FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2022

January 27, 2022

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 3

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 2, line 16, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the dollar amount and insert in lieu thereof "26,972.2".

 

     2. On page 2, lines 17 and 18, under the "Other State Funds" and "Federal Funds" columns, strike the dollar amounts and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                "126,115.3                 354,051.2

 

                 136,087.5                  127,075.5".

 

     3. On page 3, lines 7 through 9, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the dollar amounts and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                "119,532.6

 

                  77,969.4

 

                108,220.2".

 

     4. On page 3, lines 22 and 23, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the dollar amounts and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                "28,336.3

 

                7,060.7".

 

     5. On page 4, line 8, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the dollar amount and insert in lieu thereof "4,020.2".

 

     6. On page 4, line 10, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the dollar amount and insert in lieu thereof "7,946.7".

 

     7. On page 4, line 14, after "fund", insert "to hire full-time employees, purchase equipment for commercial truck permitting and maintain and fund capital improvements for the ports-of-entry facilities".

 

     8. On page 4, between lines 17 and 18, insert:

 

     "SECTION 5. FISCAL YEAR 2022 BALANCES--NONREVERSION.--Encumbered balances in the project design and construction program, the highway operations program and the modal program of the department of transportation at the end of fiscal year 2022 from appropriations made from other state funds and federal funds shall not revert and may be expended in fiscal year 2023.

 

     SECTION 6. BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.--

 

          A. In fiscal year 2022, the department of transportation may request budget increases up to thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) from other state funds and fund balances to meet federal matching requirements and for debt services and related costs, intergovernmental agreements, lawsuits and construction- and maintenance-related costs.

 

          B. In fiscal year 2023, the department of transportation may request program transfers between the project design and construction program, the highway operations program, the business support program and the modal program for costs related to engineering, construction, maintenance services and grant agreements; may request program transfers into the personnel services and employee benefits category for the prospective salary increase and the employer's share of applicable taxes and retirement benefits; may request budget increases up to eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) for other state funds and fund balances to meet federal matching requirements and for debt services and related costs, intergovernmental agreements, lawsuits and construction- and maintenance-related costs; and may request budget increases of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) from fund balances to mitigate emergency road conditions in transportation district two.".

 

     9. Revise all totals and subtotals to correspond with these amendments.,

 

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Angelica Rubio, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against

Yes:      5

No:       0

Excused:  Lundstrom, Madrid, Pettigrew, Romero, GA

Absent:   Powdrell-Culbert

 

 

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