{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-21.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 21.054","heading":"AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.","body":"(a) The department may contract as necessary or advisable to execute its powers under this chapter.\n(b) The department may not enter an agreement that binds the state to make a payment that is not authorized by an appropriation from general revenues or from the aeronautics fund.\n(c) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 115, Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 1999.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 115, Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 1999.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 3. AVIATION","CHAPTER 21. ADMINISTRATION OF AERONAUTICS","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.21.htm#21.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"37756753cad39b61ae68a53f1bb5f951e1721a3dc0148af6b57eaa25bb14775b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-21.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-21.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}