Tex. Gov't Code § 2166.251 · Subchapter F. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION; BIDDING AND CONTRACT PROCEDURES
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Only the legislature may authorize a project.
(b) A legislative appropriation for a project is directly to a using agency unless the project is to be constructed by the commission, in which event the appropriation is to the commission.
(c) An appropriation for the construction of a project expresses the legislative intent that the project be completed within the limits of the appropriation.
(d) If the legislative authorization provides for stage construction of a project, the commission shall proceed with the project through the specifically authorized stage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2166.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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