Business and Finance Division
Budget Department
Purpose
The Budget Department:
- Analyzes funding requests and advises administrators of financial impact and presents viable alternatives
- Analyzes an array of data ranging from minor budget increases to facilitation of prison construction
- Provides an agency perspective in the management of the individual department budgets providing oversight and coordination of agency budget managers
Responsibilities
The Budget Department is tasked with the responsibilities to:
- Plan, formulate, analyze, and monitor agency expenditures and revenue by activity, function, and department
- Develop the Agency Strategic Plan
- Develop the Legislative Appropriations Request
- Secure and oversee the agency's annual operating budget
- Routinely report to the Legislative Budget Board, the Governor’s Office, Budget and Policy Division, the Texas Public Finance Authority, the Bond Review Board, and other legislative and regulatory branches
- Provide technical advice and assistance to departmental division staff