Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 316.005. ADOPTION BY COMMITTEE. (a) After the Legislative Budget Board approves the items of information required by Section 316.002, the board shall submit the information to a committee composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives,…

Sec. 316.006. LIMIT ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. Unless authorized by majority vote of the members of the board from each house, the Legislative Budget Board budget recommendations: (1) relating to the proposed appropriations from state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitutio…

Sec. 316.007. TRANSMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The Legislative Budget Board shall include in its budget recommendations: (1) the proposed limit of appropriations from state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution; and (2) the proposed limit of consolidated general reve…

Sec. 316.008. EFFECT OF LIMIT; ENFORCEMENT. (a) Unless the legislature adopts a resolution under Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, raising the proposed limit on appropriations from state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution, the proposed limit is binding on …

Sec. 316.009. SUBMISSION OF BILL BY GOVERNOR. The governor may prepare a general appropriation bill and submit printed copies of it to the lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and each member of the legislature. The bill must be submitted not later than t…

Sec. 316.011. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that references in law to a specific article of the General Appropriations Act be by article title only. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 316.012. CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCE. If a statute enacted or last amended before 1982 refers by number to an article of the General Appropriations Act, the reference means the article of the current General Appropriations Act, regardless of numerical designation, that corresp…

Sec. 316.021. INTRODUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. The lieutenant governor or the speaker of the house may cause the general appropriations bills prepared by the governor and by the director of the Legislative Budget Board to be introduced in the senate and house, or any member …

Sec. 316.022. COMMITTEE HEARINGS. (a) Hearings on the appropriations bills prepared by the director of the Legislative Budget Board and by the governor shall be conducted by the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. (b) The committees may begin prelimin…

Sec. 316.023. AUTHORIZATION TO FIND FACT. The governor may find any fact specified by the legislature in an appropriation Act as a contingency for the expenditure of a designated item of appropriation. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 316.024. PROCEDURE FOR FINDING FACT. (a) The governor shall make a finding of fact under Section 316.023 from the evidence as it exists at the time of the determination. (b) The governor shall make a finding of fact under Section 316.023 only after a public hearing, if such …

Sec. 316.031. LEGISLATIVE FINDING AND INTENT. (a) The legislature finds that, to ensure the efficient operation of state agencies and to provide for the necessary costs of state government operation, it is in the public interest to provide a means for periodic legislative review …

Sec. 316.032. CONFLICTING LAWS SUSPENDED. (a) Any law that provides specific purposes for which a fund or revenue source may be used and expended and that restricts the use of revenues and balances is suspended to the extent that it conflicts with the provisions and intent of app…

Sec. 316.033. FUNDS EXCLUDED. This subchapter applies to funds established by state law, but does not apply to any portion of a fund derived from constitutionally dedicated revenues or to funds or fund balances that are: (1) dedicated by the Texas Constitution; (2) held in trust …

Sec. 316.041. LEGISLATIVE FINDING AND INTENT. (a) The legislature finds that, to ensure the efficient operation of state agencies and institutions of higher education and to allow for the assessment of fees adequate to reimburse the state for the costs of state services and regul…

Sec. 316.042. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies to all fees not set by the Texas Constitution, but does not apply to fees that are dedicated to pay bonded indebtedness. (b) The General Appropriations Act may not specify the amount of a fee unless imposition o…

Sec. 316.043. AMOUNT OF FEE. (a) The amount of a fee covered by this subchapter is the amount specified for that fee in the General Appropriations Act. Fee adjustments authorized through the General Appropriations Act are only for the purpose of offsetting inflation. (b) A law th…

Sec. 316.044. HEARINGS ON FEE INCREASES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Fees at institutions of higher education may not be increased unless a public hearing is held on the increase. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 316.045. REDUCTION IN CERTAIN AGENCY FEES. (a) Each state agency that sets the fees charged by that agency in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the administrative costs of the agency shall review the amounts charged as fees on a biennial basis. The agency sh…

Sec. 316.071. FISCAL YEAR; APPROPRIATIONS. (a) The state fiscal year ends on August 31 of each year. (b) Appropriations of state government shall conform to this fiscal year. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 316.072. REPORTS; CLOSURE OF ACCOUNTS. (a) All officers required by law to report annually or biennially to the legislature or governor shall close their accounts at the end of the fiscal year. (b) As soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year, the officers shall p…

Sec. 316.091. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "fund" means the economic stabilization fund. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 1 (H.B. 1), Sec. 3, eff. December 1, 2014. For expiration of this section, see Subsection (b).

Sec. 316.092. DETERMINATION OF THRESHOLD FOR CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFER TO STATE HIGHWAY FUND. (a) For the purposes of adjusting the allocations of transfers in accordance with Section 49-g(c-2), Article III, Texas Constitution, and Section 316.093 for a state fiscal biennium, the c…

Sec. 316.093. ADJUSTMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO FUND AND STATE HIGHWAY FUND. (a) Before the comptroller makes transfers for a state fiscal year in accordance with Section 49-g(c), Article III, Texas Constitution, the comptroller shall determine whether the sum of the ba…

Sec. 316.094. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO STATE HIGHWAY FUND. Amounts transferred to the state highway fund under Section 49-g(c), Article III, Texas Constitution, when appropriated, must be used and allocated throughout the state by the Texas Department of Trans…