Editing Texas Constitution talk:Article VIII, Section 6 (section)

== review ==

money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in pursuance of specific appropriations made by
law.” Because of this constitutional restriction on withdrawing money from the Treasury, the
legislature’s funding obligations are generally limited to the amount it appropriates, even though a
general law may authorize the appropriation of a larger amount. See Edgewoodlndep. Sch. Disf. v.
Meno, 893 S.W.2d 450, 470 (Tex. 1995). A statute that sets compensation for a certain position is
not in itself an appropriation, and the incumbent will not receive the fbll compensation authorized by
statute unless the legislature appropriates that amount. Pickle v. Finley, 44 SW. 480 (Tex. 1898);
Mutchler v. Texas Dep ‘t of Public Safely, 681 S.W.2d 282 (Tex. App.--Austin 1984, no writ);
Attorney General Opinion IM-115 (1983). I