Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.011
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.011, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 51.011. FUNDING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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).
(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).
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