Once again, the Texas legislature is in session to hash out another budget, and some curious amendments have popped up that aim to bring one entire department down to zero.
Six amendments filed between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning call for either the elimination or reassigning of funding and grant money for the Texas Commission on the Arts, according to legislative records.
The proposed budget currently being debated in the Texas House in Austin sets aside more than $15.7 million, but the pre-filed amendments by Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-Greenville) and Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) would either remove or reallocate those funds to departments such as veterans' affairs, the Texas Education Agency or the Texas Health and Human Services' Alternatives to Abortion program.
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