Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 109.004 · Chapter 109. APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST STATE AGENCIES
PAYMENT OF CLAIM BY AGENCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section does not apply to the payment of a claim if the legislature has specifically:
(1) identified the claim; and
(2) appropriated money to pay the claim.
(b) Subject to Subsections (c) and (d), a state agency may pay a claim subject to this chapter only from money appropriated to that agency in the General Appropriations Act.
(c) The amount paid under this section by a state agency for a single claim may not exceed a limitation imposed by the General Appropriations Act on the amount that may be paid by the agency on a single claim.
(d) The total of all amounts paid by a state agency from money appropriated to the agency for any fiscal year under this section may not exceed a limitation imposed by the General Appropriations Act on the amount that may be paid under this section by a state agency for that fiscal year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1005, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1414, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.109.htm
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