Senate Finance Committee Hearing on SB 30 Supplemental Appropriations

Background Senate Finance Committee met to consider 88(R) SB 30 - Introduced version (texas.gov) (SB 30 Huffman) Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. Each legislative session, state agencies project the costs of fulfilling their functions and providing important services for the following two-year budget period. This information, combined with the biennial estimate of revenues submitted to the governor and the legislature before the convening of each regular session, is a key component in the construction of the General Appropriations Act. S.B. 30 seeks to make supplemental appropriations and give direction and adjustment authority regarding certain appropriations to address revised revenue estimates and supplemental needs. As proposed, S.B. 30 amends current law relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment