(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), the department may use any available funds to implement this chapter, including funds from the state infrastructure bank.
(b) Except for money received from the Texas economic development bank fund under Section 489.102, Government Code, and except as provided by Section 91.106(j), the department may not spend money from the general revenue fund to implement this chapter except pursuant to a line-item appropriation.

Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 91.071

  • 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