Tex. Gov't Code § 791.014 · Subchapter B. GENERAL INTERLOCAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
APPROVAL REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before beginning a project to construct, improve, or repair a building, road, or other facility under an interlocal contract, the commissioners court of a county must give specific written approval for the project.
(b) The approval must:
(1) be given in a document other than the interlocal contract;
(2) describe the type of project to be undertaken; and
(3) identify the project's location.
(c) The county may not accept and another local government may not offer payment for a project undertaken without approval required by this section.
(d) A county is liable to another local government for the amount paid by the local government to the county for a project requiring approval under this section if:
(1) the county begins the project without the approval required by this section; and
(2) the local government makes the payment before the project is begun by the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.791.htm
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