Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 773 > Subchapter G - Pediatric Emergency Medical Services

• 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
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005