Journal Supplement, Text of Senate Bill No. 11, Regular Session as Amended by Senate Bill No. 7, First Called Session, Sixty-Second Legislature, State of Texas, 1971 Page: 49
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO INSTITUTIONS UNDEp THE
JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH
AND MENTAL RETARDATION
(Continued)
In the event housing facilities are not available for institutional
personnel specified in this subsection, cash allowances not to exceed
one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month may be paid from
"General Operating Expenses" to any such personnel in lieu of such house
and utilities. Such payments shall not be paid in advance, but only for
the period during which the said institutional personnel have been
employed in the position for which payment is authorized. Notice of
such payment shall be included in the quarterly reports filed by the
respective governing boards with the Governor's Budget Division and
the Legislative Budget Board. Commissary privileges shall not be
available to any employee of the hospital system.
Sec. 19. PATIENT OR STUDENT ASSISTANCE. Subject to the approval
and rules and regulations of the governing boards, patients or students
in any state hospital or special school under the jurisdiction of the
boards, who are assisting in the operation of the institutions as part
of their therapy, may receive gratuities out of any funds available to
the respective institutions in amounts not to exceed five dollars ($5)
per week for each such student or patient participating.
Sec. 20. REVOLVING PETTY CASH FUNDS. Each institution under the
state agencies named in this Article may establish a petty cash fund not
to exceed $1,000, or increase the existing fund up to $1,000, out of the
moneys appropriated herein. These funds shall be maintained in cash or
at a local bank and shall be used only for making emergency payments.
Reimbursement to these revolving funds shall be made only out of appro-
priations provided for in this Article.
Sec. 21. REVOLVING FUND SERVICES. a. Central Services. The
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may, under such
rules and regulations as deemed necessary, maintain and operate on a
reimbursable basis a Motor Pool, a Central Supply Service, a Central
Multilith Service, the Leander Rehabilitation Center at Leander, Texas,
a Central Laboratory Service, and such other central services as shall
contribute to the efficiency and economy of institutions under its
control and management. The Central Laboratory Service and such other
central services as shall contribute to the efficiency and economy of
institutions under its control and management may be established and
operated from funds appropriated to the Department in such amounts as
shall be necessary. All receipts deposited to the Central Laboratory
Service Fund and such other central service funds as may be established
are appropriated for the purchase of necessary materials, operating
supplies and equipment, for the payment of salaries and wages, and for
all other costs necessary for the operation of these services for the
fiscal years ending August 31, 1972, and 1973. Any balances remaining
in the Motor Pool Fund, the Central Supply Revolving Fund, the Leander
Rehabilitation Center Revolving Fund, and the Revolving Fund for
Central Multilith Service at the end of the fiscal years ending
August 31, 1971 and 1972, together with receipts deposited to their
credit, are appropriated for the payment of salaries and wages, travel
expense, purchase and repair of equipment, including trucks and buses,
and other expenses necessary to the operation of these services for the
fiscal years ending August 31, 1972 and 1973. To reimburse the funds
from which expenditures are made, the Department may make fund transfers
from the appropriations of the institutions and agencies which receive
the services and supplies, or may submit purchase vouchers through the
office of the State Comptroller.TT-49
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