Sec. 42.008. FINANCES  


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  • (a) The council and the department may solicit and accept, for the purposes of this chapter, gifts, donations, and grants from public and private sources, subject only to limitations contained in the gift, donation, or grant.

    (b) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be expended at the direction of the council on claims approved by the council.

    (c) The total amount of appropriations, exclusive of legislative appropriations of gifts from private sources, expended or encumbered by the council for purposes of research during a fiscal biennium may not exceed the amount of private gifts, donations, or grants to the council expended or encumbered for research during the same period.

    (d) All money paid to the council under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404, Government Code.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 37, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 245 , Sec. 4, eff. May 30, 2005.