Sec. 401.044.  COOPERATION WITH LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.  (a)  The governor and the Legislative Budget Board may cooperate, exchange information, and hold joint public hearings on the biennial appropriation budget.
(b)  At a joint hearing under this section, the governor shall preside or, if the governor is unable to preside:
(1)  the lieutenant governor shall preside;  or
(2)  a person appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor shall preside.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.