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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in |
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appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority |
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regarding appropriations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 1.01. DEFINITION. In this Act, "ARPA fund" means |
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money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal |
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Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the |
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited |
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to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325. |
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ARTICLE 2. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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SECTION 2.01. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: IMPLEMENTING |
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PRIOR LEGISLATION. (a) The amount of $165,600,000 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the Employees Retirement System |
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for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act |
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for the purpose of implementing the provisions of Chapter 940 (S.B. |
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321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. |
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(b) The appropriations made in this section are for the |
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purpose of amortizing the Employees Retirement System Retirement |
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Program's unfunded actuarial liabilities not later than the state |
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fiscal year ending August 31, 2054, consistent with Chapter 940 |
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(S.B. 321), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. |
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SECTION 2.02. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM: UNFUNDED |
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ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES. The amount of $1,000,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Employees |
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Retirement System for the two-year period beginning on the |
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effective date of this Act for the purpose of amortizing the |
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Employees Retirement System Retirement Program's unfunded |
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actuarial liabilities. |
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SECTION 2.03. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: OPIOID |
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SETTLEMENT FUNDS. The amount of $26,846,996.60 is appropriated |
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from the general revenue fund to the comptroller of public accounts |
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for immediate deposit to the opioid abatement trust fund pursuant |
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to Section 403.507(b)(2), Government Code, from money obtained |
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under the statewide opioid settlement agreement in State of Texas |
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v. McKinsey & Company, Inc., United States, No. D-1-GN-21-000551 |
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(98th Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex., Feb. 4, 2021). |
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SECTION 2.04. FISCAL PROGRAMS - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC |
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ACCOUNTS: TEXAS GUARANTEED TUITION PLAN. The amount of |
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$243,800,000 is appropriated from the general revenue fund to |
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Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts for the two-year |
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period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose |
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of paying contract obligations and program expenses for the |
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Guaranteed Tuition Plan/Texas Tomorrow Fund. |
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SECTION 2.05. COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: DEFERRED |
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MAINTENANCE DEDICATION. Not later than August 31, 2023, the |
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comptroller of public accounts shall transfer the amount of |
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$400,000,000 from the general revenue fund to the deferred |
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maintenance account number 5166 to be used for the purpose of |
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addressing future maintenance of state buildings as directed by the |
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legislature. |
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SECTION 2.06. FACILITIES COMMISSION: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES |
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COMMISSION FACILITY. (a) The amount of $210,000,000 is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Facilities |
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Commission for the two-year period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act for the purpose of constructing a new facility to be |
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used by the Library and Archives Commission for records and archive |
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storage. |
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(b) The General Land Office, the Texas Facilities |
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Commission, the Library and Archives Commission, and other |
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necessary state agencies are directed to take all legal actions |
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necessary to sell the Library and Archives Commission facility and |
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adjacent state-owned land currently located on Shoal Creek in the |
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City of Austin, Texas ("the Shoal Creek facility"). The proceeds |
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from the sale of the Shoal Creek facility may be appropriated by a |
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future legislature to defray costs of the construction of the new |
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facility described by Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) Any additional full-time equivalent (FTE) employees the |
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Texas Facilities Commission may require to achieve the purpose for |
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which the appropriation under Subsection (a) of this section was |
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made are reflected in the total number of full-time equivalent |
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(FTE) employees authorized for the commission in H.B. 1, Acts of the |
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88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (the General |
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Appropriations Act). |
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(d) The capital budget authority of the Texas Facilities |
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Commission in Chapter 1053 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021 (the General Appropriations Act), is |
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