Texas Agriculture Code 12.0272 – Texas Economic Development Fund
(a) The Texas economic development fund is a fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of:
(1) all interest, income, revenue, and other assets associated with economic development programs established using money allocated and paid to the department under the August 15, 2011, allocation agreement between the department and the United States Department of the Treasury, as amended, to implement the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. § 5701 et seq.);
(2) all money, deposits, distributions, dividends, earnings, gain, income, interest, proceeds, profits, program income, rents, returns of capital, returns on investments, royalties, revenue, or yields received or realized by the department as a result of an investment made by or on behalf of the department pursuant to the August 15, 2011, allocation agreement between the department and the United States Department of the Treasury, as amended;
(3) gifts, loans, donations, aid, appropriations, guaranties, allocations, subsidies, grants, or contributions received under Sections 12.022 and 12.027(g);
(4) interest and income earned on the investment of money in the fund; and
(5) other money required by law to be deposited in the fund.
(b) Money in the Texas economic development fund is dedicated to and may be appropriated only to the department for the purposes of administering, continuing, implementing, or maintaining:
(1) an economic development program originally established as part of the department’s implementation of the State Small Business Credit Initiative; and
(2) one or more of the department’s economic development programs:
(A) established to encourage the export of Texas agricultural products or products manufactured in rural Texas; or
(B) established through an agreement with a federal agency, foreign governmental entity, local governmental entity, nonprofit organization, private entity, public university, or state governmental entity to encourage rural economic development in this state.
Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 12.0272
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Texas Agriculture Code 1.003
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The Texas economic development fund is exempt from § 403.095, Government Code.