{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 401.044","heading":"COOPERATION WITH LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.","body":"(a) The governor and the Legislative Budget Board may cooperate, exchange information, and hold joint public hearings on the biennial appropriation budget.\n(b) At a joint hearing under this section, the governor shall preside or, if the governor is unable to preside:\n(1) the lieutenant governor shall preside; or\n(2) a person appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall preside.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 401. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR","SUBCHAPTER C. GOVERNOR'S BUDGET"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.htm#401.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6eae765cde386f5dd91b13064b73746133be45bf21d284239e154bcb5ba314f3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.0445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}