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TX Govt Code § 401.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Succession|Section 401.023. Succession

Sec. 401.023.  SUCCESSION.  (a)  If the governor, lieutenant governor, and president pro tempore of the senate are unavailable, the following officers in succeeding order shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor:(1)  the speaker of the house of representatives;(2)  the attorney general;  and(3)  the chief justices of the courts of appeals, in the numerical order of the supreme judicial districts the courts serve.(b)  An officer listed in this section acts as governor under this subchapter only if the preceding officers in the order of succession are unavailable.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 401.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Succession|Section 401.024. Term of Service

Sec. 401.024.  TERM OF SERVICE.  A person acts as governor under this subchapter until a new governor is elected and qualified or until a preceding officer in the order of succession becomes available.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 401.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Succession|Section 401.025. Exception

Sec. 401.025.  EXCEPTION.  The president pro tempore of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives may act as governor under this subchapter only if the person holds that office when the governor and lieutenant governor first become unavailable.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 401.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.041. Chief Budget Officer

Sec. 401.041.  CHIEF BUDGET OFFICER.  The governor is the chief budget officer of the state.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.042. Uniform Budget Estimate Forms

Sec. 401.042.  UNIFORM BUDGET ESTIMATE FORMS.  (a)  The governor may collaborate with the Legislative Budget Board in designing and preparing uniform budget estimate forms on which all requests for legislative appropriations must be prepared.(b)  The governor shall require that all appropriation requests be submitted to the governor on the forms.(c)  In consultation with public institutions of higher education, the offices of the governor and the Legislative Budget Board shall review the forms for higher education legislative appropriations requests to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, provide better transparency of funding sources, eliminate unnecessary or duplicative requirements, and otherwise reduce the cost or difficulty of providing information related to appropriations requests.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 6.06, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 401.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.043. Budget Hearings

Sec. 401.043.  BUDGET HEARINGS.  (a)  After receiving the appropriation requests, the governor shall hold one or more public hearings concerning the requests.  The governor shall preside at each hearing, except that the governor may authorize any employee of the executive branch to preside and represent the governor in the governor's absence.(b)  The head of a state agency that is seeking appropriations is entitled to speak at a hearing under this section at which the appropriation request is considered.  The governor may require the head or any employee of a state agency seeking appropriations to appear at the hearing and present information about the appropriations.  A taxpayer is entitled to participate in the discussion at a hearing under this section of any item proposed to be included in the budget under consideration.(c)  In this section, "state agency" means a board, commission, department, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.044. Cooperation With Legislative Budget Board

Sec. 401.044.  COOPERATION WITH LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.  (a)  The governor and the Legislative Budget Board may cooperate, exchange information, and hold joint public hearings on the biennial appropriation budget.(b)  At a joint hearing under this section, the governor shall preside or, if the governor is unable to preside:(1)  the lieutenant governor shall preside;  or(2)  a person appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall preside.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.0445 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.0445. Compilation of the Budget

Sec. 401.0445.  COMPILATION OF THE BUDGET.  (a)  The governor shall compile the biennial appropriation budget using information:(1)  submitted to the governor in the uniform budget estimate forms;  and(2)  obtained at public hearings, from inspections, and from other sources.(b)  In the budget, the governor shall show:(1)  the list of appropriations for the current year preceding the biennium for which appropriations are sought and recommended;(2)  expenditures for each of the two full years preceding the current year;  and(3)  the amounts requested by the various agencies and the amounts recommended by the governor for each of the years of the biennium.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.89(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 401.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.045. Legislative Expenses

Sec. 401.045.  LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.  The governor may not include in the governor's budget or appropriation bill any appropriation for per diem or mileage expenses of members of the legislature or for necessary expenses of the legislature.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.046. Distribution of Budget

Sec. 401.046.  DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET.  (a)  The governor shall deliver a copy of the governor's budget to each member of the legislature before the governor gives the message to the legislature required by Section 9, Article IV, Texas Constitution, at the commencement of each regular legislative session.(b)  The governor shall have as many copies of the budget printed for public distribution as the governor considers necessary.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.01, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 401.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter C. Governor's Budget|Section 401.048. Annual Budgets

Sec. 401.048.  ANNUAL BUDGETS.  A reference in this subchapter or in Chapter 322 to a biennial budget or a regular legislative session means an annual budget or an annual budget session if a constitutional amendment is adopted providing for annual budget sessions of the legislature.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter D. Governor's Emergency Appropriations|Section 401.061. Appropriations for Emergency

Sec. 401.061.  APPROPRIATIONS FOR EMERGENCY.  The legislature may appropriate money to the governor to be used only:(1)  in an emergency, including an imperative public necessity;(2)  for the executive branch of state government;(3)  if other money is not available, because previously appropriated money has been spent or obligated;  and(4)  for purposes for which specific other appropriations previously have been made.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter D. Governor's Emergency Appropriations|Section 401.062. Certification of Emergency

Sec. 401.062.  CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY.  (a)  The governor may determine that an emergency exists requiring the use of appropriations made under Section 401.061.(b)  A governor who makes a determination under this section shall certify to the comptroller the facts constituting the emergency and the reasons why the facts constitute an emergency.(c)  The defense of the nation and this state and the safety and economic prosperity of the people of this state require the governor, in making a determination to use or authorize the use of an appropriation made under Section 401.061, to give preference to impacted regions of significant new naval military facilities, as those terms are defined by Section 4, Article 1, National Defense Impacted Region Assistance Act of 1985 (Article 689a-4d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter D. Governor's Emergency Appropriations|Section 401.063. Determination of Availability of Money

Sec. 401.063.  DETERMINATION OF AVAILABILITY OF MONEY.  (a)  After receiving a certification under Section 401.062, the comptroller shall determine whether money other than emergency appropriations is available for purposes of the emergency.  The comptroller may obtain from any other agency whatever assistance the comptroller considers necessary for this purpose.(b)  The comptroller shall endorse on the governor's certification the availability or unavailability of other money, stating the source and amounts of available money, if any.(c)  The comptroller must return the governor's certification to the governor's office not later than the second working day after the date the comptroller receives the certification.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter D. Governor's Emergency Appropriations|Section 401.064. Filing of Certification

Sec. 401.064.  FILING OF CERTIFICATION.  The governor shall file with the secretary of state and the Legislative Budget Board a copy of the governor's original certification and the returned certification containing the comptroller's endorsement.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter D. Governor's Emergency Appropriations|Section 401.065. Expenditure for Emergency

Sec. 401.065.  EXPENDITURE FOR EMERGENCY.  (a)  The governor may spend appropriations made under Section 401.061 for the purpose of a certified emergency, but only after:(1)  the certification is endorsed by the comptroller showing that money other than emergency appropriations is not available for purposes of the emergency;  and(2)  the governor receives the certification from the comptroller.(b)  The comptroller shall draw and pay the necessary warrants for the emergency.(c)  The governor by interagency contract may authorize an agency of the executive branch of state government to administer emergency appropriations approved under this subchapter.  A contract made under this subsection is exempt from Chapter 771.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 8.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 401.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter E. Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect|Section 401.081. Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect

Sec. 401.081.  SUCCESSION OF GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT.  The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate shall call a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of electing a governor and a lieutenant governor if:(1)  the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect die or are permanently incapacitated to take their oaths of office at the time the legislature canvasses the election returns for governor and lieutenant governor;  and(2)  the legislature finds that the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect are not able to take the oath of office and to fulfill the duties of office.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter E. Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect|Section 401.082. Term of Service as Governor

Sec. 401.082.  TERM OF SERVICE AS GOVERNOR.  The individual who receives the highest number of votes cast by the members of the legislature for governor shall hold that office until the next general election.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter E. Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect|Section 401.083. Term of Service as Lieutenant Governor

Sec. 401.083.  TERM OF SERVICE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.  The individual who receives the highest number of votes cast by members of the legislature for lieutenant governor shall hold that office until the next general election.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 401.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter F. Office of the Governor|Section 401.101. Acceptance of Gifts, Grants, and Donations by the Governor

Sec. 401.101.  ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS BY THE GOVERNOR.  The office of the governor may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations of money or property on behalf of the state for any lawful public purpose.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 952, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Sec. 401.031 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(36), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 401.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter F. Office of the Governor|Section 401.102. Other Gifts

Sec. 401.102.  OTHER GIFTS.  Unsolicited benefits received by the governor that are prohibited under Section 36.08, Penal Code, may be donated to a governmental entity that has the authority to accept the gift or to a recognized tax-exempt charitable organization formed for educational, religious, or scientific purposes.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 952, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1993.  Renumbered from Sec. 401.032 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(36), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 401.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter F. Office of the Governor|Section 401.103. Veterans Health Issues

Sec. 401.103.  VETERANS HEALTH ISSUES.  (a)  The governor or the governor's designee may negotiate with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other appropriate federal agency on matters relating to improving the delivery of health care services to veterans in this state, including:(1)  establishing a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley region of the state; and(2)  ensuring the prompt payment of claims submitted by community health care providers to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services provided to veterans by those providers.(b)  The governor, in consultation with the board of regents of The University of Texas System, may identify shared resources and collaborative opportunities that may be used by the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to provide quality health care services to residents of the Rio Grande Valley. (c)  The governor may request the assistance of the Department of State Health Services, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, or any other state agency, department, or office in performing an action under this section.  The agency, department, or office shall provide the requested assistance.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 633 (S.B. 1463), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 401.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter F. Office of the Governor|Section 401.104. Governor's Flag

Sec. 401.104.  GOVERNOR'S FLAG.  (a)  The governor may adopt a flag for the governor's official use.(b)  By executive order published in the Texas Register, the governor shall provide a description of a flag adopted under this section.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.101, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 401.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 401 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor|Subchapter F. Office of the Governor|Section 401.105. Federal Funds Designation

Sec. 401.105.  FEDERAL FUNDS DESIGNATION.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 487.051 or 487.351, on the written request of the commissioner of agriculture or the administrative head of a state agency designated under this subsection, the governor may designate one or more state agencies, under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-35) and 24 C.F.R. Part 570, Subpart I, to administer the state's allocation of federal funds provided under the community development block grant nonentitlement program authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5301 et seq.).(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or any other law, the governor may designate any agency to administer all federal community development block grant disaster recovery funds and to transfer such federal funds to any agency.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 75.01, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 402.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 402 - Attorney General|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 402.001. Assistants

Sec. 402.001.  ASSISTANTS.  (a)  If the attorney general is absent or unable to act, the attorney general's first office assistant shall perform the duties of the attorney general that are prescribed by law.(b)  The attorney general shall, at the request of an agency, designate one or more assistants to attend the meetings of the agency if the attorney general served as an ex officio member of the governing board of the agency on August 23, 1963.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 402.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 402 - Attorney General|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 402.002. Register

Sec. 402.002.  REGISTER.  (a)  The attorney general shall keep in a proper book a register of:(1)  the official acts and opinions of the attorney general;  and(2)  actions, demands, and related proceedings involving state revenue prosecuted or defended by the attorney general or a district or county attorney.(b)  The attorney general shall deliver the register to the successor to that office.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Govt Code § 402.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 402 - Attorney General|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 402.003. Report

Sec. 402.003.  REPORT.  The attorney general shall report to the governor on the first Monday of December of each even-numbered year.  The report must include the following information for the preceding two years:(1)  a summary of the cases in which the state was a party that were acted on by the supreme court and court of criminal appeals;  and(2)  a summary of civil cases in which the state was a party that were prosecuted or defended by the attorney general in other state or federal courts.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 402.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle A - Executive Officers|Chapter 402 - Attorney General|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 402.004. Admission, Agreement, or Waiver

Sec. 402.004.  ADMISSION, AGREEMENT, OR WAIVER.  An admission, agreement, or waiver made by the attorney general in an action or suit to which the state is a party does not prejudice the rights of the state.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|