Texas Government Code 401.044 – Cooperation With Legislative Budget Board
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(a) The governor and the Legislative Budget Board may cooperate, exchange information, and hold joint public hearings on the biennial appropriation budget.
(b) At a joint hearing under this section, the governor shall preside or, if the governor is unable to preside:
(1) the lieutenant governor shall preside; or
(2) a person appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall preside.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 401.044
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005