Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 140.0045. ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a political subdivision must include, in a manner allowing for as clear a comparison as practicable between those…

Sec. 140.005. ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOL, ROAD, OR OTHER DISTRICT. The governing body of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, junior college district, or a district or authority organized under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Te…

Sec. 140.006. PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY SCHOOL, ROAD, OR OTHER DISTRICT. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (e), the presiding officer of a governing body shall submit a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a newspaper in each county…

Sec. 140.007. LEAST COST REVIEW PROGRAM. (a) To assist counties, the comptroller of public accounts may develop, promulgate, and widely distribute forms, with instruction, for cost accounting for public improvements. The comptroller shall consult with large and small governmental…

Sec. 140.008. ANNUAL REPORT OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION. (a) In this section: (1) "Debt obligation" means an issued public security, as defined by Section 1201.002, Government Code. (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, junior college dis…

Sec. 140.009. CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS IN CIVIL CASES. (a) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may contract with a private attorney or public or private vendor for the collection of an amount owed to the municipality or county rel…

Sec. 140.011. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR DISABLED VETERANS. (a) In this section: (1) "General fund revenue" means revenue generated by a local government from the following sources during a fiscal year and deposited in the dedicated g…

Sec. 140.012. FISCAL YEAR OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS CREATED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. (a) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that is a special district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. (b) A po…

Sec. 140.013. BALANCE BILLING FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICES. (a) "Balance billing" means the practice of charging an enrollee in a health benefit plan to recover from the enrollee the balance of a health care provider's fee for a service received by the enrollee fro…

Sec. 140.014. RESTRICTION ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PAY BAIL BONDS. (a) A political subdivision may not spend public funds to pay a nonprofit organization that accepts and uses donations from the public to deposit money with a court in the amount of a de…