Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 58.0171

  • 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
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Texas Agriculture Code 1.003

The department shall provide the board with sufficient opportunity to review and comment on the finance program-related portions of the department strategic plan and the department biennial appropriation request, and any revision of a finance program-related portion of the plan or request, before submission to the legislature.