January 29, 2015      4:07 PM
Senate budget on fast track to hit the floor
Fast learning curve for 8 new members of Finance
The Senate
Finance Committee is on a tight four-week time frame to get the budget
reviewed and out to the floor within Lt.
Gov. Dan Patrick’s timeframe.
When the
Senate budget was unveiled last week, Patrick said he did not intend to wait
until the chaos of the last few weeks of session to pass the bill. And the
budget, this time, is Senate Bill 2, while property and
commercial tax relief is Senate Bill 1.
For
those who like the quick read, the Legislative Budget Board presented
an executive summary of the budget bill here.
The all funds budget is $205 billion, including $3 billion in additional funds,
or a 1.5 percent increase over the last budget. An additional $193 million was
expended over budget funds in 2014-15.
By Kimberly Reeves
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