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PROCLAMATION
BY THE
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
Senate Bill No. 1, the General Appropriations Act, having been duly certified by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts pursuant to Article III, Section 49a of the Texas
Constitution, has been presented to me for action. The bill would appro priate an
estimated $139.4 billion from all fund sources, including $65.6 billion from the General
Revenue Fund for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005. General revenue
spending would increase by $5.9 billion or 9.8% compared to the current biennium.
As I discussed in my State of the State address in January, Texans have a right to an
unambiguous and understandable state budget that shows how tax dollars are spent.
Senate Bill No. 1 continues the recent practice of combining numerous programrrs into
enormous line items of appropriation that allow too much discretion in the use of public
dollars. This practice restricts the ability of a governor to exercise the constitutional
authority to line item veto. For instance, hidden in the Parks and Wildlife Department's
budget is $1,000,000 to construct bird watching facilities. Over $18 billion is
appropriated to higher education in lump sums that would require the governor 1o veto an
entire university to reject any provincial, outdated or ill-advised spending item.
I am vetoing the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency because the legislature
did not make the best use of resources available for public education. By not passing
House Bill No. 2 the legislature failed to make meaningful reforms in education policy,
improve student performance, increase accountability, provide better teacher
compensation, and did not appropriately fund textbooks and classroom technolog). The
legislature left an estimated $2 billion on the table that could have been used for these
purposes.
My line item vetoes total $23.4 billion in general revenue and $35.3 billion in all funding
sources. Totals excluding the Texas Education Agency are $576.6 million in general
revenue and $1.7 billion in all funds.
I hereby object to and veto the following items from Senate Bill No. 1 and include a
statement of my objections to each of those items.
Article I - General Government
Commission on the Arts 2006 2007
C.1.2. Information Resources $311,252 " 217,11This veto deletes an appropriation for information resources. The agency should
maintain its computer technology within current funding.
5. Unexpended Balances within the Biennium. Any un xpend n es ;in
should award and make grants in the year funds are appropriated
PiLED IN THE OFFICE ()F THE
SECRETARY OF STArTE
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