SESSION.ERIN:WITH HOURS TO
SPARE BEFORE A MIDNIGHT
DEADLINE... THE TEXAS HOUSE
AND SENATE BOTH PASSED THE
STATE BUDGET.IT NOW HEADS TO
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FOR HIS
SIGNATURE.KXAN'S PHIL PRAZAN
BREAKS DOWN CHANGES IT WILL
BRING TO THE STATE FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS.LAWMAKERS JUST
PASSED THE ONLY THING THE
CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THEM TO,
A TWO YEAR STATE BUDGET.WITH
HUGS FROM HER SENATE
COLLEAGUES, SENATOR JANE
NELSON MOLDED A $217 BILLION
DOLLAR STATE BUDGET.THE HOUSE
APPROVED THE SAME BUDGET
EARLIER IN THE DAY.IN TOUGH
ECONOMIC TIMES, THE BUDGET
USES ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS
FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND AND
DELAYS NEARLY 2 BILLION IN
ROAD MONEY UNTIL THE NEXT
BUDGET.IT PAYS FOR NEARLY 600
NEW CASEWORKERS FOR STRUGGLING
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
AGENCY.KEEPS $800 MILLION FOR
NEW TROOPERS ON THE BORDER AND
KEEPS THE SAME FUNDING LEVELS
FOR K THROUGH 12 PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.DEMOCRATS TELL ME,
THEY WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE
MORE MONEY IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION. "WE HAVE KICKED THE
CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON SCHOOL
FINANCE. THE FACT IS THE
COURTS BARELY FOUND OUR SYSTEM
IS THE COURTS FINANCE. THE
FACT ROAD ON SCHOOL FINANCE.
THE FACT IS THE COURTS BARELY
FOUND OUR SYSTEM
CONSTITUTIONAL."BUT THIS
DOESN'T MEAN THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION IS OVER. THERE ARE
STILL MAJOR DEALS IN THE WORKS
ON SCHOOL FINANCE, A PROPERTY
TAX CAP, AND WHAT'S BECOME
KNOWN AS THE BATHROOM BILL. AT
THE CAPITOL. PHIL PRAZAN.KXAN
NEWS. ERIN:HOWEVER, TENSIONS
WILL REMAIN HIGH TOMORROW.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN
PATRICK IS STILL THREATENING A
SPECIAL SESSION IF THE HOUSE
DOES NOT PASS THE BATHROOM
BILL AND A PROPERTY TAX CAP ON
CITIES AND COUNTIES.ONLY THE
GOVERNOR CAN CALL A SPECIAL
SESSION -- BUT PATRICK SAID HE
WILL LET THE TEXAS MEDICAL
BOARD DISSOLVE IF HIS DEMANDS
ARE NOT MET.ERIN:LAWMAKERS
HAVE SOME INCENTIVE TO GET
EVERYTHING DONE DURING THE
REGULAR SESSION... SINCE
SPECIAL SESSIONS CAN COST THE
STATE MORE THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS.WHENEVER THE
LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION...
LAWMAKERS GET 190-DOLLARS A
DAY TO COVER THEIR LIVING
EXPENSES IN AUSTIN.WHEN YOU
ADD UP ALL 181 REPRESENTATIVES
AND SENATORS IN AUSTIN...
THAT'S NEARLY 35-THOUSAND
DOLLARS A DAY.AND SINCE
SPECIAL SESSIONS CAN LAST UP
TO 30 DAYS, THAT CAN COST
TAXPAYERS 1-MILLION, 31-
THOUSAND-700 DOLLARS.BUT IF
THEIR BUSINESS IS DONE BEFORE
THE 30 DAY CAP... THE GOVERNOR
CAN END THE SPECIAL SESSION
EARLY.ERIN:LAWMAKERS STILL
HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO...OUT
OF MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND BILLS
FILED THIS SESSION...ONLY
38-HUNDRED HAVE BEEN PASSED BY
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.AND OF
THOSE -- THE GOVERNOR HAS ONLY
SIGNED 227 OF THEM.HOWEVER, IF
THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT SIGN A
BILL AFTER IT PASSES THROUGH
BOTH CHAMBERS, IT
AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES LAW
AFTER TEN DAYS UNLESS HE
VETOES IT.ERIN:ANOTHER BILL
BEING SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR
HIS SIGNATURE... IS AIMED AT
PREVENTING CYBER-BULLYING.
"DAVID'S LAW" IS NAMED AFTER A
SAN ANTONIO TEENAGER -- WHO
TOOK HIS LIFE LAST YEAR.HIS
FAMILY SAYS HE LOVED PLAYING
VIDEO GAMES AND TRACKING HIS
FAVORITE ATHLETES.BUT HE WAS
BULLIED BY HIS PEERS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES
AND ON MOBILE APPS.LAWMAKERS
SAY "DAVID'S LAW" GIVES
SCHOOLS, PARENTS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT MORE TOOLS TO
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