Tex. Education Code § 57.482
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 57.482, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 57.482. PAYMENTS BY A STATE AGENCY TO DEFAULTING PERSONS PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) A state agency, as a ministerial duty, may not use funds inside or outside the state treasury to pay a person or the person's assignee if Section 57.48 prohibits the comptroller from issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to the person or assignee.
(b) A state agency that is prohibited by Subsection (a) from making a payment to a person also is prohibited from paying any part of that payment to:
(1) the person's estate;
(2) the distributees of the person's estate; or
(3) the person's surviving spouse.
(c) The comptroller may not reimburse a state agency for a payment that the comptroller determines was made in violation of this section.
(d) This section applies to a payment only if the comptroller is not responsible under Section 404.046, 404.069, or 2103.003, Government Code, for issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to make the payment.
(e) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.48.
(b) A state agency that is prohibited by Subsection (a) from making a payment to a person also is prohibited from paying any part of that payment to:
(1) the person's estate;
(2) the distributees of the person's estate; or
(3) the person's surviving spouse.
(c) The comptroller may not reimburse a state agency for a payment that the comptroller determines was made in violation of this section.
(d) This section applies to a payment only if the comptroller is not responsible under Section 404.046, 404.069, or 2103.003, Government Code, for issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to make the payment.
(e) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.48.
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