Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 293.021. ELECTION; COUNTY BUILDING AUTHORITY. (a) After reviewing and considering the recommendations of the county building study committee, the commissioners court may call an election at which the qualified voters of the county are entitled to vote for or against the prop…

Sec. 293.022. PURPOSES OF AUTHORITY. The purposes of the authority are to construct, acquire, improve, equip, furnish, maintain, and operate a county building adequate to meet the county's needs. In planning the building, the authority may consider the anticipated population and …

Sec. 293.023. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The authority is governed by a board composed of five directors. The county judge appoints one director and each county commissioner appoints one. A county officer or employee is not eligible for appointment as a director. (b) The term of off…

Sec. 293.024. EMPLOYEES. (a) The board may employ: (1) a manager or executive director of properties; (2) legal counsel; and (3) other employees, experts, and agents that the board considers necessary. (b) The board may delegate to the manager the power to employ and discharge em…

Sec. 293.025. COMPTROLLER. (a) The county auditor shall appoint a comptroller for the authority, subject to the approval of the board and the commissioners court. The comptroller shall: (1) work under the direction of the county auditor; (2) institute budget, purchasing, and fisc…

Sec. 293.026. POWERS OF AUTHORITY. (a) The authority may: (1) construct, enlarge, furnish, and equip a building to be used primarily as a county courthouse, subject to the approval of the commissioners court; (2) sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded, and complain or defend in …

Sec. 293.027. OPERATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) The property of the authority must be held and operated only for governmental and public purposes, for the use and benefit of the public, and without private profit. The property of the authority is exempt from taxation. (b) The authority…

Sec. 293.028. DEPOSITORY. The authority may: (1) select a depository as provided by law for selection of a county depository; or (2) award a depository contract to the same depository used by the county on the same terms applicable to the county. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Se…

Sec. 293.029. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. The investment of and security for authority funds is governed, to the extent applicable, by the law governing investment of and security for a county's funds. The bond resolution or trust indenture may provide further restrictions on the invest…

Sec. 293.030. LAW AFFECTING CERTAIN CONTRACTS. The board, in connection with a contract for construction or for purchase of equipment and material that requires expenditure or payment of $2,000 or more, shall comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, S…

Sec. 293.031. UNDERGROUND SHELTER. The authority may include a civil defense shelter in underground facilities constructed under this chapter. In connection with this shelter the authority may: (1) cooperate with the federal civil defense administrator and state civil defense off…

Sec. 293.032. POWER OF COUNTY. (a) A county may acquire and sell or lease to the authority land that the commissioners court determines is needed for the project. The sale or lease may be for the consideration that the commissioners court, after considering that the project is fo…

Sec. 293.033. PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY COUNTY. This chapter does not alter the authority of the commissioners court to provide county facilities that the commissioners court considers necessary for the convenience of the people in populated areas. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149,…

Sec. 293.034. TRANSFER OF ASSETS TO COUNTY; DISSOLUTION. On payment of all of its indebtedness, the authority shall convey all of its assets to the county, without cost to the county. On this conveyance, the authority is dissolved. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept…

Sec. 293.051. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The authority may issue negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds to carry out its purposes. (b) The bonds must: (1) be authorized by a board resolution; (2) be authorized by an election that is: (A) called by a resolution of the board; (B) held t…

Sec. 293.052. JUNIOR LIEN BONDS; PARITY BONDS. (a) The authority may issue bonds constituting a junior lien on net revenues or property of the authority unless prohibited by the bond resolution or trust indenture. (b) The authority may issue parity bonds under conditions specifie…

Sec. 293.053. EXAMINATION AND APPROVAL. (a) After the authority authorizes bonds, including refunding bonds, it shall submit the bonds and the record relating to their issuance to the attorney general. If the bonds purport to be secured by a pledge of proceeds of an existing leas…

Sec. 293.054. LEGAL AND AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. (a) Authority bonds are legal and authorized investments for a bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, insurance company, fiduciary, trustee, or guardian, or a sinking fund of a municipality, county, school …

Sec. 293.055. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds. Refunding bonds may be issued in the manner provided by this chapter for the issuance of other bonds, except that an election is not required. (b) The comptroller may …

Sec. 293.056. INITIAL INTEREST. The board may set aside the following money from the proceeds from the sale of bonds: (1) money necessary to pay interest on the bonds for not more than two years; and (2) money that the board estimates to be necessary to pay the authority's operat…