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STATE BUDGET

Texas works on a biennial budget.  Agencies send requests to the Governor between July and September.  The Governor submits a proposed budget by the time of the State of the State Address.  The legislature usually adopts a budget in May, with the fiscal year beginning in September.  The budget is required to be balanced.

STATE LEGISLATURE

The Texas legislature is comprised of a State Senate, with 31 members serving four-year terms, and a House of Representatives, with 150 members serving two-year terms.  State legislative sessions start on noon on the second Tuesday in January of all odd numbered years, and are limited to 140 days.  The state legislature is one of four states that does not meet in even-numbered years.  The Texas Legislature is the constitutional successor of the Congress of the Republic of Texas.

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