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HOUSE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION • TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES P. O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910 (512) 463-0752 • FAX (512) 463-1962 Steering Committee: Henry Cuellar, Chairman Peggy Hamric, Vice Chairman Tom Craddick Carl Isett Bob Turner Dianne White Delisi Roberto Gutierrez Mike Krusee Elliott Naishtat Leticia Van de Putte Harold Dutton Bob Hunter Brian McCall Joe Pickett Steve Wolens HOUSE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION state finance report April 8, 1999 Number 76-2 CSHB 1 — THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE’S PROPOSED FISCAL 2000-01 BUDGET The House Appropriations Committee reported CSHB 1 by Junell, the general appropriations bill for fiscal 2000-01, on March 31. The bill is scheduled for floor consideration on April 13. The proposed state budget would appropriate a total of $95.2 billion, up 7.6 percent from fiscal 1998-99 spending, with $59.2 billion coming from general revenue-related funds, a 9.2 percent increase. These figures exclude $1.8 billion in tobacco lawsuit settlement receipts, which are earmarked for spending in a separate Article 12 of the bill. CSHB 1's appropriations would fall within the comptroller’s estimates of available revenue for the next biennium. Article 11 of the bill includes a “wish list” of provisions totaling $6.8 billion. These amounts are not included in the spending totals for CSHB 1. The conference committee on the state budget may decide to add some of these provisions to the final version of the budget, depending in part on whether the comptroller adds to the revenue estimate issued in January. This State Finance Report includes an overview of the proposed state budget and each article of CSHB 1 and highlights significant budget issues, including differences from the original version of HB 1, the governor’s proposed budget, and other spending proposals. For a summary of funding proposals for all state agencies, see the Legislative Budget Board report, Summary of the Committee Substitute for HB 1, March 31, 1999. Blank Page Table of Contents Fiscal 2000-01 Budget Overview ........................................... 5 Article 1 Overview ............................................................ 9 Child-support enforcement ............................................... 11 Group insurance contingency reserve funding................................. 13 Texas courthouse preservation initiative..................................... 15 Increased funding for state 9-1-1 services.................................... 16 Increased funding for school-district performance reviews ....................... 18 Additional funds for the TexShare program.................................. 20 Funding the Cultural Endowment Fund ..................................... 22 Oil overcharge funds................................................... 24 Article 2 Overview ........................................................... 27 TCADA funding...................................................... 34 Increased funding for public and preventive health programs..................... 36 Medicaid funding increases.............................................. 38 Indigent health care.................................................... 41 Tobacco education funding increases....................................... 43 EMS/Trauma System funding............................................ 45 Children’s Health Insurance Plan.......................................... 47 Texas Integrated Enrollment and Services................................... 49 Texas Healthy Kids funding ............................................. 52 Cash assistance changes ................................................ 53 Community care services................................................ 56 Increased funding for nursing facilities ...................................... 59 Increased funding for new-generation medications............................. 61 Community mental health and mental retardation services ....................... 63 Funding for state schools ................................................ 66 Child protective services................................................ 69 Article 3 Public Education Overview ........................................................... 73 School finance, teacher compensation, and property-tax relief .................... 76 Increasing the Instructional Facilities Allotment ............................... 81 Declining taxable property values due to oil prices............................. 83 Ending social promotion ................................................ 85 After-school initiatives .................................................. 87 Alternative education programs........................................... 88 Increased funding for Alliance school programs ............................... 90 TRS health-care insurance............................................... 91 Article 3 Higher Education Overview ........................................................... 93 “Hold harmless” money for formula declines................................. 97 Enrollment growth at two-year institutions................................... 99 New method of funding special items .......................................101 Scholarships for students from lower-income families ..........................103 House Research Organization page 3 Table of Contents Developmental education pilot project......................................105 Article 4 Overview ...........................................................107 Block grant funding for appellate courts.....................................109 Appellate court case backlogs............................................111 Judicial Committee on Information Technology ...............................113 Article 5 Overview ...........................................................115 Increased funds for correctional managed health care...........................119 Pay raise for correctional and parole officers.................................123 Funding for Harris County boot camp......................................125 Increasing Texas Youth Commission capacity................................127 Reducing staff-to-youth ratio in juvenile correctional facilities ....................129 Pay raise for juvenile corrections officers in state facilities .......................131 New funds for juvenile offender placements..................................133 Funding for juvenile justice alternative education programs ......................135 Pay raise for Schedule C law enforcement officers.............................138 Expanding uses of Crime Victims Compensation Fund..........................141 Article 6 Overview ...........................................................145 Phasing out the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority.................148 Increased funding for monitoring nonpoint-source pollution ......................150 Increasing TPWD’s portion of the sales tax on sporting goods ....................152 Article 7 Overview ...........................................................155 Increases in child-care assistance..........................................157 State match for second-year federal welfare-to-work grant .......................159 Increased funding for the Housing Trust Fund................................161 Funding for defense-dependent communities office.............................163 Funding the state match for new federal highway money ........................165 Article 8 Overview ...........................................................169 Eliminating Funeral Service Commission funding..............................171 Additional funds for utility regulation ......................................172 Article 9 Overview ...........................................................173 House Research Organization page 4 Fiscal 2000-01 Budget Overview CSHB 1 by Junell, as reported by the House Appropriations Committee, would authorize total spending of $95.2 billion for fiscal 2000-01 (excluding tobacco- settlement receipts), an increase of $6.7 billion (7.6 percent) over fiscal 1998-99 spending. The bill would account for about $97 billion in spending by including proposed spending of tobacco-settlement receipts, which are earmarked in Article 12 and treated in this budget as dedicated funding. Note: In this report, the term “general revenue-related funds” refers to the combined total of general revenue and general revenue-dedicated funds. Biennial Spending Comparisons (millions of dollars) Expended/ Type of Funds Budgeted Recommended Biennial Percent 1998-99 CSHB 1 Change Change General revenue- $54,250.8 $59,230.4 $4,979.6 9.2% related Federal funds $25,577.0 $27,468.7 $1,891.7 7.4% Other funds $ 8,684.0 $ 8,527.2 $ (156.8) (1.8)% All funds $88,511.8 $95,226.2 $6,714.5 7.6% Source: Legislative Budget Board, Summary of CSHB 1, March 31, 1999. More than half of the overall increase in spending would go to public education, which would receive an additional $3.6 billion, an increase of 13.4 percent from fiscal 1998-99. More than 90 percent of this additional spending would come from general revenue. Health and human services (HHS) agencies would receive an additional $926 million, nearly 60 percent of which would be federal funds. Together, public education and HHS account for about 60 percent of the proposed total budget for fiscal 2000-01. CSHB 1 would represent a net $3.1 billion increase over budgeted amounts in HB 1 as filed. Major increases in CSHB 1 over the original bill include $397 million in federal TANF fund expenditures, $702

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