Texas Local Government Code Title 12, Chapter 391 - Regional Planning Commissions
- Texas Section 391.001 - Purpose
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and permit local governmental units to: (1) join and cooperate to improve the health, safety, and...
- Texas Section 391.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Governmental unit" means a county, municipality, authority, district, or other political subdivision of the state. (2) "Commission" means a regional planning...
- Texas Section 391.003 - Creation
(a) Any combination of counties or municipalities or of counties and municipalities may agree, by ordinance, resolution, rule, order, or other means, to establish a...
- Texas Section 391.004 - Plans And Recommendations
(a) A commission may plan for the development of a region and make recommendations concerning major thoroughfares, streets, traffic and transportation studies, bridges, airports, parks,...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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,...
- Texas Section 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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016