claim: says texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 billion."
author: michael sullivan
evidence_1: fund to replenish, state forecasts. michael sullivan · says texas lawmakers  agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 ...
evidence_2: jun 7, 2013 ... as texas lawmakers edged toward agreement on future spending, a  conservative ... stabilization fund down by half: $4 billion from current $8 billion."  sullivan was referring to the kitty informally known as the state's rainy day fund. ...  says lawmakers voted to halve the state's current reserves (mark matson ...
evidence_3: nov 30, 2018 ... austin -- a group of influential lawmakers unanimously agreed on friday to not  effectively wall off more of state savings from use by budget. ... the rainy day fund  — $7.5 billion — as lawmakers did two years ago. ... the budget cuts and tax  increases that were required when the state ... 31, hegar has said.
evidence_4: says texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4  billion from current $8 billion." — politifact texas on friday, june 7th, 2013.
evidence_5: all told, hb 1025 includes a $4 billion drawdown from the rdf. ... in 1988, the  voters of texas approved the constitutional amendment creating the “rainy day”  fund. ... $8 billion of that was extra money that the state didn't anticipate  generating ... legislators should hit the reset button and pass a better budget in a  special ...