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    County Magazine

    Texas to host NACo annual conference

    February 14, 2023

    County Magazine

    The 2023 legislative session in underway; as always, TAC is here for you

    February 13, 2023

    There is one certainty during each legislation session: No matter what happens, TAC's Legislative Services team will be monitoring and reporting on developments to keep counties informed and engaged.

    News Article

    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.

    News Article

    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.

    News Article

    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.

    News Article

    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.

    News Article

    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.

    News Article

    A Look at Some 2024-25 State Agency Funding Requests Important to Counties

    October 27, 2022

     Legislative Services Requests considered during recently completed budget hearings included money for indigent defense, behavioral health and juvenile justice programs and to reduce the waitlist for state hospital beds.

    News Article

    Joint Budget Hearings for 2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Requests Begin

    September 16, 2022

     Legislative Services Staff from the Office of the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board recently began public hearings on the 2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs) of state agencies, higher education agencies and institutions, state courts and judicial agencies.

    News Article

    Comptroller Projects $27 Billion Surplus

    July 28, 2022

     Legislative Services Revised estimate for 2023 fiscal year follows unprecedented growth in tax revenues.

    News Article

    Final State Budget for the 2022-23 Biennium Tops $251.5 billion

    February 24, 2022

     Legislative Services Earlier this month, the Texas Legislative Budget Board released final state budget totals for the biennium that began Sept. 1.

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