Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 382.101 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
COUNTY'S GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county operating under this chapter has the powers and duties of:
(1) a county development district under Chapter 383, except for Section 383.066;
(2) a road district created by a county under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
(3) a municipality or county under Chapter 380 or 381, or under Section 372.003(b)(9).
(b) A county is authorized to manage an economic development project in a designated portion of the county, or to create a district and to delegate to a board the county's powers and duties as provided by this chapter.
(c) A county may not delegate to a district the powers and duties of a road district or the power to provide water, wastewater, or drainage facilities under this section unless both the municipality and county consent by resolution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred from Local Government Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 372 and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 15.009, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.382.htm
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This section cites
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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 372.003AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS.Printed as Section 372.003(b)(9)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code ch. 380MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPrinted as Chapter 380
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code ch. 383COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSPrinted as Chapter 383
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 383.066REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.Printed as Section 383.066
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