Sec. 89.042.  DEDICATION; APPROPRIATIONS. (a) The funds received under Section 89.043 of this code are dedicated to the department for the purpose of carrying out this chapter, including siting, designing, constructing, monitoring, and otherwise managing an artificial reef or artificial reef system.
(b)  The legislature may appropriate money from the general revenue fund to the department for:
(1)  salaries of department employees implementing this chapter; and
(2)  costs associated with those employees, including the cost of employee benefits.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 47, Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 679, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1097 (H.B. 2065), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2019.