Section 2166.251 - Legislative Authorizations and Appropriations(a) Only the legislature may authorize a project.(b) A legislative appropriation for a project is directly to a using agency unless the project is to be constructed by the commission, in which event the appropriation is to the commission.(c) An appropriation for the construction of a project expresses the legislative intent that the project be completed within the limits of the appropriation.(d) If the legislative authorization provides for stage construction of a project, the commission shall proceed with the project through the specifically authorized stage.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2166.251
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.