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Legislative Budget Board Posts Initial Decision Documents for House, Senate
March 02, 2023
Legislative Services Here are some specific agency requests of interest to counties.
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Senate Finance Committee Announces Workgroups, House Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Meeting
February 24, 2023
Legislative Services The workgroups and the subcommittees will develop and submit funding recommendations to the full committees.
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CMRC focuses on relevant county issues
February 13, 2023
Annual conference to be held in Round Rock and online
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Texas counties struggle with lack of juvenile detention space
February 13, 2023
Staffing shortages contribute to scramble for available beds to house arrested youths.
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State Budget Bills: County Highlights
January 26, 2023
Legislative Services Last week, the Texas House and Senate filed their proposed budgets for the 2024-25 biennium, marking the beginning of the budget process for both chambers. We’ve underlined some funding important to counties.
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Baseline Budget Bills Released
January 20, 2023
Legislative Services The House and Senate have filed their versions of the state budget for the 2024-25 biennium. The so-called baseline budget bills are the starting point for budget negotiations.
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Comptroller Releases Record Revenue Estimate
January 13, 2023
Legislative Services The day before the 88th Legislature convened, Comptroller Glenn Hegar projected an unprecedented $188.2 billion would be available to fund state government for the next two-year budget cycle – a 26% increase from 2022-23.
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Lawmakers Adopt Growth Rate for Texas Budget Spending Limits
December 15, 2022
Legal Services Initial estimates of spending capacity leaves unspent as much as $14.5 billion of $27 billion surplus Comptroller projects for the end of the current biennium.
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Patrick Lists 2023 Legislative Priorities
December 15, 2022
Legal Services Lieutenant Governor’s top issues include funds for county law enforcement, a new state hospital in the Panhandle and additional mental health beds in rural Texas.