Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 772.009. GRANT ASSISTANCE. (a) The director of the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning shall establish a state grant writing team. The grant writing team shall: (1) develop a plan for increased state access to available federal funds; (2) coordinate with state agencies …

Sec. 772.010. BORDER COMMERCE COORDINATOR. (a) The governor shall designate a border commerce coordinator in the governor's office or the office of the secretary of state as determined by the governor. The coordinator shall: (1) examine trade issues between the United States, Mex…

Sec. 772.0101. BORDER INSPECTION, TRADE, AND TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The border commerce coordinator shall establish and appoint the members of the Border Inspection, Trade, and Transportation Advisory Committee. The members must include representatives of the Texa…

Sec. 772.0102. TRADE AND COMMERCE PLAN. (a) The border commerce coordinator shall develop, in conjunction with representatives of chambers of commerce, metropolitan planning organizations adjacent to the United Mexican States, and private industry groups, and with the advice of t…

Sec. 772.011. INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP ON BORDER ISSUES. (a) An interagency work group is created to: (1) develop or update a process to allow agencies to work together on issues that face border communities; (2) discuss and coordinate programs and services offered to border commun…

Sec. 772.012. COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. (a) In this section, "local government" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003. (b) To apply for a grant under this chapter, a local government must submit with the grant applicat…

Sec. 772.013. GRANT PROGRAM TO EQUIP VEHICLES USED BY PEACE OFFICERS WITH BULLET-RESISTANT COMPONENTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal justice division established under Section 772.006. (2) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the s…

Sec. 772.014. MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Public Safety. (b) The department and each governmental entity identified by a sheriff under Section 772.013(b) sh…

Sec. 772.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Border crime" and "border region" have the meanings assigned by Section 772.0071. (2) "Border prosecuting attorney" means a prosecuting attorney in a border region who represents the state in the prosecution of felony border cri…

Sec. 772.052. GENERAL FUNCTION OF BORDER PROSECUTION UNIT. The governor shall establish the border prosecution unit within the criminal justice division to cooperate with and support members of the unit in prosecuting border crime. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 334 (H.…

Sec. 772.053. MEMBERSHIP. (a) The unit is composed of the following prosecuting attorneys: (1) the district attorney for the 34th Judicial District; (2) the district attorney for the 38th Judicial District; (3) the district attorney for the 49th Judicial District; (4) the distric…

Sec. 772.054. OFFICERS. (a) The unit, on a majority vote, shall elect from among its membership a presiding officer and an assistant presiding officer. (b) The presiding officer and the assistant presiding officer serve terms of one year. (c) The assistant presiding officer serve…

Sec. 772.055. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. A member of the unit is not entitled to compensation for service on the unit but is entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a member of the unit as provided by the Gener…

Sec. 772.056. DUTIES OF UNIT. (a) The unit shall meet at least once annually to provide the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the legislature with information regarding: (1) the status of border crime and its effect…

Sec. 772.057. DUTIES OF REGIONAL COUNSEL. (a) An attorney employed by a border prosecuting attorney as regional counsel shall assist the border prosecuting attorneys and other regional counsel, as needed, in: (1) the prosecution of border crime; (2) the screening of cases involvi…

Sec. 772.058. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The criminal justice division may apply for and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the purposes of funding any activity of the unit under this sub…

Sec. 773.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "regulatory agency" means an agency, including a department, commission, board, or office that: (1) is created by the constitution or by statute; (2) is in the executive branch of state government; (3) has statewide authority; and (4) ha…

Sec. 773.002. PROCEDURE BEFORE GATHERING NEW INFORMATION. A regulatory agency may inspect, survey, or investigate a person regulated by the agency or require the person to file a report only if the executive head of the agency determines that the agency's need for the information…

Sec. 773.003. DUTY TO RELEASE INFORMATION. The executive head of a regulatory agency, on request, shall release to the executive head of another regulatory agency any information about a regulated person that the agency gathers in an inspection, survey, or investigation of the pe…

Sec. 773.004. COORDINATION OF INFORMATION GATHERING. The executive head of a regulatory agency shall coordinate the agency's inspections, surveys, investigations, and reporting requirements within the agency and with other regulatory agencies to avoid the duplication of those fun…

Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been issued a license by a health care regulatory agency. (2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory agency that: (A) appoints a member of the Health Professions Council; or …

Sec. 774.002. DUTY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION. (a) A health care regulatory agency that, in the course of an audit, review, investigation, or examination of a complaint, obtains information pertaining to the complaint that it believes may be grounds for another health care regulator…

Sec. 774.003. PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) A health care regulatory agency shall establish and implement written procedures to ensure that information obtained that is required to be forwarded under Section 774.002 is forwarded to the appropriate health care regulat…

Sec. 775.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Agency" means a state office, institution, or other state governmental entity. (2) "Colonia" means a geographic area that: (A) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code, and consists of 11 or more …

Sec. 775.002. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF COLONIA INITIATIVES. (a) The governor may designate an agency to act as the state's colonia initiatives coordinator. (b) If appointed under Subsection (a), the colonia initiatives coordinator shall coordinate colonia initiatives within th…

Sec. 775.003. COLONIA OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM. The colonia initiatives coordinator shall appoint a colonia ombudsperson in: (1) each of the six border counties that the coordinator determines have the largest colonia populations; and (2) each additional county any part of which is w…

Sec. 775.004. INFORMATION ON COLONIAS. (a) The colonia ombudspersons shall gather information about the colonias in the counties for which the ombudspersons were appointed and provide the information to the secretary of state, to assist the secretary of state in preparing the rep…

Sec. 775.005. DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY TO ASSIST COLONIA RESIDENTS. (a) To improve services delivered to colonia residents, the colonia initiatives coordinator shall work with the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee established under Section 2306.584. (b) The coordinator may estab…

Sec. 776.001. DEFINITIONS.In this chapter: (1) "Committee" means the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee. (2) "Invasive species" means a species that is not native to an ecosystem and whose introduction to the ecosystem causes or has been demonstrated to cause economic …

Sec. 776.002. MEMBER AGENCIES. (a) The member agencies of the committee are: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Parks and Wildlife Department; (3) the State Soil and Water Conservation Board; (4) the Texas AgriLife Extension Service; (5) the Texas Forest Service; (6) the …

Sec. 776.003. REPRESENTATIVES. (a) The committee is composed of one representative of each member agency. If an agency's representative is unable to attend a committee meeting or otherwise perform the representative's duties, the agency's alternate representative shall serve in t…

Sec. 776.004. DUTIES. (a) The committee shall: (1) facilitate the exchange of information so that each member agency is informed of committee plans, recommendations, and proposals for research, education, and implementation of activities to: (A) prevent, detect, assess, monitor, …

Sec. 776.005. BYLAWS. (a) The committee shall adopt bylaws governing the committee's operations. (b) The bylaws: (1) must provide a procedure to periodically elect one representative as committee chair; (2) must provide a procedure to call committee meetings; (3) must require the…

Sec. 776.0051. MEETINGS. (a) The committee shall meet at least annually at the call of the committee chair or the State Soil and Water Conservation Board's representative on the committee. (b) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall ensure the committee meets at least a…

Sec. 776.006. STAFF; ATTACHMENT. (a) The committee is administratively attached to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board. (b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1424), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2023. (c) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board may ac…

Sec. 776.007. SUNSET PROVISION. (a) The committee is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). (b) To the extent that Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) places a duty on a state agency subject to review under that chapter, the State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall perform th…

Sec. 782.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Cultural Basin Act of 1973. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 782.002. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of life for the residents of Texas by: (1) stimulating orderly economic and socially desirable development; and (2) conserving and utilizing the state's human and natural resources. Added by Acts 1991, 7…

Sec. 782.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means a cultural basin commission. (2) "Council of government" means a regional planning commission or similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch…

Sec. 782.004. CREATION. (a) The governor shall designate a geographical area in the state as a cultural basin if: (1) there is a commonality within the area, based on cultural, historical, and economic factors; (2) the areas of commonality within the proposed cultural basin are c…

Sec. 782.005. GREATER SOUTH TEXAS CULTURAL BASIN. (a) The Greater South Texas Cultural Basin is designated as the first cultural basin. (b) The experience of the Greater South Texas Cultural Basin Commission shall be used in the formulation and development of additional cultural …

Sec. 782.006. COMMISSION. (a) The governor shall appoint a commission for each cultural basin the governor designates. (b) A commission shall meet quarterly and at other times as called by a majority of the commission members or the commission chairman. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd L…

Sec. 782.007. COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP. (a) A commission is composed of the following members appointed by the governor: (1) five local citizens; (2) the presiding officer of each council of government in the cultural basin; (3) six administrative heads of state agencies; and (4) fi…

Sec. 782.008. DUTIES OF CERTAIN COMMISSION MEMBERS. (a) Members of the commission who are citizen representatives or local officials shall: (1) establish local and basin-wide goals and priorities; and (2) make management and policy decisions. (b) The members of a commission who a…

Sec. 782.009. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION. (a) A commission shall, with respect to its cultural basin: (1) foster surveys and studies to provide information for the preparation of plans and programs for the development of the cultural basin; (2) advise and assist the governor in coor…

Sec. 782.010. ASSISTANCE BY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND STATE AGENCIES. (a) The governor's office shall provide technical assistance and staff support to assist a commission in the performance of its duties and to develop its recommendations and programs. (b) Assistance must include: (…