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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 460.001. Definitions - Sec. 460.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a...
Section 460.002. Applicability - Sec. 460.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a county...
Section 460.003. Ineligibility of Certain Municipalities - Sec. 460.003. INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A municipality that...
Section 460.004. Reference - Sec. 460.004. REFERENCE. A reference in this chapter to the...
Subchapter B. Creation of Authority
Section 460.051. Creation of Authority - Sec. 460.051. CREATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) The commissioners court of...
Section 460.052. Hearing - Sec. 460.052. HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall hold a...
Section 460.053. Resolution or Order - Sec. 460.053. RESOLUTION OR ORDER. After the hearing, the commissioners...
Section 460.054. Membership of Interim Executive Committee - Sec. 460.054. MEMBERSHIP OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) After adopting...
Section 460.055. Duties of Interim Executive Committee - Sec. 460.055. DUTIES OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The interim...
Section 460.056. Approval of Service Plan and Tax Rate - Sec. 460.056. APPROVAL OF SERVICE PLAN AND TAX RATE. (a)...
Section 460.057. Confirmation Election - Sec. 460.057. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) The interim executive committee shall...
Section 460.058. Conduct of Election - Sec. 460.058. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. (a) A confirmation election shall...
Section 460.059. Results of Election - Sec. 460.059. RESULTS OF ELECTION. (a) If a majority of...
Section 460.060. Failure to Confirm Authority - Sec. 460.060. FAILURE TO CONFIRM AUTHORITY. (a) If the authority...
Subchapter C. Powers of Authority
Section 460.101. Powers Applicable to Confirmed Authority - Sec. 460.101. POWERS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRMED AUTHORITY. This subchapter applies...
Section 460.102. Nature of Authority - Sec. 460.102. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) An authority: (1) is...
Section 460.103. General Powers of Authority - Sec. 460.103. GENERAL POWERS OF AUTHORITY. (a) The authority has...
Section 460.104. Power to Contract; Grants and Loans - Sec. 460.104. POWER TO CONTRACT; GRANTS AND LOANS. (a) An...
Section 460.1041. Liability Limited for Rail Services Under Certain Agreements - Sec. 460.1041. LIABILITY LIMITED FOR RAIL SERVICES UNDER CERTAIN AGREEMENTS....
Section 460.105. Operation of Public Transportation System - Sec. 460.105. OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. (a) An authority...
Section 460.106. Authorization of Tax Levy - Sec. 460.106. AUTHORIZATION OF TAX LEVY. (a) An authority may...
Section 460.107. Acquisition of Property - Sec. 460.107. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. (a) As necessary or useful...
Section 460.108. Agreement With Utilities, Carriers - Sec. 460.108. AGREEMENT WITH UTILITIES, CARRIERS. (a) An authority may...
Section 460.109. Fares and Use Fees - Sec. 460.109. FARES AND USE FEES. (a) An authority shall...
Section 460.1091. Enforcement of Fares and Other Charges; Penalties - Sec. 460.1091. ENFORCEMENT OF FARES AND OTHER CHARGES; PENALTIES. (a)...
Section 460.1092. Fare Enforcement Officers - Sec. 460.1092. FARE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a) An authority may employ...
Section 460.110. Insurance - Sec. 460.110. INSURANCE. (a) An authority may insure, through purchased...
Section 460.111. Tax Exemption - Sec. 460.111. TAX EXEMPTION. The property, revenue, and income of...
Section 460.112. Mass Transit Rail System; Exemption - Sec. 460.112. MASS TRANSIT RAIL SYSTEM; EXEMPTION. (a) An authority...
Subchapter D. Provisions Applicable to Board of Directors
Section 460.201. Terms; Vacancy - Sec. 460.201. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Each member of the board...
Section 460.2015. Membership of Board of Directors - Sec. 460.2015. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The board...
Section 460.202. Eligibility - Sec. 460.202. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for appointment to the...
Section 460.203. Conflicts of Interest - Sec. 460.203. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Members of the board of...
Section 460.204. Meetings - Sec. 460.204. MEETINGS. (a) The board of directors shall meet...
Section 460.205. Quorum; Voting Requirements - Sec. 460.205. QUORUM; VOTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Five members constitute a...
Section 460.206. Rules - Sec. 460.206. RULES. The board of directors may adopt rules...
Subchapter D. -1. Board of Directors: Certain Authorities
Section 460.251. Definitions - Sec. 460.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 460.252. Applicability - Sec. 460.252. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies only to an...
Section 460.253. Composition - Sec. 460.253. COMPOSITION. The board is composed of: (1) one...
Section 460.254. Appointment of Board Member by Certain Municipalities - Sec. 460.254. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBER BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a)...
Section 460.255. Nonvoting Board Members - Sec. 460.255. NONVOTING BOARD MEMBERS. (a) A nonvoting member shall...
Section 460.256. Eligibility of Elected Officer to Serve on Board; Compensation and Reimbursement - Sec. 460.256. ELIGIBILITY OF ELECTED OFFICER TO SERVE ON BOARD;...
Section 460.257. Vacancy - Sec. 460.257. VACANCY. A vacancy on the board of directors...
Section 460.258. Voting Requirements - Sec. 460.258. VOTING REQUIREMENTS. Except as provided by Sections 460.254(a)...
Subchapter E. Addition of Territory
Section 460.301. Addition of Territory by Municipal Annexation - Sec. 460.301. ADDITION OF TERRITORY BY MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION. When a...
Section 460.302. Addition of Municipality by Election - Sec. 460.302. ADDITION OF MUNICIPALITY BY ELECTION. (a) The territory...
Section 460.303. Joining Authority; Certain Authorities - Sec. 460.303. JOINING AUTHORITY; CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) A municipality that...
Section 460.304. Tax Imposed in Added Territory - Sec. 460.304. TAX IMPOSED IN ADDED TERRITORY. (a) Except as...
Subchapter F. Management of Authority
Section 460.401. Management of Authority - Sec. 460.401. MANAGEMENT OF AUTHORITY. The board of directors is...
Section 460.402. Financial Audit - Sec. 460.402. FINANCIAL AUDIT. (a) The authority shall have an...
Section 460.403. Budget - Sec. 460.403. BUDGET. The board of directors shall prepare an...
Section 460.404. Funding - Sec. 460.404. FUNDING. (a) An authority may request funds for...
Section 460.405. Prohibitions - Sec. 460.405. PROHIBITIONS. (a) Federal funds and appropriated state funds...
Section 460.406. Purchases: Competitive Bidding - Sec. 460.406. PURCHASES: COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as provided by...
Subchapter G. Bonds and Notes
Section 460.501. Definition - Sec. 460.501. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note....
Section 460.502. Power to Issue Bonds - Sec. 460.502. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) An authority may...
Section 460.503. Bond Terms - Sec. 460.503. BOND TERMS. The bonds of an authority are...
Section 460.504. Sale - Sec. 460.504. SALE. An authority's bonds may be sold at...
Section 460.505. Incontestability - Sec. 460.505. INCONTESTABILITY. An authority's bonds are incontestable after the...
Section 460.506. Security Pledged - Sec. 460.506. SECURITY PLEDGED. To secure the payment of an...
Section 460.507. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 460.507. REFUNDING BONDS. An authority may issue refunding bonds...
Section 460.508. Notes - Sec. 460.508. NOTES. (a) An authority may issue negotiable notes...
Section 460.509. Obligations and Credit Agreements - Sec. 460.509. OBLIGATIONS AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS. An authority may issue...
Subchapter H. Taxation
Section 460.551. Sales and Use Tax - Sec. 460.551. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The board of...
Section 460.552. Maximum Tax Rate in Authority Area - Sec. 460.552. MAXIMUM TAX RATE IN AUTHORITY AREA. (a) An...
Section 460.553. Initial Sales Tax: Effective Date - Sec. 460.553. INITIAL SALES TAX: EFFECTIVE DATE. The adoption of...
Section 460.554. Rate Decrease - Sec. 460.554. RATE DECREASE. The board of directors by order...
Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments
Section 460.601. Definition - Sec. 460.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "tax increment" means the...
Section 460.602. Participation in Service Plan; Agreement With Municipality - Sec. 460.602. PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE PLAN; AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPALITY. (a)...
Section 460.603. Designation of Public Transportation Financing Area - Sec. 460.603. DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AREA. The governing...
Section 460.604. Hearing - Sec. 460.604. HEARING. (a) Before adopting an ordinance designating a...
Section 460.605. Designation of Tax Increment - Sec. 460.605. DESIGNATION OF TAX INCREMENT. (a) In the ordinance...
Section 460.606. Tax Increment Account; Use of Taxes - Sec. 460.606. TAX INCREMENT ACCOUNT; USE OF TAXES. (a) An...
Section 460.607. Agreement With Comptroller - Sec. 460.607. AGREEMENT WITH COMPTROLLER. Before pledging or otherwise committing...
Section 460.608. Accounting of Maintenance and Operating Expenses - Sec. 460.608. ACCOUNTING OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES. An authority...
Section 460.609. Capital Recovery Fee - Sec. 460.609. CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE. An agreement to provide services...
Section 460.610. Use of Surplus Tax Increment Payment Amounts - Sec. 460.610. USE OF SURPLUS TAX INCREMENT PAYMENT AMOUNTS. After...
Section 460.611. Termination of Public Transportation Financing Area - Sec. 460.611. TERMINATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AREA. If the...