# Tex. Education Code § 57.482: PAYMENTS BY A STATE AGENCY TO DEFAULTING PERSONS PROHIBITED

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.482

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Education Code § 57.482
- **Heading:** PAYMENTS BY A STATE AGENCY TO DEFAULTING PERSONS PROHIBITED
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 57 / Section 57.482

## Text

(a) A state agency, as a ministerial duty, may not use funds inside or outside the state treasury to pay a person or the person's assignee if Section 57.48 prohibits the comptroller from issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to the person or assignee.

(b) A state agency that is prohibited by Subsection (a) from making a payment to a person also is prohibited from paying any part of that payment to:

(1) the person's estate;

(2) the distributees of the person's estate; or

(3) the person's surviving spouse.

(c) The comptroller may not reimburse a state agency for a payment that the comptroller determines was made in violation of this section.

(d) This section applies to a payment only if the comptroller is not responsible under Section 404.046, 404.069, or 2103.003, Government Code, for issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to make the payment.

(e) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.48.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Education Code § 57.02 § 57.02. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.02.md)
- [Tex. Education Code § 57.011 § 57.011. STATUS OF TEXAS GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN CORPORATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.011.md)
- [Tex. Education Code § 57.48 § 57.48. PAYMENTS BY THE COMPTROLLER TO DEFAULTING PERSONS PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.48.md)
- [Tex. Education Code § 57.49 § 57.49. COOPERATION OF STATE AGENCIES AND SUBDIVISIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.49.md)
- [Tex. Education Code § 57.482 § 57.482. PAYMENTS BY A STATE AGENCY TO DEFAULTING PERSONS PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C57_S57.482.md)

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