Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.038
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.038, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 11.038. OPERATING ACCOUNT.
Official statutory text
(a) The parks and wildlife operating account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The commission may transfer any funds appropriated to the department for personal services, travel, consumable supplies and materials, current operating expenses, and capital outlay, as these terms are used in the comptroller's object classification codes of the general appropriations act. All expenditures by the department from this account shall be made only for the purposes for which appropriations are made in the general appropriations act.
(c) The parks and wildlife operating account shall be used for the purposes specified by law and nothing may be done by any officer or employee of the department or commission to divert or jeopardize the account or any portion of the account, including any federal aid the department receives or administers.
(b) The commission may transfer any funds appropriated to the department for personal services, travel, consumable supplies and materials, current operating expenses, and capital outlay, as these terms are used in the comptroller's object classification codes of the general appropriations act. All expenditures by the department from this account shall be made only for the purposes for which appropriations are made in the general appropriations act.
(c) The parks and wildlife operating account shall be used for the purposes specified by law and nothing may be done by any officer or employee of the department or commission to divert or jeopardize the account or any portion of the account, including any federal aid the department receives or administers.
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