(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) today, showing the state is projected to have approximately $112.5 billion in revenue available for general-purpose spending during the 2022-23 biennium.
The revenue estimate represents a 0.4 percent decrease from funds available for the 2020-21 biennium. This decline is a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused revenue collections to fall well short of what was expected when the Legislature approved the 2020-21 budget; the ending 2020-21 balance will be close to a negative $1 billion. Read more »
Download the 2022-23 Biennial Revenue Estimate (PDF)
Economic contraction associated with the pandemic and the drop in energy prices warranted a revision of the Certification Revenue Estimate in July. While the budget outlook has improved since then, tremendous uncertainty still lingers regarding future COVID-related economic effects. Fiscal Notes examines the pressures that will affect the budget process in the 2021 legislative session.
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January 2021
In Billions of Dollars
Fund | Operator | 2020-21 |
2022-23 |
Note | CHANGE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Revenue-Related (GR-R) Tax Collections |
+ | $97.41 | $103.93 | $6.52 | |
Other GR-R Revenues | + | $15.03 | $15.65 | $0.62 | |
Total GR-R Revenues | = | $112.44 | $119.58 | SUB TOTAL |
$7.14 |
Beginning Balance | + | $4.84 | −$0.95 | −$5.79 | |
Total GR-R Revenue & Fund Balances | = | $117.28 | $118.63 | SUB TOTAL |
$1.35 |
Revenue Reserved for Transfers to the Economic Stabilization and State Highway Funds |
− | $4.32 | $5.83 | $1.51 | |
Amount Needed for Texas Tomorrow Fund* |
− | N/A | $0.27 | $0.27 | |
Total Revenue Available for General-Purpose Spending |
= | $112.96 | $112.53 | TOTAL | −$0.44 |
* The original, constitutionally guaranteed prepaid tuition program is projected to have a cash shortfall of $271 million in the 2022-23 biennium.
The BRE assumes the shortfall will be paid from general revenue.
Note: Totals may not sum because of rounding.