Appropriations Request - Texas Department of Public Safety

Agency code: 405
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DESCRIPTION
Agency name:
4.A. EXCEPTIONAL ITEM REQUEST SCHEDULE
82nd Regular Session, Agency Submission, Version 1
Automated Budget and Evaluation System ofTexas (ABEST)
Department of Public Safety
ltem Name: Capitol Complex Security
Item Priority: 9
Includes Funding for tbe FoUowing Strategy or Strategies: 01·02-03 Security Programs
OBJECfS OF EXPENSE:
IOO I SALARI ES AND WAGES
2002 FUELS AND LUBRICANTS
2004 UTILITIES
2005 TRAVEL
2009 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE
5000 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
TOTAL, OBJECT OF EXPENSE
DATE:
TIME;
Excp 2012
2,644,516
46,992
19,434
524,275
1,791,273
1,051,497
$6,077,987
812112010
2:27:38PM
EllCP 2013
2,644,516
48,449
o
524,275
1,731,649
431,400
$5,380,289
METHOD OF FINANCING:
6 State Highway Fund
TOTAL, METHOD OF FINANCING
6,077,987
$6,077,987
5,380,289
S5,380,289
DESCRIPTION I JUSTIFICATION:
Capitol Complex Security is an all encompassing program that includes security improvements for the Capitol, Capitol Complex, Protective Detail and Department of Public Safety (DPS'
headquarters. In 2010, the State Preservation Board requested certain improvements to the State Capitol security. DPS used existing resources to staff and support this new strategy, but t
additional appropriations to completely fulfill this new directive. Included in this request is funding for capital and operational costs such as video management system, pre-attack surveil!
system, metal detectors, x-ray machines. emergency medical equipment, bike patrol equipment, an explosive detection K-9 unit and a security fence. This funding will be used to protect tI
Capitol Complex, visiting dignitaries and the DPS headquarters.
EXTERNAUlNTERNAL FACTORS:
As security threats increase, so do the strategies and the expense associated with those efforts to combat those threats.
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