Tex. Agric. Code § 49.004 · Chapter 49. AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
USE OF FUNDS IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) From funds appropriated for the agri-tech program, the comptroller shall issue warrants to each eligible institution in the amount certified by the department to the comptroller.
(b) Funds awarded from the agricultural technology account may be expended to support the particular research project for which the award is made and may not be expended for the general support of research and instruction at the institution conducting or sponsoring the project or for the construction or remodeling of a facility.
(c) Funds in the agricultural technology account shall be used, when practicable within the purposes of this chapter, to match grants provided by the federal government or private industry for specific collaborative research projects at eligible institutions.
(d) Supplies, materials, services, and equipment purchased with funds obtained under this section are not subject to the purchasing authority of the comptroller.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1459, Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 46.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.81, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.49.htm
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