Posts tagged "Constitutional Spending Limit"

The Weekly Insight: January 15
January 15, 2019
Weekly Insights

Texas Insight’s Recent Reports Comptroller of Public Accounts: Revenue vs Shortfall. According to the Comptroller’s “cautiously optimistic” revenue estimate, the 86th Legislature will have an estimated $119.12 billion available for general-purpose…
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Legislative Budget Board Meeting: Financial Condition of the State
November 20, 2018
Budget

  • Call to order. The meeting was called to order by the Lt. Governor.
  • Approve minutes from July 11, 2018 Legislative Budget Board meeting. The minutes were approved.
  • Review the items of information and methodology required to set the Article VIII constitutional limit on certain appropriations for the 2020-21 biennium.
Staff Presentation. The level of appropriation from state tax revenue not dedicated by the Constitution for 2018-19 has been calculated to be $91.5 billion.
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