Texas House Legislative Budget Estimates: 2016-2017 Biennium, Articles 4-10 Page: Cover Sheet

                                
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S              January 20, 2015
Honorable Governor of Texas
Honorable Members of the Eighty-fourth Legislature
Assembled in Regular Session
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to submit for your consideration the 2016-17 Legislative Budget Estimates (LBE).
5              This LBE was prepared and compiled by the staff of the Legislative Budget Board in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Government Code,
direction of the board, shall prepare a "budget of estimated appropriations" for introduction at the beginning of each regular legislative session.
5              The LBE includes budget and performance data for state agencies, appellate courts, and institutions of higher education. It contains recommended fun
for those amounts by including data for fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015. Finally, it also reports the amounts requested via the Legislative Appropria
priorities, and initiatives state government entities have requested for the 2016-17 biennium.
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Two versions of the LBE have been prepared; the House and Senate versions contain different recommended funding levels for various programs acr
identical.
Both the House and Senate recommended appropriations are within the limitation on the growth of appropriations established by the Legislative Budg
S              Constitution and adopted on December 1, 2014.
The process of developing appropriations materials is a collaborative one, and on behalf of the members and staff of the Legislative Budget Board I w
S              and employees of state government with whom we work in this process.
The Legislative Budget Board staff is fully prepared to assist you in the forthcoming appropriations process, and we can answer any questions you ma
other matters pertaining to the state budget and state fiscal policy as you carry out the duties of the 84th Legislature.
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Respectfully submitted,
S              Ursula Parks
5              Director

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Fax: 512/475-2902
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Section 322.008, which states that the Director, under the
ding for the 2016-17 biennium, as well as historical context
tions Request process, reflecting all of the funding,
oss state government. The historical and requested data are
;et Board pursuant to Article VIII, Section 22, of the Texas
fish to express our gratitude to the many dedicated officials
iy have about the information contained in the LBE and on all