Article VII, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution (discussion page)
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The Texas Constitution and Education Code do not authorize the Board to base PSF investment decisions for a nonfinancial purpose and do not authorize the Board to consider nonfinancial factors.
https://www2.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2011/pdf/ga0871.pdf
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Consequently, we conclude that the Board is not authorized to contract for attorney fees payable from amounts due to the PSF without a legislative appropriation for that purpose.
https://www2.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2011/pdf/ga0848.pdf
Article VII, section 5 of the Texas Constitution does not authorize the State Board of Education to utilize funds from the Permanent School Fund to pay attorney fees without an appropriation for that purpose by the Legislature.
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https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Housejournals/17/H_17_0.pdf#page=70 re sectarin meaning