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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 327.001. Definitions - Sec. 327.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "County" means the...
Subchapter B. Creation of Zoo Board
Section 327.051. Counties Authorized to Create Zoo Board - Sec. 327.051. COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE ZOO BOARD. The commissioners...
Section 327.052. Order Creating Zoo Board - Sec. 327.052. ORDER CREATING ZOO BOARD. (a) The order authorizing...
Section 327.053. Authority to Tax; Election Required - Sec. 327.053. AUTHORITY TO TAX; ELECTION REQUIRED. The county may...
Section 327.054. Election Order - Sec. 327.054. ELECTION ORDER. (a) An order for an election...
Section 327.055. Conduct of Election - Sec. 327.055. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. (a) The county shall hold...
Section 327.056. Election Results - Sec. 327.056. ELECTION RESULTS. (a) Not earlier than the second...
Subchapter C. Organization of Board of Directors
Section 327.101. Board of Directors - Sec. 327.101. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) A zoo board consists...
Section 327.102. Vacancy - Sec. 327.102. VACANCY. A vacancy on the zoo board is...
Section 327.103. Officers - Sec. 327.103. OFFICERS. (a) The county commissioners court shall designate...
Section 327.104. Meetings - Sec. 327.104. MEETINGS. A zoo board shall hold regular meetings...
Section 327.105. Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 327.105. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) A director serves without compensation...
Section 327.106. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 327.106. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. A director is not liable...
Subchapter D. Zoo Board Powers and Duties
Section 327.151. General Powers - Sec. 327.151. GENERAL POWERS. A zoo board may exercise any...
Section 327.152. Rules - Sec. 327.152. RULES. The zoo board may adopt rules to...
Section 327.153. Executive Director; Rules - Sec. 327.153. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; RULES. (a) A zoo board may...
Section 327.154. Employees; Rules - Sec. 327.154. EMPLOYEES; RULES. (a) A zoo board may delegate...
Section 327.155. Contracts--General; Approval Required - Sec. 327.155. CONTRACTS--GENERAL; APPROVAL REQUIRED. (a) A zoo board may...
Section 327.156. Agreement to Operate District - Sec. 327.156. AGREEMENT TO OPERATE DISTRICT. (a) In selecting a...
Section 327.157. Property; Approval Required - Sec. 327.157. PROPERTY; APPROVAL REQUIRED. A zoo board may acquire...
Section 327.158. Public Purpose of Donations, Agreements, or Transfers With or From Other Political Entities; Exception to Competitive Bidding - Sec. 327.158. PUBLIC PURPOSE OF DONATIONS, AGREEMENTS, OR TRANSFERS WITH...
Section 327.159. Zoo Board Records - Sec. 327.159. ZOO BOARD RECORDS. (a) A zoo board shall:...
Section 327.160. Donations - Sec. 327.160. DONATIONS. (a) A zoo board may accept a...
Section 327.161. Suits; Service of Process; Legal Services - Sec. 327.161. SUITS; SERVICE OF PROCESS; LEGAL SERVICES. (a) A...
Section 327.162. Supervision by County - Sec. 327.162. SUPERVISION BY COUNTY. (a) The county commissioners court...
Section 327.163. Seal - Sec. 327.163. SEAL. A zoo board shall adopt a seal...
Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions
Section 327.201. General Zoo Board and County Power Over Funds - Sec. 327.201. GENERAL ZOO BOARD AND COUNTY POWER OVER FUNDS....
Section 327.202. Accounting and Control Procedures - Sec. 327.202. ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL PROCEDURES. A zoo board by...
Section 327.203. Purchasing and Expenditure Method - Sec. 327.203. PURCHASING AND EXPENDITURE METHOD. A zoo board by...
Section 327.204. Fiscal Year - Sec. 327.204. FISCAL YEAR. (a) A zoo board by rule...
Section 327.205. Annual Audit Required - Sec. 327.205. ANNUAL AUDIT REQUIRED. A zoo board shall have...
Section 327.206. Annual Budget Proposal - Sec. 327.206. ANNUAL BUDGET PROPOSAL. (a) A zoo board shall...
Section 327.207. Adoption of Annual Budget; Hearings - Sec. 327.207. ADOPTION OF ANNUAL BUDGET; HEARINGS. (a) Not later...
Section 327.208. Limitations on Expenditures and Investments - Sec. 327.208. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES AND INVESTMENTS. (a) A zoo...
Section 327.209. Account of Zoo Board Disbursements - Sec. 327.209. ACCOUNT OF ZOO BOARD DISBURSEMENTS. Not later than...
Subchapter F. Bonds
Section 327.251. General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 327.251. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. The county commissioners court may...
Section 327.252. Taxes to Pay Bonds - Sec. 327.252. TAXES TO PAY BONDS. (a) When the county...
Section 327.253. Authority for Bond Election - Sec. 327.253. AUTHORITY FOR BOND ELECTION. The county commissioners court...
Section 327.254. Execution of Bonds - Sec. 327.254. EXECUTION OF BONDS. The county judge shall execute...
Subchapter G. Taxes
Section 327.301. Annual Property Taxes - Sec. 327.301. ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES. (a) The county annually shall...
Section 327.302. Tax Rate - Sec. 327.302. TAX RATE. In adopting the tax rate, the...
Subchapter H. Dissolution
Section 327.351. Dissolution by County - Sec. 327.351. DISSOLUTION BY COUNTY. (a) The county commissioners court...