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TPWD briefs commission on budget, sporting-goods sales tax boost and asks to publish rules to implement 80th Legislature measures
Summary
TPWD executive director David Jaskowitz updated commissioners on the agency's budget status in conference, highlighted a $20.8 million sporting-goods sales tax increase, and asked the commission to authorize publishing rules needed to implement 80th Texas Legislature legislation; the chairman authorized staff to publish.
David Jaskowitz, executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, briefed the commission on the department's pending fiscal and legislative items arising from the 80th Texas Legislature and requested permission to publish rules to implement enacted or expected legislation.
Jaskowitz said the regular session was scheduled to end June 2 and that budget conference committee work remained underway; the larger request for 'exceptional items' totals about $198 million and remained conferenceable. He told the commission that the comptroller had identified $20.8 million in additional sporting-goods sales-tax revenue for the biennium, and both the…
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