Sec. 73.404. FUNDING. (a) Funding for the state-supported facilities and operations of the Harris County Psychiatric Center shall be provided through legislative appropriations to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and to The University of Texas System, and any appropriations to the department for the Harris County Psychiatric Center shall be transferred to The University of Texas System in accordance with the General Appropriations Act and the lease and/or sublease and operating agreement provided for in Section 73.405 of this code. Legislative appropriations may be for any further construction at the Harris County Psychiatric Center; for equipment, both fixed and movable; for utilities, including data processing and communications; for maintenance, repairs, renovations, and additions; for any damage or destruction; and for operations of the Harris County Psychiatric Center; provided, however, that as to funding for Harris County Psychiatric Center operations, legislative appropriations shall not exceed 85 percent of the total operating costs of the entire Harris County Psychiatric Center, exclusive of any costs of the commitment center.
(b) Any funding, under a lease and/or sublease and operating agreement wherein The University of Texas System is the lessee, for the county-supported and/or MHMRA-supported facilities and operations of the Harris County Psychiatric Center, which may be provided through county appropriations, including funds made available by the Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority, or from gifts and grants, shall be transferred in accordance with the lease and/or sublease and operating agreement provided for in Section 73.405 of this code. Such funds may be for any further construction at the Harris County Psychiatric Center; for equipment, both fixed and movable; for utilities, including data processing and communications; for maintenance, repairs, renovations, and additions; for any damage or destruction; and for Harris County Psychiatric Center operations which latter funding may be proportional to the total costs of The University of Texas System operating the entire Harris County Psychiatric Center, exclusive of any additional cost of Harris County and/or MHMRA operating the commitment center, which costs shall remain the sole responsibility of Harris County and/or MHMRA.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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