(a) The Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund is created as a trust fund outside the treasury with the comptroller and shall be administered by the office under this section and rules adopted by the executive commissioner. Credits of money in the fund are not state funds or subject to legislative appropriation.
(b) The trust 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 531.287

  • 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) Money in the fund may be spent without appropriation by the office only for the purpose of the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the commission.
(d) Interest and income from the assets of the trust fund shall be credited to and deposited in the trust fund.


Text of section effective until April 01, 2025