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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 481.001. Definitions - Sec. 481.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...
Section 481.002. Office - Sec. 481.002. OFFICE. The Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office...
Section 481.003. Sunset Provision - Sec. 481.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Economic Development and Tourism...
Section 481.0042. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 481.0042. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A person may not...
Section 481.0045. Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy - Sec. 481.0045. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY. (a)...
Section 481.005. Executive Director; Duties - Sec. 481.005. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DUTIES. (a) The governor shall appoint...
Section 481.0066. Aerospace and Aviation Office - Sec. 481.0066. AEROSPACE AND AVIATION OFFICE. (a) The office shall...
Section 481.0067. Small Business Advocate - Sec. 481.0067. SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE. (a) The executive director shall...
Section 481.0068. Office of Small Business Assistance - Sec. 481.0068. OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. (a) Repealed by...
Section 481.00681. Office of Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force - Sec. 481.00681. OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE ADVISORY TASK FORCE....
Section 481.0069. Spaceport Trust Fund - Sec. 481.0069. SPACEPORT TRUST FUND. (a) In this section: (1)...
Section 481.008. Audit - Sec. 481.008. AUDIT. (a) The financial transactions of the office...
Section 481.009. Review of Bonds - Sec. 481.009. REVIEW OF BONDS. (a) Bonds may not be...
Section 481.010. Personnel - Sec. 481.010. PERSONNEL. (a) The executive director shall employ personnel...
Section 481.012. Public Interest Information and Complaints - Sec. 481.012. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS. (a) The office...
Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties of Office
Section 481.021. General Powers of Office - Sec. 481.021. GENERAL POWERS OF OFFICE. (a) The office may:...
Section 481.0215. Coordination of Economic Development Efforts - Sec. 481.0215. COORDINATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. (a) The executive...
Section 481.022. General Duties of Office - Sec. 481.022. GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICE. The office shall: (1)...
Section 481.023. Administration of Other Statutes - Sec. 481.023. ADMINISTRATION OF OTHER STATUTES. (a) The office shall...
Section 481.024. Texas Economic Development Corporation - Sec. 481.024. TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. (a) The Texas Economic...
Section 481.025. Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program - Sec. 481.025. EMPOWERMENT ZONE AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PROGRAM. The office...
Section 481.026. Technological Solutions - Sec. 481.026. TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS. The office shall develop and implement...
Section 481.027. Foreign Offices - Sec. 481.027. FOREIGN OFFICES. (a) The office shall maintain and...
Section 481.029. Cost Recovery - Sec. 481.029. COST RECOVERY. The office shall recover the cost...
Section 481.0295. Identification of Industry Clusters - Sec. 481.0295. IDENTIFICATION OF INDUSTRY CLUSTERS. (a) The office shall...
Section 481.0296. Advanced Technology Industries - Sec. 481.0296. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES. (a) The office shall coordinate...
Subchapter D. International Trade
Section 481.043. General Powers and Duties Relating to International Trade - Sec. 481.043. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE....
Section 481.047. Confidentiality - Sec. 481.047. CONFIDENTIALITY. Information collected by the office concerning the...
Subchapter E. Business Development--General Provisions
Section 481.072. Definitions - Sec. 481.072. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Cost" has the...
Section 481.0725. General Powers and Duties - Sec. 481.0725. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The office shall: (1)...
Section 481.073. Powers and Duties Relating to Financing - Sec. 481.073. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO FINANCING. (a) ,...
Section 481.075. Program Rules - Sec. 481.075. PROGRAM RULES. (a) The executive director shall adopt...
Section 481.078. Texas Enterprise Fund - Sec. 481.078. TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND. (a) The Texas Enterprise Fund...
Section 481.079. Report on Use of Money in Texas Enterprise Fund - Sec. 481.079. REPORT ON USE OF MONEY IN TEXAS ENTERPRISE...
Section 481.080. Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement for Certain Grant Proposals - Sec. 481.080. ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR CERTAIN GRANT...
Subchapter H. Business Development--Permit Assistance
Section 481.121. Definitions - Sec. 481.121. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Applicant" means a...
Section 481.122. Creation - Sec. 481.122. CREATION. The business permit office is an office...
Section 481.123. Duties - Sec. 481.123. DUTIES. The permit office shall: (1) provide comprehensive...
Section 481.124. Comprehensive Permit Application Procedure - Sec. 481.124. COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURE. (a) The permit office...
Section 481.125. Comprehensive Permit Handbook - Sec. 481.125. COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT HANDBOOK. (a) The permit office shall...
Section 481.126. Assistance of Other State Agencies - Sec. 481.126. ASSISTANCE OF OTHER STATE AGENCIES. Each state agency,...
Section 481.127. Comprehensive Permit Information - Sec. 481.127. COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT INFORMATION. (a) Each state agency required...
Section 481.128. No Charges for Services - Sec. 481.128. NO CHARGES FOR SERVICES. The permit office shall...
Section 481.129. Environmental Permits - Sec. 481.129. ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS. The permit office shall consult and...
Subchapter K. Information and Referral
Section 481.166. Legislative Findings - Sec. 481.166. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that: (1) economic...
Section 481.167. Texas Business and Community Economic Development Clearinghouse - Sec. 481.167. TEXAS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLEARINGHOUSE. (a)...
Subchapter L. Tourism
Section 481.172. Duties - Sec. 481.172. DUTIES. (a) The office shall: (1) as the...
Section 481.173. Name and Picture of Living State Official - Sec. 481.173. NAME AND PICTURE OF LIVING STATE OFFICIAL. The...
Section 481.174. Advertisements in Tourism Promotions - Sec. 481.174. ADVERTISEMENTS IN TOURISM PROMOTIONS. (a) The office may...
Subchapter P. Research and Data Services
Section 481.211. Powers and Duties - Sec. 481.211. POWERS AND DUTIES. The office shall: (1) compile...
Section 481.212. Compilation and Distribution of Data and Research - Sec. 481.212. COMPILATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DATA AND RESEARCH. (a)...
Subchapter AA. Workforce Development Initiative for Youth
Section 481.379. Design Committee - Sec. 481.379. DESIGN COMMITTEE. (a) Expired. (b) The design committee...
Subchapter BB. Access to Capital Programs
Section 481.401. Definitions - Sec. 481.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Capital access loan"...
Section 481.402. Original Capital Access Fund - Sec. 481.402. ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS FUND. (a) The original capital...
Section 481.403. Access to Capital Programs - Sec. 481.403. ACCESS TO CAPITAL PROGRAMS. The bank may establish...
Section 481.404. Powers of Bank in Administering Original Capital Access Fund - Sec. 481.404. POWERS OF BANK IN ADMINISTERING ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS...
Section 481.405. Original Capital Access Program - Sec. 481.405. ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM. (a) The original capital...
Section 481.406. Rulemaking Authority - Sec. 481.406. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) The executive director may adopt...
Section 481.407. Provisions Relating to Capital Access Loan Under Original Capital Access Program - Sec. 481.407. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CAPITAL ACCESS LOAN UNDER ORIGINAL...
Section 481.408. Original Capital Access Program Reserve Account - Sec. 481.408. ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM RESERVE ACCOUNT. (a) On...
Section 481.409. Limitations on State Contribution to Original Capital Access Program Reserve Account - Sec. 481.409. LIMITATIONS ON STATE CONTRIBUTION TO ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS...
Section 481.410. State's Rights With Respect to Original Capital Access Program Reserve Account - Sec. 481.410. STATE'S RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO ORIGINAL CAPITAL ACCESS...
Section 481.411. Annual Report - Sec. 481.411. ANNUAL REPORT. A participating financial institution shall submit...
Section 481.412. Reports; Audits - Sec. 481.412. REPORTS; AUDITS. (a) The office shall submit to...
Section 481.413. State Liability Prohibited - Sec. 481.413. STATE LIABILITY PROHIBITED. The state is not liable...
Section 481.414. Gifts and Grants - Sec. 481.414. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The bank may accept gifts,...
Section 481.415. Allocation and Transfer of Money From Original Capital Access Fund - Sec. 481.415. ALLOCATION AND TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM ORIGINAL CAPITAL...
Subchapter CC. Micro-Business Disaster Recovery Program
Section 481.451. Definitions - Sec. 481.451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Community development financial...
Section 481.452. Micro-Business Recovery Fund - Sec. 481.452. MICRO-BUSINESS RECOVERY FUND. (a) The micro-business recovery fund...
Section 481.453. Powers of Bank in Administering Micro-Business Recovery Fund - Sec. 481.453. POWERS OF BANK IN ADMINISTERING MICRO-BUSINESS RECOVERY FUND....
Section 481.454. Establishment of Loan Program; Purpose - Sec. 481.454. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOAN PROGRAM; PURPOSE. (a) The bank...
Section 481.455. Program Administration - Sec. 481.455. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. (a) The bank, under the program,...
Section 481.456. Rulemaking - Sec. 481.456. RULEMAKING. The executive director shall adopt rules relating...
Section 481.457. Oversight - Sec. 481.457. OVERSIGHT. (a) A community development financial institution participating...
Section 481.458. Program Annual Status Report - Sec. 481.458. PROGRAM ANNUAL STATUS REPORT. The bank shall prepare...
Subchapter CC. Small Business Disaster Recovery Loan Program
Section 481.601. Definitions - Sec. 481.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Disaster declaration" means...
Section 481.602. Small Business Disaster Recovery Loan Program - Sec. 481.602. SMALL BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The...
Section 481.603. Eligibility for Loan - Sec. 481.603. ELIGIBILITY FOR LOAN. The office by rule shall...
Section 481.604. Uses of Loan - Sec. 481.604. USES OF LOAN. An eligible small business may...
Section 481.605. Application for Loan - Sec. 481.605. APPLICATION FOR LOAN. The office shall develop and...
Section 481.606. Small Business Disaster Recovery Revolving Fund - Sec. 481.606. SMALL BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY REVOLVING FUND. (a) The...
Section 481.607. Management and Investment of Fund - Sec. 481.607. MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT OF FUND. (a) The trust...
Section 481.608. Rules - Sec. 481.608. RULES. The office shall adopt rules necessary to...
Section 481.609. Report - Sec. 481.609. REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each...
Subchapter DD. Defense Community Assistance
Section 481.501. Definitions - Sec. 481.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Defense base" means...
Section 481.502. Financial Assistance - Sec. 481.502. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) The office and the Texas...
Section 481.503. Memorandum of Understanding - Sec. 481.503. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The office shall enter into...
Section 481.504. Security for Loans - Sec. 481.504. SECURITY FOR LOANS. In addition to any other...