Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 470.007. RECOMMENDATIONS. The council shall submit a report of the council's recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S…

Sec. 470.008. EXEMPTION. Chapter 2110 does not apply to the council. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S.B. 459), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Sec. 470.009. ASSISTANCE OF STATE AGENCIES. State agencies and political subdivisions of this state shall cooperate with the council to the greatest extent practicable to fully implement the council's statutory duties. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S.B. 459), Sec.…

Sec. 472.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to: (1) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy; (2) the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; and (3) the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. 2,…

Sec. 472.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "agency" means an agency listed in Section 472.001. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Sec. 14 amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 939, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Sec. 15(b) amended by Acts 2001, 77th …

Sec. 472.051. SELF-DIRECTED AND SEMI-INDEPENDENT STATUS OF AGENCIES. (a) Each agency is self-directed and semi-independent as specified in this chapter. (b) Each agency is a state agency, as that term is defined in Section 2001.003(7). (b-1) Except as otherwise provided by this c…

Sec. 472.101. GENERAL DUTIES OF ALL AGENCIES. In addition to the duties enumerated in the enabling legislation specifically applicable to each agency, each agency shall have the duties prescribed by Sections 472.102 through 472.105. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. 2…

Sec. 472.102. BUDGET. (a) An agency shall adopt a budget annually using generally accepted accounting principles. The budget shall be reviewed and approved only by the agency's governing board notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the General Appropriations Act. N…

Sec. 472.103. AUDITS. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the duty of the state auditor to audit an agency. The state auditor shall enter into a contract and schedule with each agency to conduct audits, including financial reports and performance audits. Costs incurred in perfor…

Sec. 472.104. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) An agency shall submit to the legislature and the governor by the first day of the regular session of the legislature a report describing all of the agency's activities in the previous biennium. The report shall include: (1) an audit requ…

Sec. 472.105. DISPOSITION OF FEES COLLECTED. If provided in an agency's enabling legislation, the agency shall collect a professional fee of $200 from its license holders annually, which shall be remitted to the state. If provided in an agency's enabling legislation, the agency s…

Sec. 472.106. GENERAL POWERS OF ALL AGENCIES. In addition to the powers enumerated in each agency's enabling legislation, each agency shall have the powers described in Sections 472.107 through 472.110. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Sec. 14 …

Sec. 472.107. ABILITY TO CONTRACT. To carry out and promote the objectives of this chapter, an agency may enter into contracts and do all other acts incidental to those contracts that are necessary for the administration of its affairs and for the attainment of its purposes. Any …

Sec. 472.108. PROPERTY. An agency may acquire by lease, and maintain, use, and operate, any real, personal, or mixed property necessary to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions of the agency. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1…

Sec. 472.109. SUITS. The office of the attorney general shall represent an agency in any litigation. The attorney general may assess and collect from the agency reasonable attorney's fees associated with any litigation under this section. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, …

Sec. 472.110. FEES AND DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. (a) Subject to the limitations, if any, in the applicable enabling legislation, each agency may set the amount of fees by statute or rule as necessary for the purpose of carrying out the functions of the agency. (b) All fees and funds …

Sec. 472.111. POST-PARTICIPATION LIABILITY. (a) If a state agency no longer has status under this chapter as a self-directed semi-independent agency for any reason, the state agency shall be liable for any expenses or debts incurred by the state agency during the time the state a…

Sec. 472.112. OPEN GOVERNMENT. Subject to the confidentiality provisions of an agency's enabling legislation: (1) meetings of the agency are subject to Chapter 551; and (2) records maintained by the agency are subject to Chapter 552. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Sec. …

Sec. 472.113. MEMBERSHIP IN EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Employees of the agencies are members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas under Chapter 812, and the agencies' independent status shall have no effect on their membership. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1552, Se…

Sec. 472.114. GIFTS. (a) Notwithstanding other law, an agency may not accept a gift, grant, or donation: (1) from a party to an enforcement action; or (2) to pursue a specific investigation or enforcement action. (b) An agency must: (1) report each gift, grant, or donation that t…

Sec. 475.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Endorsing county" means an endorsing county for purposes of Chapter 477, 478, 479, or 480. (2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing municipality for purposes of Chapter 476, 477, 478, 479, or 480. (3) "Event" means a game …

Sec. 475.0002. PURPOSES OF SUBTITLE. The purposes of this subtitle are to: (1) provide assurances required by a site selection organization sponsoring a game or event; and (2) provide financing for the costs of: (A) applying or bidding for selection as the site of a game or event…

Sec. 475.0003. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. Conducting one or more games or events in this state will: (1) provide invaluable public visibility throughout the nation or world for this state and the communities where the games or events are held; (2) encourage and provide major economic …

Sec. 475.0004. RULES. The office of the governor shall adopt rules consistent with this subtitle to ensure efficient administration of the trust funds established under this subtitle, including rules related to application and receipt requirements. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., …

Sec. 475.0051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not apply to or otherwise affect an event support contract under Chapter 478, 479, or 480 to which the office is not a party. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (H.B. 4174), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.

Sec. 475.0052. REQUEST FOR OFFICE TO ENTER INTO GAMES SUPPORT CONTRACT. (a) The office shall review a request from a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county that the office, on behalf of this state, enter into a games support contract required by a…

Sec. 475.0053. TIME FOR DETERMINATION. The office shall approve or deny a request under Section 475.0052 not later than the 30th day after the date the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county submits the request. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S.…

Sec. 475.0054. PREREQUISITE FOR EXECUTION OF GAMES SUPPORT CONTRACT. The office may agree to execute a games support contract only if: (1) the office determines that: (A) this state's assurances and obligations under the contract are reasonable; and (B) any financial commitment o…

Sec. 475.0055. JOINDER UNDERTAKING TERMS. The office may agree in a joinder undertaking entered into with a site selection organization that the office will: (1) execute a joinder agreement if the site selection organization selects a site in this state for the games; and (2) ref…

Sec. 475.0056. JOINDER AGREEMENT TERMS. The office may agree in a joinder agreement that this state will: (1) provide or cause to be provided all of the governmental funding, facilities, and other resources specified in the local organizing committee's, endorsing municipality's, …

Sec. 475.0057. ADDITIONAL TERMS OF GAMES SUPPORT CONTRACT. A games support contract may contain any additional provision the office requires to carry out the purposes of this subtitle. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (H.B. 4174), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.

Sec. 475.0058. REPAYMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED. (a) Before executing a games support contract, the office must execute an agreement with the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county requiring the committee, municipality, or county to repay this state a…

Sec. 475.0059. STATE AS ADDITIONAL INSURED. The office may require a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to list this state as an additional insured on any insurance policy purchased by the committee, municipality, or county that a site selecti…

Sec. 475.0060. SUPPORT BY CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES. The Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs may: (1) assist a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endo…

Sec. 475.0101. APPLICABILITY OF OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS LAWS. (a) A local organizing committee and the committee's governing body are subject to Chapters 551 and 552. For purposes of those chapters, the governing body of a local organizing committee is considered a governm…

Sec. 475.0102. TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN COMMITTEES. A local organizing committee that is exempt from paying federal income tax under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is exempt from: (1) the sales, excise, and use taxes imposed under Chapter 151, Tax Code; (2) taxe…

Sec. 475.0103. ETHICS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN COMMITTEES; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES. (a) A local organizing committee that submits a request under Section 475.0052 must: (1) affirm as a part of that request that the committee is in full compliance with the ethical guidelines…

Sec. 475.0151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a local government corporation that: (1) is authorized to collect a municipal hotel occupancy tax; and (2) is located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (…

Sec. 475.0152. AUTHORITY TO ACT AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY. (a) A local government corporation may act as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this subtitle. (b) Subject to Section 475.0153, a local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipalit…

Sec. 475.0153. DEPOSIT OF MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY TAX REVENUE TO TRUST FUND. (a) A local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this subtitle shall remit for deposit into the trust fund established for the games or event the amounts deter…

Sec. 475.0154. PLEDGE OF SURCHARGES TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. A local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this subtitle may guarantee the corporation's obligations under a games support contract or event support contract by pledgin…

Sec. 475.0201. OFFENSE OF BRIBERY. (a) In this section, "benefit" has the meaning assigned by Section 36.01, Penal Code. (b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer on another person, or solicits, accepts, or agree…

Sec. 476.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality that authorizes a bid by a local organizing committee for selection of the municipality as the site of the games. (2) "Games" means the Pan American Games. (3) "Site selection organizat…

Sec. 476.0002. ELIGIBILITY AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY. Only a municipality with a population of one million or more is eligible as an endorsing municipality under this chapter. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (H.B. 4174), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021. Amended by: Act…

Sec. 476.0051. DETERMINATION OF INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN CERTAIN TAX RECEIPTS. (a) After a site selection organization selects a site for the games in this state in accordance with an application by a local organizing committee acting on behalf of an endorsing municipality, the of…

Sec. 476.0052. TIME FOR DETERMINATION. The office shall determine the incremental increase in tax receipts under Section 476.0051 after the first occurrence of a measurable economic impact in this state resulting from the preparation for the games, as determined by the office, bu…