{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 401.061","heading":"APPROPRIATIONS FOR EMERGENCY.","body":"The legislature may appropriate money to the governor to be used only:\n(1) in an emergency, including an imperative public necessity;\n(2) for the executive branch of state government;\n(3) if other money is not available, because previously appropriated money has been spent or obligated; and\n(4) for purposes for which specific other appropriations previously have been made.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 401. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR","SUBCHAPTER D. GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.htm#401.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cbeaa9a6b8584626eff0422f33b2db2453e9bf85d7bb9e9d278a0944d1746b71","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.048","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}