By: Toth H.B. No. 4579
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the introduction of the appropriations bill.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 322.008, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subdivisions (1) and (2) to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 322.008.  APPROPRIATIONS BILL. (a)  The director,
  under the direction of the board and members of the House Committee
  on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance, shall prepare
  the general appropriations bill for introduction at each regular
  legislative session, provided that:
               (1)  the members of the House Committee on
  Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance are presented with
  the information for each recommended appropriation before the
  appropriations bill is introduced; and
               (2)  the members of the House Appropriations Committee
  and Senate Committee on Finance authorize each appropriation in the
  introduced appropriations bill before the appropriations bill is
  introduced.
 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.