Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.201
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.201, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 102.201. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH FUND.
Official statutory text
(a) The cancer prevention and research fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The cancer prevention and research fund consists of:
(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the legislature, except that the appropriated money may not include the proceeds from the issuance of bonds authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution;
(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal government, and other donations received for the fund; and
(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund.
(c) The fund may be used only to pay for:
(1) grants for cancer research and for cancer research facilities in this state to realize therapies, protocols, and medical procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all types of cancer in humans;
(2) the purchase, subject to approval by the institute, of laboratory facilities by or on behalf of a state agency or grant recipient;
(3) grants to public or private persons to implement the Texas Cancer Plan;
(4) the operation of the institute;
(5) grants for cancer prevention and control programs in this state to mitigate the incidence of all types of cancer in humans; and
(6) debt service on bonds issued as authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The cancer prevention and research fund consists of:
(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the legislature, except that the appropriated money may not include the proceeds from the issuance of bonds authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution;
(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal government, and other donations received for the fund; and
(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund.
(c) The fund may be used only to pay for:
(1) grants for cancer research and for cancer research facilities in this state to realize therapies, protocols, and medical procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all types of cancer in humans;
(2) the purchase, subject to approval by the institute, of laboratory facilities by or on behalf of a state agency or grant recipient;
(3) grants to public or private persons to implement the Texas Cancer Plan;
(4) the operation of the institute;
(5) grants for cancer prevention and control programs in this state to mitigate the incidence of all types of cancer in humans; and
(6) debt service on bonds issued as authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution.
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