Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0512

February 2, 2026 The Honorable Eduardo Serna Zavala County Attorney 200 East Uvalde Street, Suite 2 Crystal City, Texas 78839 Opinion No. KP-0512 Re: Whether a commissioners court can rescind and readopt a different county budget after the annual budget was approved (RQ-0586-KP) Dear Mr. Serna: Prompted by Zavala County’s budget process for fiscal year 2024–2025, you ask a series of questions about a county commissioners court’s budget authority. 1 You explain that the “County Judge . . . filed [a] proposed budget on August 15, 2024,” and the commissioners court held a public hearing…