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== add ? == Article XVI, section 69 of the Texas Constitution provides that β[tlhe legislature may require, by rider in the General Appropriations Act or by separate statute, the prior approval of the expenditure or the emergency transfer of any funds appropriated to the agencies of state government.β Tex. Const. art. XVI, 5 69. The legislature has delegated to the governor and the legislative budget board the authority to redirect legislative appropriations in case of an emergency, when the legislature is not in session. https://www2.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/49cornyn/op/2002/pdf/jc0501.pdf The governor is not authorized to increase or appropriate state motor vehicle registration fees. However, chapter 3 17 of the Government Code authorizes the governor and the legislative budget board in the event of an emergency to act to redirect state motor vehicle registration fees already appropriated by the legislature for particular purposes to other uses permitted by article VIII, section 7-a of the Texas Constitution.
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