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The Appropriations action would not change anything about how TIF works except the amount of money avaialble (at least as I understand it). There are, however, likely to be other bills, such as HB 1635 which excludes libraries and health care, that may affect what TIF can do. At 02:44 PM 3/13/2003 +0000, you wrote: >This is a message from CTLS-L. >Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >Bob: > >Do you know if the other eligible entities will include Community Networks? >I'm not a big fan of Community Networks, but I had 20 laptops funded by one that the >school district applied for and I would like to know if there may be TIF funds >available for CNs. > >Thanks, > >Eric > > >>From: Bob Gaines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: TIF: A ray of hope! >>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:27:46 -0600 >> >>This is a message from CTLS-L. >>Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. >>--------------------------------------------------------- >> >>On Monday evening the House Appropriations Committee approved an FY04-FY05 >>appropriation for the $460M in TIF funds ($224M in frozen FY03 funds and $236M to be >>collected by FY05): >> >>$204M to TIF for grants ($102M for K-12, $98M for libraries and other "eligible >>entities", about $1.2M for administration, and $3M for other) >> >>$240M in a direct legislative appropriation to TEA (in the Senate Finance Committee >>hearing on TEA's request, the Commissioner said that $240M from TIF would replace >>equivalent General Revenue funds for the "technology allotment" which is made to >>districts) >> >>$14M in direct appropriations to other agencies (presumably including TSLAC, as Rep. >>Pitts told Susan Mann that they had "taken care of libraries," and last Friday the >>Appropriations Committee approved TSLAC's request for a direct appropriation of $12M >>from TIF for TexShare) >> >>Monday's markup by the House Appropriations Committee still leaves at least 5 more >>major hurdles (next come the Appropriations and Finance Committees' appropriation >>bills, probably in April; then the conference bill, who knows when; the Governor's >>line item veto; and there's the anticipated FY03 emergency appropriations bill, >>which could grab all the TIF money to pay this year's bills). >> >>However, that just means we need to redouble efforts to get library supporters to >>contact legislators and the Governor. >> >>And your letters and contacts are working! One Appropriations Committee member said >>that he has heard more requests from his constituents not to cut TIF than any other >>program, and the chair added "that's what my librarian says also!" At least 2 other >>members also mentioned libraries and TexShare. >> >>(If you'd like to hear the March 10 hearing from 3 to 5:15 pm, go to >>http://www.house.state.tx.us/committees/audio78/030.htm; the TIF portion starts at 1 >>hour and 49 minutes.) >> >>By appropriating the entire $460M, the Committee apparently assumes that there will >>be no FY03 grants, only FY04 grants. However, as noted above, there are several >>more hurdles before August 31, so we still need to tell legislators that FY03 grants >>are needed for TexShare, a Gates grant match, and libraries that haven't yet >>benefited. >> >>Bob Gaines >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l >> >>For information on CTLS-L please visit: >>http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > >--------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l > >For information on CTLS-L please visit: >http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
