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A budget in which the legislature balances expenditures with expected revenues, with no deficit.
Balanced Budget
The legislature has two bodies, a House of Representatives and a Senate.
Bicameral Texas Legislature
A legislative body that meets in regular session only once in a two-year period.
Biennial Legislature
A proposed law.
Bill
The authority to move money from one program to another program or from one agency to another agency.
Budget Execution Authority
A subunit of the legislature, appointed to work on designated subjects.
Committee
A legislative document intended to express the will of both chambers of the legislature, even though it does not possess the authority of law.
Concurrent Resolution
A change, addition, or deletion to a constitution.
Constitutional Amendment
The total outstanding amount the government owes as a result of borrowing in the past.
Debt
Government spending in the current budget cycle that exceeds government revenue.
Deficit Spending
A bill that has been giving final approval on third reading in one chamber of the legislature.
Engrossed Bill
A bill that has been given final approval in both chambers of the legislature and is sent to the governor.
Enrolled Bill
A formal way of halting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate in the Senate.
Filibuster
The Texas Constitution requires three readings of a bill by the legislature; first reading is when the bill is introduced, its caption is read aloud, and it is referred to committee.
First Reading
The Texas Constitution requires three readings of a bill by the legislature; the second reading is when debate and consideration of amendments occur before the whole chamber.
Second Reading
The Texas Constitution requires three readings of a bill by the legislature; third reading is the final reading in a chamber, unless the bill returns from the other chamber with amendments.
Third Reading
Related to the topic
Germane
A vote by the House to formally accuse a government official of official wrongdoing.
Impeach
The Senate calendar listings bills on which the author or sponsor has given notice of intent to move to suspend the regular order of business in order that the Senate may consider them.
Intent Calendar
A legislative document that either proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution or ratifies an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Joint resolution
A joint legislative committee (with a large staff) that prepares the state budget and conducts evaluation of agencies' programs.
Legislative Budget Board (LBB)
A joint legislative committee (with a large staff) that provides legal advice, bill drafting, copyediting and printing, policy research, and program evaluation services for members of the legislature.
Legislative Council
An organization of legislators who are all of the same party, and which is formally allied with a political party.
Legislative Party Caucus
An organization of legislators that is based on some attribute other than party affiliation.
Nonparty Legislative Caucus
Legislators' per day allowance covering room and board expenses while on state business.
Per Diem
The lieutenant governor of Texas, serving in his constitutional role as presiding officer in the Senate.
President of the Texas Senate
A legislator who serves temporarily as legislative leader in the absence of the Senate president or House Speaker.
Pro-Tempore (pro-tem)
The minimum number required to conduct business (as in a legislative body).
Quorum
Redraw election-district boundaries.
Redistrict
The biennial 140-day session of the Texas legislature, beginning in January of odd-numbered years.
Regular Session
The rule in the Texas Senate requiring that every bill win a vote of two-thirds of the senators present to suspend the Senate's regular order of business, so that the bill may be considered.
Senate Two-Thirds Rule
The legislative scandal of 1971-1972 that resulted in a bribery conviction of the House Speaker and other officials and set the stage for the 1973 reform session.
Sharpstown Scandal
A legislative document proposing an action that affects only the one chamber in which it is being considered, such as a resolution to adopt House rules or to commend a citizen.
Simple Resolution
The state representative who is elected by his or her fellow representatives to be the official leader of the House.
Speaker of the Texas House
The campaign to determine who shall be the Speaker of the Texas House for a given biennium.
Speaker's Race
The leadership team in the House, consisting of the Speaker and his or her most trusted allies among the members, most of whom the Speaker appoints to chair House committees.
Speaker's Team
A legislative session of up to thirty days, called by the governor, during an interim between regular sessions.
Special (called) session
Restrictions that exist in some states about how long an individual may serve in state and/ or local elected offices.
Term Limits