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The following table shows the two-year budget spending on projects that do not contribute to the upkeep and expansion of the Texas road network. Supplied by the Texas Department of Transportation, as printed in the San Antonio Express News.Source: Highway shortfall is worsening (San Antonio Express-News, 7/9/2007)
Agency Amount
DivertedDepartment of Public Safety $1,245,108,574 Texas Education Agency $100,000,000 Medical Trans-Medicaid Match $85,381,725 Salary Increase for Schedule C $22,291,710 Client Transportation Services $22,363,606 Health and Human Services Commission $20,000,000 Texas Workforce Commission $13,658,704 Gross Weight Axle Fees $10,800,000 State Office of Administrative Hearings $6,736,396 Attorney General: Mineral Rights Litigation $1,700,000 Commission on the Arts $1,340,000 Historical Commission $1,000,000 Regulation of Controlled Substances $804,972 Silver Alert for Missing Senior Citizens $224,990 Lufkin Tourist Information Center $150,000 Total $1,531,560,677