| STATE FUNDS |
| Appropriation bill, in order to exceed Comptroller's revenue estimate, must find "emergency or urgent public necessity" and be enacted by a four-fifths vote of total membership of each house | GA-0054 |
| Asylum fund, whether land donated to State Orphans Home must be placed in | LO93-046 |
| Border Health Institute receives funds appropriated by legislature, but is not considered a state agency within executive branch of state government or a local political subdivision | GA-0280 |
| Commencement of environmental review process for purposes of Transportation Code subsection 372.002(d) | KP-0194 |
| Eligibility for funds from the Major Events Trust Fund, requirement of prior application to site selection organization by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county regarding | GA-0963 |
| Federal Reserve notes constitute eligible collateral for repurchase agreements under chapters 404 and 2256 of the Government Code | GA-0469 |
| Fees, annual registration fees of State Board of Medical Examiners must be deposited in state treasury | JM-1230 |
| Highway purposes, proceeds from the sale of salvage or surplus personal property purchased with revenue constitutionally dedicated to highway purposes are not themselves constitutionally dedicated, and the proceeds of such sales occurring on or after Septe | GA-0143 |
| Internal Auditing Act, application to state agencies | JM-1183 |
| Legal fees of district attorney, state not obligated to pay under chapter 104 Civil Practices and Remedies Code | GA-0755 |
| Lending of credit, state does not violate prohibition against by providing goods to purchaser before receiving payment if there a public purpose and sufficient controls on transaction (overrules Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. Nos. MW-461 (1982) & JM-533 (1986) to | JM-1229 |
| Limitation on amount to be transferred from the permanent school fund to the available school fund under article VII, subsection 5(a)(2) of the Texas Constitution to be applied annually | GA-0707 |
| Major Events Trust Fund, the Comptroller of Public Accounts is required to follow the precise procedures described in section 5A, article 5190.14 of the Revised Civil Statutes before committing expenditure of funds from the | GA-0931 |
| Medicaid women’s health care demonstration project, constitutionality of ban on Health and Human Services Commission contracting with an entity that has an affiliate that promotes or performs abortions | GA-0844 |
| Oil and gas royalties received for depletion of highway rights-of-way that state acquired using funds dedicated by article VIII, section 7-a of the Texas Constitution, disposition of | DM-0370 |
| Permanent School Fund, authority of State Board of Education to pay attorney fees out of recoveries of the corpus of the Permanent School Fund | GA-0848 |
| Permanent school fund, property recovered for may not be used to pay consideration to person who informed state of its claim | DM-0316 |
| Political party primary election workers, compensation paid from state funds | LO95-073 |
| Public funds for purposes of the Public Funds Investment Act are funds belonging to the State by operation of general law and appropriated for a public purpose | KP-0142 |
| Purchase of securities from TexPool at below market value, use of state funds for | LO96-013 |
| Repurchase agreements under chapters 404 and 2256 of the Government Code, Federal Reserve notes eligible collateral for | GA-0469 |
| School textbooks, funds set aside for the purchase of, may not be used to purchase computer hardware | GA-0444 |
| State Board of Medical Examiners, fees collected by not subject to State Funds Reform Act | JM-1230 |
| State compensation to counties for holding inmates in county jail applies to convicted felons awaiting transfer to state boot camp program but not to substance abuse felony program | LO94-062 |
| Traffic fine money, effective date of legislation allocating between cities and state under various scenarios | JM-1200 |
| Working hours, use of an employee's is equivalent to expending state funds | LO90-086 |
| Grants and Donations |
| A debt to the state, for purposes of Government Code section 403.055 the act of sending letter requesting restitution damages based upon unadjudicated claim for breach of grant contract will not by itself establish | GA-0970 |
| Appropriation of state funds to state agency to transfer to private endowment must satisfy article III, section 51of Texas Constitution and agency's authority to transfer funds and enter into contract regarding transaction must be supported by substantive | JC-0146 |
| Conflict of interest, grant to member of Texas Council on Environmental Technology subject to strict common-law rule governing conflicts of interest; Council may not make grant to member or to university employing member | JC-0484 |
| Continuing education for local law enforcement officers, funds allocated for may not be diverted to the general fund of a county or municipality | JC-0190 |
| Existence of a debt to the state under Government Code section 403.055, if specific contract terms that create an agreement between the state and grantee establish a debt, the Commission on Environmental Quality can allege the existence of a debt by statutory reference or if the Commission can establish the debt by some other lawfully effective means, the Commission could establish the | GA-0970 |
| Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities may not spend public and private grants and donations without specific legislative appropriation pursuant to article XVI, section 6(b) of the Texas Constitution | GA-0447 |
| Special Statutory Funds and Accounts |
| Administrative expenses incurred on behalf of Agricultural Finance Authority, bond proceeds from Texas Agricultural Fund may be used to reimburse Department of Agriculture for | DM-0255 |
| Arbitration award issued as judgment is not a "contested trial" under Manufactured Homeowner Consumer Claims Program | KP-0258 |
| Children's trust fund, abolition of dedicated revenue source for | LO95-004 |
| Children's Trust Fund, expenditures limited to funds appropriated by legislature | LO96-047 |
| Children's trust fund, whether abolished by section 403.094 of the Government Code | LO95-004 |
| Felony prosecutor supplement fund funded by fees collected by magistrates taking bail bonds, surety's entitlement to a refund | GA-0207 |
| Felony prosecutor supplement fund funded by fees collected by magistrates taking bail bonds, whether refunds paid by county may be deducted from amounts county remits to comptroller | GA-0207 |
| Felony prosecutor supplement fund funded by fees collected by magistrates taking bail bonds, whether surety should apply to county or state for refund and whether surety is entitled to interest | GA-0207 |
| Guaranteed charter district bonds, limitation contained in Texas Government Code section 45.0532 | KP-0005 |
| In Education Code subsection 12.128(c), the Legislature has set aside public property such that it is not unappropriated property for the Permanent School Fund under Education Code subsection 43.001(a)(2). | KP-0097 |
| Interest on auctioneer education and recovery fund, a special trust fund, is credited to fund and not general revenue | LO92-069 |
| Legislative enactments which provide incoming revenue for the State Highway fund constitute "enacted revenue measures" under article IX, section 17.10(b)(1) of the Appropriations Act, regardless of when they were enacted | GA-0852 |
| Major Events Trust Fund statute, Comptroller's authority under Revised Civil Statute article 5190.14, section 5A to adopt rules to implement the METF statute | GA-1052 |
| Monies held in trust in a particular subaccount of the state highway fund, Department of Transportation may not transfer to a regional transportation authority | GA-0687 |
| Permanent School Fund - In Education Code subsection 12.128(c), the Legislature has set aside public property such that it is not unappropriated property for the Permanent School Fund under Education Code subsection 43.001(a)(2). | KP-0097 |
| Permanent school fund, State Board of Education has authority to make any kind of prudent investment in managing assets of | DM-0175 |
| Revenues other than fines collected by State Board of Pharmacy, for consolidation purposes they constitute "funds outside the state treasury" | LO93-026 |
| Section 404.093 of the Government Code, to the extent that the Office of the Governor or the Governor's appointee receives funds in trust for the benefit of a person or entity other than a state agency, such funds may be deposited outside of the State Treasury in an account for which the Comptroller serves as trustee pursuant to | KP-0078 |
| Texas A&M University, authority to use allocation from the Available University Fund for support and maintenance under Texas Constitution article VII, section 18(f) | GA-1091 |
