{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2166.251","heading":"LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS.","body":"(a) Only the legislature may authorize a project.\n(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.\n(c) An appropriation for the construction of a project expresses the legislative intent that the project be completed within the limits of the appropriation.\n(d) If the legislative authorization provides for stage construction of a project, the commission shall proceed with the project through the specifically authorized stage.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 2166. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER F. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION; BIDDING AND CONTRACT PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2166.htm#2166.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1289f544ba24647db3855a93650da1f1effc22d74ab510511e090ae7cdf0c9fc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}