the general
	revenue fund for Strategy C.1.3, School Safety Center, the amounts
	of $308,612 in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and $308,612
	for the period beginning on September 1, 2010, and ending on the
	second anniversary of the effective date of this Act and is
	authorized to employ an additional four FTEs in each year of the
	biennium to implement provisions of the legislation.
	SECTION 97. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR H.B. 1684.
	Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009, and becoming law of H.B. 1684 or similar legislation
	relating to the creation and administration of the rural
	veterinarian loan repayment program, the Office of Rural Community
	Affairs is appropriated $500,000 out of the general revenue fund
	for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act
	to implement provisions of the legislation.
	SECTION 98. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 174.
	Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009, and becoming law of S.B. 174 or similar legislation
	relating to educator preparation programs, the Texas Education
	Agency is appropriated $275,000 in State Board for Educator
	Certification fees for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act to implement provisions of the
	legislation. The Texas Education Agency may employ an additional
	two full-time equivalents in each fiscal year during the fiscal
	biennium ending August 31, 2011.
	SECTION 99. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER: PALESTINE CAMPUS.
	The University of Texas at Tyler is appropriated $1,300,000 out of
	the general revenue fund for the two-year period beginning on the
	effective date of this Act for faculty salaries and facility
	operations at the Palestine campus.
	SECTION 100. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: RIDER 4. Rider 4 of
	the bill pattern of the Office of the Governor in Senate Bill 1,
	Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
	Appropriations Act), has no effect.
	SECTION 101. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 1362.
	Contingent upon the enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2009, and becoming law of Senate Bill 1362 or similar
	legislation relating to a Texas Youth Commission comprehensive plan
	to improve student reading skills and behavior, the Texas Education
	Agency is appropriated $375,000 out of the general revenue fund for
	each fiscal year of the biennium beginning September 1, 2009. On a
	determination by the commissioner of education that the Texas Youth
	Commission has developed a comprehensive plan based on research
	that will improve the reading skills and behavior of students
	served by the commission, the commissioner of education shall
	transfer the funds to the Texas Youth Commission for use in
	implementing the comprehensive plan.
	SECTION 102. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR S.B. 1313.
	Contingent on enactment by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
	2009, and becoming law of Senate Bill 1313 or similar legislation
	relating to the quality and accessibility of public school career
	and technical training programs and to assistance to students
	concerning postsecondary education and training, the Texas
	Education Agency is appropriated $1,350,000 for the state fiscal
	year ending August 31, 2011, out of the general revenue fund for
	industry certification examinations to non-economically
	disadvantaged students, $540,000 in fiscal year 2011 out of the
	general revenue fund for the State Board Education to conduct a
	course review, and $100,000 in fiscal year 2011 out of the general
	revenue fund to expand the Best Practices Clearinghouse to include
	career and technology education. The Texas Workforce Commission is
	appropriated $100,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
	2011, out of the general revenue fund to develop a list of
	high-demand, high-wage, high-skill occupations that require
	licensure, certification, an associate degree, or a bachelor's
	degree. The Higher Education Coordinating Board is appropriated out
	of the general revenue fund the amount of $2,290,000 for the state
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, for training and materials
	dealing with the "College for Texans" program and the amount of
	$100,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, to
	conduct an economic impact study to determine the economic impact
	to the state of secondary and postsecondary education and training.
	The "Number of Full-Time Equivalents" in the Higher Education
	Coordinating Board bill pattern is increased by two FTEs in the
	state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011.
	SECTION 103. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
	immediately.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4586 was passed by the House on April
	17, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No.
	4586 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1
	present, not voting; passed subject to the provisions of Article
	III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the State of Texas.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4586 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
	0; passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of
	the Constitution of the State of Texas.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B.
	No. 4586, Regular Session of the 81st Legislature, are within
	amounts estimated to be available in the affected fund.
	Certified_____________________
	______________________________
	Comptroller of Public Accounts
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor