SB 5

S.B. No. 5
  AN ACT
  relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
  and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority
  regarding those appropriations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: FEMA MATCH AND DISASTER FUNDS.  The amount of
  $200,000,000 is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund
  to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act to be
  used:
               (1)  to match federal money received related to
  disaster response, relief, and recovery; and
               (2)  for the disaster needs of this state in a manner
  consistent with Strategy A.1.1, Disaster Funds, as listed in
  Chapter 1170 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), and Chapter 1185
  (S.B. 1), Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025 (the
  General Appropriations Act).
         SECTION 2.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: LOCAL GRANTS.  The amount of $50,000,000 is appropriated
  from the economic stabilization fund to the Trusteed Programs
  within the Office of the Governor for the two-year period beginning
  on the effective date of this Act to be used for the purpose of
  making grants to assist counties, municipalities, or other local
  governments operating within Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell,
  Coke, Comal, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hamilton,
  Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Maverick,
  McCulloch, Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom
  Green, Travis, Uvalde, or Williamson County, as provided by the
  governor's declaration of disaster on July 4, 2025, regarding a
  heavy rainfall and flooding event and the subsequent amendments to
  that declaration, in establishing and implementing a system of
  flood warning sirens and flood gauges and purchasing other related
  equipment.
         SECTION 3.  TRUSTEED PROGRAMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE
  GOVERNOR: METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING.  The amount of $28,000,000 is
  appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Trusteed
  Programs within the Office of the Governor for the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act to be used for the
  purpose of providing disaster preparedness grants for enhanced
  atmospheric measurement and modeling techniques to improve
  meteorological forecasting, enhance weather intelligence and
  forecasting accuracy, and improve flood management and timeliness
  of flood warnings.
         SECTION 4.  DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: CAMPGROUND
  AND YOUTH CAMP SAFETY CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS.  (a)  Contingent
  on the enactment of S.B. 1 or similar legislation of the 89th
  Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2025, relating to campground and
  youth camp safety, the amount of $2,594,265 is appropriated from
  the economic stabilization fund for use during the two-year period
  beginning on the effective date of this Act, and the amount of
  $2,484,726 is appropriated from the general revenue fund for use
  during the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2026, to the
  Department of State Health Services to implement the provisions of
  that legislation.  The department shall adjust the amount of
  license fees established under Section 141.0035, Health and Safety
  Code, as necessary to recover the costs of the appropriations made
  under this subsection.
         (b)  During the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1,
  2025, in addition to the capital budget authority other law grants
  to the department during that period, the Department of State
  Health Services may use $500,000 in capital budget authority for
  the appropriations made by Subsection (a) of this section, if any.
         (c)  During the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1,
  2025, in addition to the number of full-time equivalent (FTE)
  employees other law authorizes the department to employ during that
  period, the Department of State Health Services may employ 16.0 FTE
  employees out of money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this
  section, if any.
         SECTION 5.  LIMITATION, REPORTING, AND TRANSFER PROVISIONS
  OF GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACTS APPLY.  Unless explicitly stated
  otherwise, the provisions relating to limitations, reporting, or
  transfer of Chapter 1170 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 88th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2023 (the General Appropriations Act), and Chapter
  1185 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025
  (the General Appropriations Act), apply to the appropriations made
  by this Act.
         SECTION 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of
  this section, this Act takes effect immediately.
         (b)  This Act takes effect only if it receives a vote of
  two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature,
  as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.
  ______________________________
  ______________________________
     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 5 passed the Senate on
  August 18, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0;
  August 22, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
  requested appointment of Conference Committee; August 25, 2025,
  House granted request of the Senate; September 3, 2025, Senate
  adopted Conference Committee Report by the following
  vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 0; passed subject to the provisions of
  Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of Texas.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 5 passed the House, with
  amendment, on August  21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 137,
  Nays 0, one present not voting; August 25, 2025, House granted
  request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
  September 3, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by
  the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 0, two present not voting;
  passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of
  the Constitution of Texas.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
  Approved:
  ______________________________ 
             Date
  I, _____________________________,
  Comptroller of Public Accounts, do
  ______________________________    hereby certify that the amounts
  Governor                appropriated in the herein
  S.B. No. 5, 2nd Called Session,
  89th Legislature, are within the
  amount estimated to be available
  in the affected fund.
  Certified _____________, _____.
  ______________________________
  Comptroller of Public Accounts