Texas Local Government Code Title 9, Chapter 293 - County Building Authority Act

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 293.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the County Building Authority Act. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 293.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a county building authority created under this chapter. (2) "Bond resolution" means a resolution of a board authorizing the...
• Texas Section 293.003 - Counties Subject To Chapter
  This chapter applies only to a county that: (1) has a population of more than 600,000; and (2) owns and uses, together with other structures,...

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION AND OPERATION

• Texas Section 293.004 - County Building Study Committee
  (a) The commissioners court of the county by order shall create a county building study committee if the commissioners court determines that doing so is...
• Texas Section 293.021 - Election; County Building Authority
  (a) After reviewing and considering the recommendations of the county building study committee, the commissioners court may call an election at which the qualified voters...
• Texas Section 293.022 - Purposes Of Authority
  The purposes of the authority are to construct, acquire, improve, equip, furnish, maintain, and operate a county building adequate to meet the county's needs. In...
• Texas Section 293.023 - Board Of Directors
  (a) The authority is governed by a board composed of five directors. The county judge appoints one director and each county commissioner appoints one. A...
• Texas Section 293.024 - Employees
  (a) The board may employ: (1) a manager or executive director of properties; (2) legal counsel; and (3) other employees, experts, and agents that the...
• Texas Section 293.025 - Comptroller
  (a) The county auditor shall appoint a comptroller for the authority, subject to the approval of the board and the commissioners court. The comptroller shall:...
• Texas Section 293.026 - Powers Of Authority
  (a) The authority may: (1) construct, enlarge, furnish, and equip a building to be used primarily as a county courthouse, subject to the approval of...
• Texas Section 293.027 - Operation Of Authority
  (a) The property of the authority must be held and operated only for governmental and public purposes, for the use and benefit of the public,...
• Texas Section 293.028 - Depository
  The authority may: (1) select a depository as provided by law for selection of a county depository; or (2) award a depository contract to the...
• Texas Section 293.029 - Investment Of Funds
  The investment of and security for authority funds is governed, to the extent applicable, by the law governing investment of and security for a county's...
• Texas Section 293.030 - Law Affecting Certain Contracts
  The board, in connection with a contract for construction or for purchase of equipment and material that requires expenditure or payment of $2,000 or more,...
• Texas Section 293.031 - Underground Shelter
  The authority may include a civil defense shelter in underground facilities constructed under this chapter. In connection with this shelter the authority may: (1) cooperate...
• Texas Section 293.032 - Power Of County
  (a) A county may acquire and sell or lease to the authority land that the commissioners court determines is needed for the project. The sale...
• Texas Section 293.033 - Provision Of Facilities By County
  This chapter does not alter the authority of the commissioners court to provide county facilities that the commissioners court considers necessary for the convenience of...

SUBCHAPTER C FUNDING

• Texas Section 293.034 - Transfer Of Assets To County; Dissolution
  On payment of all of its indebtedness, the authority shall convey all of its assets to the county, without cost to the county. On this...
• Texas Section 293.051 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds to carry out its purposes. (b) The bonds must: (1) be authorized by a...
• Texas Section 293.052 - Junior Lien Bonds; Parity Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue bonds constituting a junior lien on net revenues or property of the authority unless prohibited by the bond resolution or...
• Texas Section 293.053 - Examination And Approval
  (a) After the authority authorizes bonds, including refunding bonds, it shall submit the bonds and the record relating to their issuance to the attorney general....
• Texas Section 293.054 - Legal And Authorized Investments
  (a) Authority bonds are legal and authorized investments for a bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, insurance company, fiduciary, trustee, or guardian,...
• Texas Section 293.055 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds. Refunding bonds may be issued in the manner provided by this chapter...
• Texas Section 293.056 - Initial Interest
  The board may set aside the following money from the proceeds from the sale of bonds: (1) money necessary to pay interest on the bonds...

Last modified: September 28, 2016