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Miscellaneous Expenditures — Claims
Miscellaneous Claims

The Legislature appropriates funds to the Comptroller’s office to pay miscellaneous claims for which:

  • An appropriation does not exist, or
  • The appropriation has lapsed.

The Comptroller’s office may pay a miscellaneous claim if the claim has been:

  • Verified and substantiated by an authorized employee of the state agency whose special fund or account is to be charged for the claim,
  • Verified by the attorney general as a legally enforceable obligation of the state, and
  • Certified by the claimant as due and unpaid.

Under the Miscellaneous Claims Law, the Comptroller’s office is required to pay under the miscellaneous claims law any claim that satisfies the requirements of Subchapter B of Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as provided by Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 103.151.

The Comptroller’s office may not pay the following under Miscellaneous Claims Law:

  • A single claim in excess of $50,000
  • An aggregate of claims by a single claimant during a biennium in excess of $50,000
  • A claim concerning unemployment compensation warrants that have expired because they were not presented to the Comptroller’s office for payment within the time period specified in Texas Labor Code Section 210.012
  • A claim that was not made within eight years from the date on which the claim arose

Source [+]

Texas Government Code Section 403.074.

Documentation Requirements [+]

  1. Use Comptroller object 7227 to record payments of claims processed under procedures of the Miscellaneous Claims Act.
  2. Use Comptroller object 7230 to record payments of voided or lost warrants processed under procedures of the Miscellaneous Claims Act.