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    Dan Patrick Letter About TRC (8-31-15)

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    Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a statement supporting the Senate Legislative Budget Board's decision to allow the Texas Racing Commission to use existing appropriated funds to cover administrative costs for the first quarter of 2016. The Board did not approve the release of $1.5 million in administrative funds for the Commission. Senator Jane Nelson stated that the Board's action avoids a shutdown and that the Legislature cannot ignore an agency that exceeds its authority and defies the Constitution.

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    Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a statement supporting the Senate Legislative Budget Board's decision to allow the Texas Racing Commission to use existing appropriated funds to cover administrative costs for the first quarter of 2016. The Board did not approve the release of $1.5 million in administrative funds for the Commission. Senator Jane Nelson stated that the Board's action avoids a shutdown and that the Legislature cannot ignore an agency that exceeds its authority and defies the Constitution.

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    Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's letter about continued funding of the Texas Racing Commission

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    Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a statement supporting the Senate Legislative Budget Board's decision to allow the Texas Racing Commission to use existing appropriated funds to cover administrative costs for the first quarter of 2016. The Board did not approve the release of $1.5 million in administrative funds for the Commission. Senator Jane Nelson stated that the Board's action avoids a shutdown and that the Legislature cannot ignore an agency that exceeds its authority and defies the Constitution.

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    Dan Patrick Letter About TRC (8-31-15)

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    Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a statement supporting the Senate Legislative Budget Board's decision to allow the Texas Racing Commission to use existing appropriated funds to cover administrative costs for the first quarter of 2016. The Board did not approve the release of $1.5 million in administrative funds for the Commission. Senator Jane Nelson stated that the Board's action avoids a shutdown and that the Legislature cannot ignore an agency that exceeds its authority and defies the Constitution.

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    Dan Patrick

    Lieutenant Governor of Texas


    President of the Senate
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
    Monday, August 31, 2015

    Contact:
    512-463-0715

    Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Statement on


    Texas Racing Commission
    AUSTIN The senate members of the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) today unanimously
    agreed to keep the agency open through the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year.
    The Legislature has already appropriated $15.4 million to the agency but voted to make the
    Commission's administrative funds totaling $1.5 million subject to LBB approval. The
    Senate LBB members did not approve release of the Commissions administrative funding
    but agreed to let the Commission's transfer funds already appropriated to cover the cost of
    administrative functions for three months.
    "I fully support the proposal by senate members to allow the commission to use their
    existing appropriation dollars to continue covering administrative costs while racing board
    members adjust their focus from expansion of gaming to their statutory purpose of
    enforcing the Texas Racing Act and its rules to ensure the safety, integrity, and fairness of
    Texas pari-mutuel racing," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
    We have been looking for a way to avoid a shutdown, said Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower
    Mound and chair of the Senate Finance Committee. "Last week's actions were
    disappointing, and we cannot look the other way when an agency exceeds its authority,
    defies the Constitution and picks fights with the Legislature."
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