Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2273.005. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter may not be construed to restrict a municipality or county from prohibiting abortion. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 501 (S.B. 22), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H…

Sec. 2274.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Ammunition" means a loaded cartridge case, primer, bullet, or propellant powder with or without a projectile. (2) "Company" means a for-profit organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership…

Sec. 2274.002. PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. (a) This section applies only to a contract that: (1) is between a governmental entity and a company with at least 10 full-time employees; and (2) has a value of at least $100,000 that is paid wholly or partly from public funds of th…

Sec. 2274.003. CERTAIN CONTRACTS EXEMPTED. (a) A contract entered into in connection with or relating to the issuance, sale, or delivery of notes under Subchapter H, Chapter 404, or the administration of matters related to the notes, including the investment of note proceeds, is …

Sec. 2275.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majo…

Sec. 2275.0102. PROHIBITED CONTRACTS. (a) A governmental entity may not enter into a contract or other agreement relating to critical infrastructure in this state with a company: (1) if, under the contract or other agreement, the company would be granted direct or remote access t…

Sec. 2275.0103. DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY AS THREAT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The governor, after consultation with the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety, may designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of this chapter. (b) T…

Sec. 2276.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Boycott energy company" has the meaning assigned by Section 809.001. (2) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section 809.001, except that the term does not include a sole proprietorship. (3) "Governmental entity" has the meaning…

Sec. 2276.002. PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. (a) This section applies only to a contract that: (1) is between a governmental entity and a company with 10 or more full-time employees; and (2) has a value of $100,000 or more that is to be paid wholly or partly from public funds o…

Sec. 2277.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 2251.001. (2) "Professional sports team" has the meaning assigned by Section 2004.002, Occupations Code. The term includes a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidia…

Sec. 2277.002. PROVISIONS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. A governmental entity may not enter into an agreement with a professional sports team that requires a financial commitment by this state or any governmental entity unless the agreement includes: (1) a written verification …

Sec. 2277.003. STRICT ADHERENCE TO DEFAULT PROVISION. (a) A governmental entity that enters into an agreement with a professional sports team shall strictly adhere to the default provision required by Section 2277.002(2). (b) If a governmental entity fails to timely adhere to the…

Sec. 2302.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Cogenerating state agency" means a state agency that has constructed or operates a state agency cogeneration facility. (2) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas. (3) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. …

Sec. 2302.021. STATE AGENCY COGENERATION PROJECTS. (a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 526), Sec. 4(c)(3), and Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 14(c)(3), eff. September 1, 2017. (b) A state agency cogeneration facility's size and design is limited to the size and d…

Sec. 2302.023. JOINT COGENERATION PROJECTS. Subject to this chapter, two or more state agencies may jointly construct or operate a state agency cogeneration facility. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2302.024. AUTHORITY TO SELL POWER. A cogenerating state agency may contract in the same manner as a qualifying facility for the sale to an electric utility of firm or nonfirm power produced by the state agency cogeneration facility that exceeds the agency's power requirement…

Sec. 2302.025. MONEY FROM POWER SALES. (a) A state agency shall first apply money it collects from the sale of firm or nonfirm power to retire any outstanding debt and pay operating expenses that result from constructing and maintaining the state agency cogeneration facility. (b)…

Sec. 2302.041. COOPERATION WITH COGENERATING STATE AGENCIES. A political subdivision, municipality, or agency of the state that operates, maintains, or controls a facility that provides retail electric utility service: (1) shall cooperate with a cogenerating state agency that att…

Sec. 2302.042. PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT. (a) A state agency may file a petition with the commission to enforce Section 2302.041. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, if a state agency files a petition under this section, the commission may determine issues relating to rates, pricin…

Sec. 2302.043. ORDER OR RULING. (a) A commission order or ruling entered under this chapter is considered to have been entered or adopted under the Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1995. (b) A commission order or ruling entered under this chapter is enforced under Subtitle I, Tit…

Sec. 2302.044. JURISDICTION. This chapter does not enlarge or modify the commission's jurisdiction over a political subdivision, municipality, or agency of the state. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2303.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Texas Enterprise Zone Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2303.002. PURPOSES. The purposes of this chapter are to establish a process that clearly identifies severely distressed areas of the state and provides incentives by state and local government to induce private investment in those areas by removing unnecessary governmental r…

Sec. 2303.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Bank" means the Texas Economic Development Bank established under Chapter 489. (1-a) "Block group" has the meaning assigned by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce. (1-b) "Day" means the period betw…

Sec. 2303.004. JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITY. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, territory in the municipal boundaries and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered to be in the jurisdiction of the municipality. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the…

Sec. 2303.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The bank shall administer and monitor the implementation of this chapter. (a-1) The bank shall compile data identifying the block groups in this state that automatically qualify for designation as enterprise zones under this chapter u…

Sec. 2303.052. BANK REPORT REGARDING PROGRAM. The bank must include the following information regarding the enterprise zone program in the report required by Section 489.107: (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program; (2) a description of the use of state and local in…

Sec. 2303.053. ASSISTANCE. (a) The bank shall assist: (1) a qualified business in obtaining the benefits of any incentive or inducement program provided by law; (2) a unit of local government in obtaining status as a federal zone designation that furthers the purpose of this chap…

Sec. 2303.054. COORDINATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) In cooperation with the appropriate units of local government and other state agencies, the bank shall coordinate and streamline state business assistance programs and permit or license application procedures for b…

Sec. 2303.101. QUALIFICATION FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION. An area automatically qualifies for designation as an enterprise zone if the area is: (1) a block group, as defined by the most recent federal decennial census available at the time of designation, in which at least 20…

Sec. 2303.109. PERIOD OF DESIGNATION. (a) An enterprise zone designation remains in effect indefinitely so long as the area continues to qualify for designation as an enterprise zone under this chapter. If an area described by Section 2303.101(1) no longer qualifies for enterpris…

Sec. 2303.201. ADMINISTRATION BY GOVERNING BODY. (a) The governing body of an enterprise zone is the governing body of the municipality or county with jurisdiction over the area designated as an enterprise zone, except as provided by Subsection (b). (b) The governing body with ad…

Sec. 2303.204. LIAISON. A nominating body shall designate a liaison to oversee enterprise projects it has nominated under this chapter and to communicate and negotiate with: (1) the bank or the office; (2) an enterprise project; and (3) other entities in an enterprise zone or aff…

Sec. 2303.205. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than October 1 of each year, the nominating body of a project or activity designated as an enterprise project shall submit to the bank a report in the form required by the bank. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 6.01(6…

Sec. 2303.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "New permanent job" means a new employment position that: (A) is created by a qualified business as described by Section 2303.402 at the qualified business site not earlier than the 90th day before the date the business's projec…

Sec. 2303.402. QUALIFIED BUSINESS. (a) A person is a qualified business if the bank, for the purpose of state benefits under this chapter, or the nominating body of a project or activity of the person under this chapter, for the purpose of local incentives, certifies that: (1) th…

Sec. 2303.403. PROHIBITION ON QUALIFIED BUSINESS CERTIFICATION; LIMIT ON ENTERPRISE PROJECT DESIGNATIONS. If the bank determines that the governing body eligible to nominate an enterprise project is not complying with this chapter, the bank shall prohibit the certification of a q…

Sec. 2303.404. REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FOR ENTERPRISE PROJECT DESIGNATION. (a) A qualified business may request that the governing body of a municipality or county in which the qualified business is located apply to the bank for designation of a project or activity of the busines…

Sec. 2303.405. APPLICATION FOR ENTERPRISE PROJECT DESIGNATION. (a) If the governing body approves a request made under Section 2303.404, the governing body may apply to the bank for the designation of the project or activity of a qualified business as an enterprise project only a…

Sec. 2303.4051. ORDINANCE OR ORDER FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL INCENTIVES. (a) In this section, "local incentive" means each tax incentive, grant, other financial incentive or benefit, or program to be provided by the governing body to qualified businesses participating in the en…

Sec. 2303.4052. REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM NOMINATING BODY. (a) Before nominating the project or activity of a qualified business for designation as an enterprise project, the nominating body must submit to the bank: (1) a certified copy of the ordinance or order, as appropriate, …

Sec. 2303.406. ENTERPRISE PROJECT DESIGNATION. (a) The bank may designate a project or activity of a business as an enterprise project only if the bank receives all of the information required by Section 2303.4052 and determines that: (1) the business is a qualified business unde…

Sec. 2303.407. ALLOCATION OF JOBS ELIGIBLE FOR TAX REFUND. (a) The bank shall allocate to an enterprise project the maximum number of new permanent jobs or retained jobs eligible based on the amount of capital investment made in the project, the project's designation level, and t…

Sec. 2303.4071. MAXIMUM TAX REFUND. (a) In this section: (1) "Double jumbo enterprise project" and "triple jumbo enterprise project" have the meanings assigned by Section 2303.407. (2) "Half enterprise project" means an enterprise project split into two half designations as provi…

Sec. 2303.4072. ENTERPRISE PROJECT CLAIM FOR STATE BENEFIT. A person must make a claim to the comptroller for a state benefit as prescribed under this chapter and Chapter 151, Tax Code, not later than 18 months after the date on which the term of the enterprise project designatio…

Sec. 2303.408. DURATION OF CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS. The bank's designation of the project or activity of a qualified business as an enterprise project is effective until the period approved by the bank under Section 2303.404 regardless of whether the enterprise zone in which the pro…