Tex. Government Code § 38.001
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 38.001, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 38.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUNDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may establish a judicial donation trust fund as a separate account held outside the municipal or county treasury to be used in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may accept a gift, grant, donation, or other consideration from a public or private source that is designated for the judicial donation trust fund.
(c) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited in the judicial donation trust fund and may only be disbursed in accordance with this chapter.
(d) Interest and income from the assets of the judicial donation trust fund shall be credited to and deposited in the trust fund.
(b) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may accept a gift, grant, donation, or other consideration from a public or private source that is designated for the judicial donation trust fund.
(c) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited in the judicial donation trust fund and may only be disbursed in accordance with this chapter.
(d) Interest and income from the assets of the judicial donation trust fund shall be credited to and deposited in the trust fund.
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