(a) The department may establish debit card suspense accounts necessary to operate magnetic debit card systems at facilities under the jurisdiction of the department to enable the students, employees, and visitors to make purchases of:
(1) merchandise from vending machines or canteens within the facilities;
(2) meals from cafeterias within the facilities; and
(3) services that the facilities are authorized to provide.
(b) Cash received from cash-to-card machines and amounts electronically transferred for card use from the students’ trust fund accounts shall be deposited to debit card suspense accounts in local depositories and held pending card purchases.

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Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 242.064

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(c) Transfers of cash based on card use for purchases of merchandise or services shall be made from the debit card suspense accounts to the appropriate vendors and to accounts in the state treasury in accordance with laws governing receipt of state revenues.
(d) Unused debit card balances shall be refunded to the card holders from the debit card suspense accounts.