3/22/01
The House Committee on Appropriations
77th Legislature
March 22, 2001
7:00 a.m.
Capitol Extension, E1.030
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 16, 2001, the House
Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was
called to order by the chair, Representative Junell, at 7:02
a.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Junell; West, George "Buddy"; Allen;
Coleman; Farrar; Flores; Glaze; Heflin; Hochberg;
Janek; King, Tracy; Luna, Vilma; McReynolds; Moreno,
Paul; Mowery; Pickett; Pitts; Puente (18).
Absent: Representatives Delisi; Eiland; Gallego; Giddings;
Gutierrez; Hamric; Maxey; Smith; Turner, Sylvester
(9).
A quorum was present.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Workers' Compensation Commission
(Representative Hamric now present.)(Representative Smith now
present.)(Representative Gallego now present.)
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
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Fiscal Changes
Funds for the Business Process Improvement project.
Riders
Contingent Revenue rider (Pitts #1)
Capital Budget rider (Pitts #2)
Unexpended Balance Authority and Business Process
Improvement rider (Pitts #3)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Research and Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds for a Research V FTE.
Funds to participate in the next round of the Workers'
Compensation Research Institute's multi-state
comparison study.
Riders
Contingent Revenue rider (Pitts #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Banking
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Reduction of funds to reduce the number of authorized FTEs
by one each year of the biennium.
Riders
Adopt modified Federal Per Diem Authorized rider (Pitts #1)
Relocation Austin Regional Office rider (Pitts #2)
Consolidation Plan rider (Pitts #3)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(Representative Eiland now present.)(Representative Turner,
Sylvester now present.)
Representative King moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds to purchase a computer licensing system
Riders
Contingent Revenue rider (King #1)
Capital Budget rider (King #2)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Funeral Service Commission
Representative Hamric moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Capital Budget rider (Hamric #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds to increase funding for the increase in the Northrup
Grumman maintenance contract.
Riders
Contingent Revenue rider (Pitts #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Representative Moreno moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Relocation of Financial Examiner Position rider (Moreno #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Savings and Loan Department
(Representative Maxey now present.)
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Technical Changes
Technical change to Contingent Revenue rider.
Riders
Consolidation Plan rider (Pitts #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Racing Commission
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds for travel expenses for students and veterinarians
Riders
Contingent Revenue rider (Pitts #1)
Capital Budget rider (Pitts #2)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Board of Barber Examiners
Representative Hamric moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Capital Budget rider (Hamric #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Board of Professional Land Surveying
(Representative Giddings now present.)
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Fee Rates rider (Pitts #1)
Article XI
Contingent Appropriation for H.B. 1253
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Real Estate Commission
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Technical Changes
Technical change to Contingent Revenue rider.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Board of Medical Examiners
Representative McReynolds moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Change
Average Number of Days for Individual License Issuance
(Physicians)
Add the target of 180 days for the new efficiency measure
each year.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Board of Dental Examiners
Representative Gallego moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Documentation and Record Keeping rider (Gallego #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Insurance
Representative Eiland moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
State Support for NCOIL Activities rider (Eiland #1)
Article XI
Health Insurance Consumer Assistance Program
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Representative Glaze moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Funds for Salary Supplementation.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
State Office of Administrative Hearings
(Representative West, George "Buddy" in chair.)
Representative Allen moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds to complete Phase 2 of the new automated Case
Management System.
Technical Changes
Amend the Public Utility Commission interagency contract
amounts in Rider 2.
Riders
Contingent Appropriation for H.B. 1618 rider (Allen #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
(Representative Junell in chair.)
Public Utility Commission
Representative Pitts moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
A decrease in System Benefit Funds to be distributed to the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Technical Changes
Update the appropriation of General Revenue figures in
Rider 7.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Office of the Governor
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Emergency Management Fund
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Treatment Alternative to Incarceration Program rider
(Turner #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Agriculture
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Modified Transfer of Weather Modification Grant Program
rider (Heflin #1)
Article XI
Contingency for H.B. 788
Pecos River Ecosystem Project
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Secretary of State
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Funds for Voter Education Outreach Program
Funds for Primary Election Financing
Funds for Publication of Notice of Election
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Soil and Water Conservation Board
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Appropriation: Manure Transportation Reimbursement
Incentive.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Economic Development
Representative Luna moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Coordination of Spaceport Initiative rider (Luna #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
General Services Commission
Representative Flores moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation for S.B. 464
Contingency FTE Designation for H.B. 1691
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Transportation
Representative Pickett moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Public Transportation Financing rider (Pickett #1)
District Discretionary Funds rider (Pickett #2)
Summer Interns rider (Pickett #3)
Agency Coordination with Northside Redevelopment Center
rider (Farrar #4)
Community Involvement in Major Investment Studies rider
(Farrar #5)
Property Asset Management rider (Flores #6)
Waste Tire Recycling rider (Flores #7)
Green Ribbon Project Expansion rider (Coleman #8)
Article XI
Funds for Tourist Information Center
Contingent Appropriation: H.B. 682
Funds for Automated Registration and Title System
Contingency Appropriation for S.B. 298
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Representative Luna moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Capital Budget Increases
A transfer of a portion of the in System Benefit Fund from
Public Utility Commission for Energy Assistance
Programs
Riders
Housing Assistance rider (Luna #1)
Ex Parte Contracts rider (Gallego #2)
Revised Capital Budget rider (Luna #3)
Contingent Revenue rider (Pitts #4)
Article XI
Funds for Colonia Set-Aside Program Allocation
Funds for Texas Bootstrap Loan Program
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Water Development Board
Representative Puente moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation: Colonia Self-help Program
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 3017
Funds for Colonia Reassessment of Water-Wastewater Needs
Contingency Appropriation H.B. 3096
Water Studies Funding
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Historical Commission
Representative Pickett moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Pearce Civil War Collection
Adopt-a-Cemetery Program
Sale of Land from Repealed Constitutional Provisions
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
State Advisory Commission on Emergency Communications
Representative Pickett moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Appropriation of 9-1-1 Services Fee Account rider #1
Appropriation of 9-1-1 Services Fee Account rider #2
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
(Representative Gutierrez now present.)
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Commercial Fishery License Fees rider (Eiland #1)
Radio Systems rider (Allen #2)
Oyster-Bed Leases rider (Eiland #3)
Appropriation of Receipts out of General Revenue-Dedicated
Accounts rider (Heflin #4)
Limitation on Travel outside of Texas rider (Gallego #5)
Article XI
Reporting Requirements: Capital Equipment; FTEs; and Game
Warden Academies.
Federal Funds Notification
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Representative Puente moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Waste Tire Recycling rider (Puente #1)
Leon Watershed Monitoring rider (Delisi #2)
Operating Permit Fee rider (Puente #3)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Workforce Commission
(Representative West, George "Buddy" in chair.)
Representative Luna moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
At-Risk Child Care funds for the biennium.
Technical Changes
Appropriation: Proprietary Schools Rider 8 - (language
adjustment)
Riders
Quality Initiatives by the Texas Workforce Commission rider
(Luna #1)
Article XI
Funds for At-Risk Child Care
Contingency for H.B. 1187
Funds for Adult Bilingual Curriculum Center
Internet Solutions for Childcare facilities
High Wage Incentive Program
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Information Resources
Representative Pickett moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Development of a Statewide Licensing Agreement rider (Pitts
#1)
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 2595
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
(Representative Junell in chair.)
State Office of Risk Management
Representative Heflin moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Training Related to Workplace Violence
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Article IX
(Senator Ellis, Rodney now present.)(Representative Keffer, Jim
now present.)
Representative Gallego moved the adoption of LBB recommendations
with the following changes:
Subcommittee Recommendations
Require LBB notification before settlement of major
lawsuits.
Salary Recommendations
SAO's recommended changes to the State Classification Plan
with no funding for reallocations unless already
approved in targeted pay raises.
SAO's recommendation for increasing the maximum ranges of
certain salary groups in Salary Schedule A and B.
Targeted Pay Raises for certain classifications within the
following agencies:
Texas Veterans Commission
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
State Law Library
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Water Development Board
Department of Banking
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Savings and Loan Department
Credit Union Department
Department of Insurance
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Technical Changes
Strike Section 9.03
Riders
Salary Limits rider (Gallego #1)
Retention Bonuses rider (Gallego #2)
Per Diem of Board or Commission Members rider (Gallego #3)
Milage Reimbursement Rate rider (Gallego #4)
Meals and Lodging Reimbursement Rate rider (Gallego #5)
Limitation on Agency Travel Expenses rider (Gallego #6)
Emergency Contingency Reserve rider (Gallego #7)
Court Representation and Outside Legal Counsel rider
(Gallego #8)
General Provisions, Proposed Rider Amendment to Capital
Budget Transfer Limits rider (Gallego #9)
State Health Programs Drug Manufacture Rebates rider (Maxey
#10)
Full Application for Health Coverage rider (Maxey #11)
Completion of Memorandum of Understanding Regarding
Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
rider (Maxey #12)
Purchasing of Pharmaceuticals rider (Maxey #13)
State Agency Communication with Employees Regarding the
State Kids Insurance Program (SKIP) rider (Maxey #14)
Travel for Disasters rider (Eiland #15)
Article III Special Provisions for the School for the Blind
and School for the Deaf: Classification of Residential
Staff rider (Gallego #16)
Lost Property rider (Gallego #17)
Notification to Members of Legislature Regarding Press
Release rider (West #18)
Salary Adjustment Recommendations rider (Maxey #19)
(Article IX is Continued after recess)
At 9:44 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was recessed until adjournment of the House, March
22, 2001.
The committee reconvened at 1:07 p.m. and was called to order by
the chair, Representative Junell. The roll was answered as
follows:
Present: Representatives Junell; West, George "Buddy"; Coleman;
Delisi; Giddings; Glaze; Hochberg; Janek; King, Tracy;
Maxey; McReynolds; Moreno, Paul; Mowery; Pitts;
Turner, Sylvester (15).
Absent: Representatives Allen; Eiland; Farrar; Flores;
Gallego; Gutierrez; Hamric; Heflin; Luna, Vilma;
Pickett; Puente; Smith (12).
A quorum was present.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Article IX Continued
(Representative Eiland now present.)(Representative Gutierrez
now present.)(Representative Heflin now present.)(Representative
Puente now present.)(Representative Gallego now
present.)(Representative Pickett now present.)(Representative
Luna, Vilma now present.)(Representative Flores now
present.)(Representative Lewis, Glenn now present.)
Article XI
Contingent Appropriation to the Texas Department of Human
Services for Payment of August 2003 Nursing Home
Payment
Contingent Appropriation to the Texas Department of Health
for Payment of August 2003 Premiums
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 2427
Without objection the motion was adopted.
Juvenile Probation Commission
(Representative Hamric now present.)
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds for specialized caseloads that address mentally
impaired juveniles.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Public Safety
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Funds to purchase vehicles.
Replacement of General Revenue with Fugitive Apprehension
Funds
Riders
Radio Systems rider (Allen #1)
Article XI
Funding for Sex Offender Neighborhood Notification Program.
Contingency Rider for H.B. 588
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Criminal Justice
(Representative Farrar now present.)(Representative Allen now
present.)
Riders
Inmate Phone System rider (Gallego #1)
Revision of Performance Measure Targets
Support Services Cost Per Inmate Day
Medical Care Cost Per Inmate Day
Article XI
Granting the TDCJ Authority Over the Managed Correctional
Healthcare System
Funds for Bexar County Criminal Diversion Pilot Program
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 2427
Funds for InnerChange Freedom Initiative
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 1617
Funds for Providing Sexual Protection for Inmates
Funds for Improved Managed Health Care for Female Inmates
Procedures for Confidential Attorney-Inmate Telephone Calls
Distribution of Funds for Texas Council on Offenders with
Mental Impairments
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Office of the Attorney General
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Funds for Internet Bureau
Funds for Foster Parent Recruitment and Training Program
Litigation of Tobacco Settlement Legal Fees
Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 178
Contingency Appropriation: 100 Percent Pay for Visiting
Judges
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Supreme Court of Texas
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Unclaimed Property held by an Attorney
Without objection the motion was adopted.
Texas Youth Commission
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Revised Performance Measure Targets
Capacity Cost in Correctional Programs Per Youth Day
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Adjutant General's Department
Representative Turner moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Revised Performance Measure Targets
Total Maintenance Cost Per Square Foot of All Buildings
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Article XII - Tobacco
(Representative Villarreal, Michael now present.)
Representative Janek moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Technical Changes
Modify Rider 8, Limitation of Use of Funds
Riders
Estimated Appropriation and Unexpended Balance - Higher
Education Funds rider (Janek #1)
Article XI
Funds for contingency rider for H. B. 3572, for
establishing a cord blood bank
Funds for Tobacco Education and Prevention programs at
Texas Department of Health
Funds for medical clinics in under served areas
Funds for El Milagro Community Oriented Primary Care Clinic
in Hildago County
Nursing Shortage rider, to be funded out of proceeds from
the Permanent Fund for Nursing Allied Health
Funds for the University Breast Care Center at Texas Tech -
El Paso
Funds to establish a Center for Research on Minority Health
Disparities at University of Texas at El Paso
Funds for the Permanent Fund for Children and Public Health
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 515, Permanent Fund for
Veterans Care
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Health and Human Services Commission
Representative Eiland moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Enhanced Federal Match for Border Programs rider (Eiland
#1)
Article XII: Appropriation of Additional Tobacco Funds
rider (Eiland #2)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Health
Representative Coleman moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Amended Business Improvement Plan rider (Coleman #1)
Medicaid Subrogation Receipts rider (Eiland #2)
Article XI
Contingency Rider for H.B. 251, Relating to Certification
of Food Managers
Change in Method of Finance: swap federal Blood Alcohol
Content grant money with Department of Transportation
Fund 006
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Representative Janek moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Changes
Measure to report the number of persons with mental
retardation waiting for admission to a state school
campus and the length of time persons with mental
retardation wait for admission to a state school
campus.
Riders
Enhanced Equity rider (Janek #1)
Article XI
Waco Center for Youth rider
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Rehabilitation Commission
Representative Maxey moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Denial Rates for Social Security Disability Insurance and
Supplemental Security Income rider (Coleman #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Representative Maxey moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Interagency Contract Funding for Regional Specialists
Projects.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Representative Maxey moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Changes
New Performance reporting requirements for The Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to
report as non-key on a quarterly basis the Child
Protective Services caseworkers and caseloads.
Riders
Revised Capital Budget rider (Maxey #1)
Article XI
Funds for At-Risk Prevention Services
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Cancer Council
Representative Coleman moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Changes
Add two key performance measures.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Representative Janek moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Appropriate Additional Federal Funding rider (Janek #1)
MDMA/Ecstasy Risk Awareness Campaign rider (Delisi #2)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Article II Special Provisions
Representative Glaze moved the adoption of LBB recommendations
with the following changes:
Riders
Enterprise Administrative System rider (Glaze #1)
Article XI
Contingency rider for H.B. 1094 for state coverage of
prescriptions for certain Medicare beneficiaries.
Contingency rider for H.B. 1615 relating to Medicaid
reimbursement for telemedicine services
Contingency rider for H.B. 1921 for continuation of
adoption assistance
Contingency rider for H.B. 2284 for elimination of the
assets test for Medicaid eligibility for certain
Medicare beneficiaries
Contingency rider for Implementing Medicaid Eligibility
Simplification for Children
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Higher Education Coordinating Board
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Changes
Targets and determination of key/non-key status of TEXAS
grant measures.
Measures and targets for the percentage of high school
graduates attending college by ethnic category.
Targets to update current TEXAS grant and Teach for Texas
key measures.
Riders
Strategic Plan for Teacher Certification rider (Turner #1)
Admission Referral System Pilot Program rider (Hochberg #2)
General Academic Development Education Accountability Pilot
Program rider (Hochberg #3)
Community and Technical College Developmental Education
Accountability Pilot Program rider (Hochberg #4)
Graduate and Post Graduate Medical Education Task Force
rider (Delisi #5)
Article XI
Funds for Chiropractic Colleges
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 152
Funds for African American Museum Professional Internship
Program
Funds for Border Faculty Loan Repayment Program
Developmental Education rider
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
General Academic Institutions
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
University of Texas - Dallas
Riders
Contingency rider: Sale of land from Repealed
Constitutional Provisions rider (Giddings #1)
Texas Southern University
Performance Measure Changes
Increase the target for retention of first-time,
full-time degree-seeking freshman students
Riders
Texas Commitment - OCR Priority Plan rider (Hochberg
#1)
OCR Priority Plan Reporting Requirements rider
(Hochberg #2)
Prairie View A&M University
Performance Measure Changes
Increase the target for retention of first-time,
full-time degree-seeking freshman students
Riders
Texas Commitment - OCR Priority Plan rider (Hochberg
#1)
OCR Priority Plan Reporting Requirements rider
(Hochberg #2)
Texas Tech University
Fiscal Changes
Funds for Small Business Development Center
Funds for International Trade Center
Technical Changes
Adjust the FTEs by adding 70 in each year of the
biennium.
Article XI
UT Austin: Contingency for H.B. 2436
UT Austin: U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History
Project
UT Austin: Center for Estuarine and Coastal Studies in
Texas
UT Dallas: Contingency appropriation for research
UT Pan American: Premedical Honors Program
UT San Antonio: Increase funding for the Small Business
Development Center
UT San Antonio: Institute for Law and Public Affairs
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 1716
Texas A&M Kingsville: Agricultural and Research Center
Texas A&M Commerce: Student Agricultural Enterprises
Sul Ross: Texas Rural Hispanic Leadership and College
Preparedness Initiative
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Health Related Institutions
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Technical Changes
Revisions to previously adopted technical changes.
Performance Measure Changes
Adjust performance measure and targets for UT Medical
Branch at Galveston
Adjust performance measure and targets for University of
North Texas Health Science Center
Riders
Amend Rider #1, Medical Program, for Texas A&M University
System Health Science Center rider (Delisi #1)
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort
Worth: Parking Garage Debt Service rider (Hochberg #2)
Article XI
UT Health Science Center San Antonio: Podiatry Residency
Training Program
UT Health Science Center San Antonio: Medical Technology
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Two-year Institutions
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Update infrastructure allocations.
Riders
Texas State Technical College: Flight Log Reporting
Requirements rider (Gallego #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
A&M Research and Service Agencies
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Update infrastructure funding
Redistribute Capital Equity and Excellence funds currently
appropriated to all A&M research and service agencies
to make allocations for the Texas Veterinary Medical
Laboratory and the Texas Wildlife Damage Management
Services.
Riders
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station: Environmental
Quality Research rider Hochberg #1)
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation H.B. 2604: Rural Volunteer Fire
Department Assistance Program
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station: Agriculture/Wildlife
Environmental Research Initiative.
Texas Wildlife Damage management Service: Feral Hog
Management
Texas Forest Service: West Texas Nursery
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Special Provisions Relating to Higher Education
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Riders
Status of Endowed Chairs at General Academic Institutions
rider (Gallego #1)
Inventory Performance Measures rider (Gutierrez #2)
Amend Sec. 6 (8) (b) Appropriation Expenditure
Authorization rider (Hochberg #3)
Article XI
Contingency Appropriation H.B. 1014: Retirement
Contributions
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Education Agency
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Reduce Funds in Strategy A.3.3., Improving Performance
Spread over two years the textbook appropriation from the
Available School Fund
Increase funding in Strategy A.1.1., Academic Excellence,
for the AP/IB program
Increase funding in Strategy C.1.1., Accountability
Operations, for monitoring and accountability.
Increase funding for Adult Education
Performance Measure Changes
Target: Percent of DAEPs Meeting All Accountability
Standards
Increase targets for the percent of eligible students
taking AP/IB exams to reflect increase in program
funding
Riders
Contingency for H.B. 704, relating ro Careers to Classrooms
rider (Delisi #1)
Amendment to Rider #37, Adult Education rider (Hochberg #2)
Adult Education Accountability rider (Coleman #3)
Amendment to Rider #56, Texas Reading Initiative rider
(Delisi #4)
Amendment to Rider #70, Matching Funds for Library
Purchases rider (Giddings #5)
Amendment to Rider #28, Texas Advanced Placement Incentive
Program rider (Hochberg #6)
Training for the Recommended High School Program rider
(Hochberg #7)
High Cost Reimbursement Grant Program rider (Hochberg #8)
Amend Rider #54, School Improvement and Parental
Involvement Initiative rider (Hochberg #9)
Appropriation of Repealed Constitutional Funds rider
(Mowery #10)
Withdraw previously adopted amendment to Rider #30,
Investment Capital Fund.
Article XI
Funds for Windham Schools
Contingency rider for H.B. 3485
Contingency rider for H.B. 3494
Amend Rider #30, Investment Capital Fund
Contingency rider for H.B. 491
Contingency rider for H.B. 1438
Contingency rider for H.B. 1475
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
State Board for Educator Certification
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Article XI
Contingency rider for H.B. 1475
Contingency rider for H.B. 1310
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Fiscal Changes
Add federal funding for short-term intensive services and
technology assistance.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Teachers Retirement System
Representative Hochberg moved to add the following changes to
previously adopted recommendations:
Performance Measure Changes
Targets for Average Customer Hold Time for Calls Received
on Toll-free Number (in minutes)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Representative Hochberg moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
At 3:20 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Junell, Chair
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Darshoel Willis, Clerk