Tex. Transp. Code § 201.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
OPERATING EXPENSES; USE OF STATE HIGHWAY FUND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The legislature has the responsibility to:
(1) appropriate money for the maintenance and operational expenses of the department;
(2) determine the number of employees of the department; and
(3) set the amount of compensation of all employees of the department, including the director, and the members of the commission.
(b) The comptroller shall contract for equipment and supplies, including seals and number plates, required by law in the administration of the registration of vehicles and in the operation of the department.
(c) All money authorized to be appropriated in accordance with this section for the operation of the department and the purchase of equipment shall be appropriated from the state highway fund. The commission shall use the amount remaining in the fund for the furtherance of public road construction and for establishing a system of state highways.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.201.htm
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