Texas Government Code Title 3, Chapter 317 - State Budget Execution

SUBCHAPTER A REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS

• Texas Section 317.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Appropriation" means a grant of money made by the legislature for a purpose other than the payment of a judgment or...
• Texas Section 317.002 - Types Of Proposals To Affect Appropriations
  (a) The governor or Legislative Budget Board may propose that a state agency be prohibited from spending, obligating the expenditure of, or distributing part or...
• Texas Section 317.003 - Time And Scope Of Proposal
  (a) The governor or Legislative Budget Board may make a proposal at any time except during a regular or special session of the legislature. A...
• Texas Section 317.004 - Publication Of Proposal
  The entity making a proposal shall specify the details of the proposal, including, for a proposal made under Section 317.002(b), a statement describing the emergency....
• Texas Section 317.005 - Action On Proposal
  (a) After a governor's proposal under this chapter is published in the Texas Register, the Legislative Budget Board may conduct a public hearing on the...
• Texas Section 317.006 - Action On Contingent Order
  The governor or board shall approve or reject each contingent order adopted under Section 317.005(d) by the other entity. The governor or board shall notify...
• Texas Section 317.007 - Expiration Of Proposal Or Contingent Order
  A proposal made by the governor or board under this chapter expires if the other entity does not adopt an order ratifying or changing the...
• Texas Section 317.008 - Effective And Expiration Dates Of Order
  (a) An order adopted by the governor or the Legislative Budget Board under this chapter, other than a contingent order adopted under Section 317.005(d), takes...
• Texas Section 317.009 - Enforcement Of Order
  During the period for which an order adopted under this chapter is effective, in regard to affected appropriations the comptroller may approve vouchers and may...
• Texas Section 317.010 - Effect On Unexpended Balances
  Appropriations withheld under an order adopted and in effect under this chapter are not available for expenditure by a state agency in the second year...

SUBCHAPTER B CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

• Texas Section 317.011 - Supersession Of Order
  An unexpired order adopted under this chapter may be superseded by subsequent action of the governor and the Legislative Budget Board taken as provided by...
• Texas Section 317.050 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Computer equipment" includes computers, telecommunications devices and systems, automated information systems, and the peripheral devices and hardware, software, and services that...
• Texas Section 317.051 - Authority To Make Contingent Appropriations
  The legislature may appropriate money to a state agency on a contingency basis for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment. The only money that the...
• Texas Section 317.052 - Effectiveness Of A Contingent Appropriation
  (a) Before a contingent appropriation for computer equipment may become effective, a state agency must submit an application to the board for review and approval....
• Texas Section 317.053 - Notification Of Legislative Budget Board's Decision
  (a) The board shall notify the comptroller, the governor, and the applying state agency in writing of the board's decision about an application. (b) If...

Last modified: September 28, 2016