Tex. Gov't Code § 401.061 · Subchapter D. GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR EMERGENCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The legislature may appropriate money to the governor to be used only:
(1) in an emergency, including an imperative public necessity;
(2) for the executive branch of state government;
(3) if other money is not available, because previously appropriated money has been spent or obligated; and
(4) for purposes for which specific other appropriations previously have been made.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.htm
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- 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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