By: Dale (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1630 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border Security; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the approval of expenditures for the Texas Military Department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 437, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 437.063 to read as follows: Sec. 437.063. ADJUTANT GENERAL: DELEGATION OF EXPENDITURE APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The adjutant general may delegate the authority to approve department expenditures to the executive director. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. * * * * *