Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 391.0041. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES PLAN FOR FIRST RESPONDER INVOLVED IN CRITICAL INCIDENT. (a) In this section: (1) "Council of governments" means a regional planning commission for a state planning region created under this chapter. (2) "Critical incident" means an incident …

Sec. 391.005. POWERS. (a) A commission may contract with a participating governmental unit to perform a service if: (1) the participating governmental unit could contract with a private organization without governmental powers to perform the service; and (2) the contract to perfo…

Sec. 391.006. GOVERNING BODY OF COMMISSION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), participating governmental units may by joint agreement determine the number and qualifications of members of the governing body of a commission. (b) At least two-thirds of the members of a gove…

Sec. 391.007. DETAIL OR LOAN OF AN EMPLOYEE. (a) A state agency or a governmental unit may detail or loan an employee to a commission. (b) During the period of the detail or loan, the employee continues to receive salary, leave, retirement, and other personnel benefits from the l…

Sec. 391.008. REVIEW AND COMMENT PROCEDURES. (a) In a state planning region or subregion in which a commission has been organized, the governing body of a governmental unit within the region or subregion, whether or not a member of the commission, shall submit to the commission f…

Sec. 391.009. ROLE OF STATE AUDITOR, GOVERNOR, AND STATE AGENCIES. (a) To protect the public interest and promote the efficient use of public funds, the governor, with the technical assistance of the state auditor, may draft and adopt: (1) rules relating to the operation and over…

Sec. 391.0091. STATE AGENCY CONSULTATION WITH REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. (a) In this section, "service" includes a program. (b) If a state agency determines that a service provided by that agency should be decentralized to a multicounty region, the agency shall use a state pl…

Sec. 391.0095. AUDIT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) The audit and reporting requirements under Section 391.009(a) shall include a requirement that a commission annually report to the state auditor: (1) the amount and source of funds received by the commission; (2) the amount and…

Sec. 391.00951. REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is located in a county any part of which is within 62 miles of an international border; …

Sec. 391.010. CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES. (a) A member of the governing body of a commission or a person who provides legal services to a commission may not: (1) provide legal representation before or to the commission on behalf of a governmental unit loc…

Sec. 391.011. FUNDS. (a) A commission does not have power to tax. (b) A participating governmental unit may appropriate funds to a commission for the costs and expenses required in the performance of its purposes. (c) A commission may apply for, contract for, receive, and expend …

Sec. 391.0115. RESTRICTIONS ON COMMISSION TRAVEL COSTS. (a) In reimbursing commission personnel for travel expenses, a commission may not expend funds for travel in excess of the amount of money that may be expended for state personnel under the General Appropriations Act or trav…

Sec. 391.0116. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employee of a commission when using state-appropriated funds, including federal funds, is subject to the same rules regarding lobbying and other advocacy activities as an employee of any state agency. (b) The nepotism provisions o…

Sec. 391.0117. SALARY SCHEDULES. (a) For each fiscal year, a commission shall adopt a salary schedule containing a classification salary schedule for classified positions and identifying and specifying the salaries for positions exempt from the classification salary schedule. (b)…

Sec. 391.012. STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) To qualify for state financial assistance, a commission must: (1) have funds available annually from sources other than federal or state governments equal to or greater than half of the state financial assistance for which the commiss…

Sec. 391.013. INTERSTATE COMMISSIONS. (a) With the advance approval of the governor, a commission that borders another state may: (1) join with a similar commission or planning agency in a contiguous area of the bordering state to form an interstate commission; or (2) permit a si…

Sec. 391.014. INTERNATIONAL AREAS. With the advance approval of the governor, a commission that borders the Republic of Mexico may spend funds in cooperation with an agency, constituent state, or local government of the Republic of Mexico for planning studies encompassing areas l…

Sec. 391.015. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMMISSION. A participating governmental unit may withdraw from a commission by majority vote of its governing body unless it has been otherwise agreed. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 391.016. JOINING COMMISSION AFTER WITHDRAWAL. A governmental unit that has withdrawn from a commission under Section 391.015 may join another commission that is adjacent to the unit if: (1) the transfer is approved by the governing bodies of: (A) the unit; and (B) the commis…