The lieutenant governor or the speaker of the house may cause the general appropriations bills prepared by the governor and by the director of the Legislative Budget Board to be introduced in the senate and house, or any member of the legislature may introduce the bills in the appropriate branch of the legislature.
Tex. Gov't Code § 316.021
INTRODUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff
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