(a) The Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund is a trust fund outside the treasury with the comptroller. The fund is administered by the office under this section and rules the executive commissioner adopts. Money in the fund is not state money and is not subject to legislative appropriation.
(b) The fund consists of money from voluntary contributions under § 191.0048, Health and Safety Code, and § 118.018, Local Government Code.

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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 523.0306

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011

(c) The office may spend money in the fund without appropriation and only for the purpose of the Texas Home Visiting Program the commission administers.
(d) Interest and income from fund assets shall be credited to and deposited in the fund.


Text of section effective on April 01, 2025