{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-51.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.011","heading":"FUNDING.","body":"(a) In order to finance the program created by this chapter, the commission is authorized to solicit and receive grants of money from either private or public sources, including appropriation by the legislature from the general revenue fund of the State of Texas, and in that regard it is hereby declared that the need for and importance of this program require priority and preferential consideration in appropriation.\n(b) The commission may use not more than six percent of the annual legislative appropriation to the family violence program for administration of this chapter and not more than six percent annually for the contracts described in Section 51.003(c).\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3313, ch. 867, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.300, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE E. SERVICES FOR FAMILIES","CHAPTER 51. FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.51.htm#51.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"7dd06a2eb73b3370e418849fa3e5ba23c9a08a1757101d4bae0a3829d70eee32","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-51.010","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-51.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}