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Chapter 101 - General Financial Provisions Affecting Municipalities
Subchapter A. Provisions Affecting Type a General-Law Municipalities
Section 101.001. Municipality Covered by Subchapter - Sec. 101.001. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only...
Section 101.002. Control of Finances - Sec. 101.002. CONTROL OF FINANCES. The governing body of the...
Section 101.003. Appropriations; Payments - Sec. 101.003. APPROPRIATIONS; PAYMENTS. The governing body of the municipality...
Section 101.004. Special Funds; Disbursement - Sec. 101.004. SPECIAL FUNDS; DISBURSEMENT. The governing body of the...
Section 101.005. Debt Payments; Improvements - Sec. 101.005. DEBT PAYMENTS; IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The governing body of...
Section 101.006. Receivership for Payment of Debts - Sec. 101.006. RECEIVERSHIP FOR PAYMENT OF DEBTS. (a) On the...
Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Home-Rule Municipalities
Section 101.021. Municipality Covered by Subchapter - Sec. 101.021. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only...
Section 101.022. General Fiscal Powers - Sec. 101.022. GENERAL FISCAL POWERS. The municipality may: (1) control...
Section 101.0221. Fiscal Year for Certain Municipalities - Sec. 101.0221. FISCAL YEAR FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. Notwithstanding any fiscal...
Section 101.023. Garnishment - Sec. 101.023. GARNISHMENT. The municipality may provide that its municipal...
Subchapter C. Provisions Applicable to General-Law Municipalities
Section 101.041. Municipality Covered by Subchapter - Sec. 101.041. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only...
Section 101.042. Fiscal Year - Sec. 101.042. FISCAL YEAR. The governing body of the municipality...
Chapter 102 - Municipal Budget
Section 102.001. Budget Officer - Sec. 102.001. BUDGET OFFICER. (a) The mayor of a municipality...
Section 102.002. Annual Budget Required - Sec. 102.002. ANNUAL BUDGET REQUIRED. The budget officer shall prepare...
Section 102.003. Itemized Budget; Contents - Sec. 102.003. ITEMIZED BUDGET; CONTENTS. (a) The budget officer shall...
Section 102.004. Information Furnished by Municipal Officers and Boards - Sec. 102.004. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND BOARDS. In...
Section 102.005. Proposed Budget Filed With Municipal Clerk; Public Inspection - Sec. 102.005. PROPOSED BUDGET FILED WITH MUNICIPAL CLERK; PUBLIC INSPECTION....
Section 102.006. Public Hearing on Proposed Budget - Sec. 102.006. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET. (a) The governing...
Section 102.0065. Special Notice by Publication for Budget Hearing - Sec. 102.0065. SPECIAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION FOR BUDGET HEARING. (a)...
Section 102.007. Adoption of Budget - Sec. 102.007. ADOPTION OF BUDGET. (a) At the conclusion of...
Section 102.008. Approved Budget Filed With Municipal Clerk: Posting on Internet - Sec. 102.008. APPROVED BUDGET FILED WITH MUNICIPAL CLERK: POSTING ON...
Section 102.009. Levy of Taxes and Expenditure of Funds Under Budget; Emergency Expenditure - Sec. 102.009. LEVY OF TAXES AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS UNDER...
Section 102.010. Changes in Budget for Municipal Purposes - Sec. 102.010. CHANGES IN BUDGET FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. This chapter...
Section 102.011. Circumstances Under Which Charter Provisions Control - Sec. 102.011. CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH CHARTER PROVISIONS CONTROL. If a...
Chapter 103 - Audit of Municipal Finances
Section 103.001. Annual Audit; Financial Statement - Sec. 103.001. ANNUAL AUDIT; FINANCIAL STATEMENT. (a) A municipality shall...
Section 103.002. Auditor - Sec. 103.002. AUDITOR. A municipality whose records and accounts are...
Section 103.003. Filing; Public Record - Sec. 103.003. FILING; PUBLIC RECORD. (a) The annual financial statement,...
Section 103.004. Valuation of Certain Benefit Programs - Sec. 103.004. VALUATION OF CERTAIN BENEFIT PROGRAMS. (a) A municipality...
Chapter 104 - Municipal Investment of Trust Funds and Special Deposits
Section 104.001. Chapter Applicable to Certain Home-Rule Municipalities - Sec. 104.001. CHAPTER APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES. This chapter...
Section 104.002. Authority to Make Investments - Sec. 104.002. AUTHORITY TO MAKE INVESTMENTS. (a) The municipality may...
Section 104.003. Effect of Early Withdrawal - Sec. 104.003. EFFECT OF EARLY WITHDRAWAL. If any of the...
Section 104.004. Interest - Sec. 104.004. INTEREST. The municipal official responsible for managing and...
Section 104.005. Cumulative Effect With Charter Provisions - Sec. 104.005. CUMULATIVE EFFECT WITH CHARTER PROVISIONS. This chapter is...
Chapter 105 - Depositories for Municipal Funds
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 105.001. Definitions - Sec. 105.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Bank" means a...
Section 105.002. Funds Affected - Sec. 105.002. FUNDS AFFECTED. This chapter applies to the funds,...
Subchapter B. Establishment of Depository
Section 105.011. Depository Authorized - Sec. 105.011. DEPOSITORY AUTHORIZED. (a) Before awarding a depository services...
Section 105.012. Notice - Sec. 105.012. NOTICE. (a) The designated officer shall give notice...
Section 105.013. Application - Sec. 105.013. APPLICATION. The designated officer may not consider an...
Section 105.014. Review of Applications - Sec. 105.014. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS. In reviewing the applications, the...
Section 105.015. Selection of Depository - Sec. 105.015. SELECTION OF DEPOSITORY. (a) The governing body of...
Section 105.016. Designation of Depository - Sec. 105.016. DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORY. (a) The governing body shall...
Section 105.017. Term of Depository Contract - Sec. 105.017. TERM OF DEPOSITORY CONTRACT. A municipality may approve,...
Section 105.018. Additional Services - Sec. 105.018. ADDITIONAL SERVICES. In addition to depository services, a...
Subchapter C. Security for Funds Held by Depository
Section 105.031. Qualification as Depository - Sec. 105.031. QUALIFICATION AS DEPOSITORY. (a) The bank or savings...
Section 105.033. Surety Bond - Sec. 105.033. SURETY BOND. (a) One or more bonds issued...
Section 105.034. Conditions to Acting as Depository - Sec. 105.034. CONDITIONS TO ACTING AS DEPOSITORY. (a) The depository...
Subchapter D. Maintenance and Modification of Security
Section 105.051. Maintenance of Security - Sec. 105.051. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY. (a) A depository services contract...
Section 105.053. Solvency of Surety Company and Adequacy of Securities - Sec. 105.053. SOLVENCY OF SURETY COMPANY AND ADEQUACY OF SECURITIES....
Section 105.054. Surrender of Interest on Securities - Sec. 105.054. SURRENDER OF INTEREST ON SECURITIES. Except as provided...
Subchapter E. Depository Accounts
Section 105.071. Character and Amount of Deposits - Sec. 105.071. CHARACTER AND AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS. (a) The governing...
Section 105.072. Investments - Sec. 105.072. INVESTMENTS. The provisions of Chapter 810, Acts of...
Section 105.073. Deposit of Funds - Sec. 105.073. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS. Not later than 60 days...
Section 105.074. Payment of Funds - Sec. 105.074. PAYMENT OF FUNDS. (a) The funds of the...
Section 105.075. Checks Payable at Depository - Sec. 105.075. CHECKS PAYABLE AT DEPOSITORY. Checks drawn by the...
Section 105.076. Debts Payable Other Than at Municipal Treasury - Sec. 105.076. DEBTS PAYABLE OTHER THAN AT MUNICIPAL TREASURY. The...
Subchapter F. Liability and Report of Designated Officer
Section 105.091. Liability of Designated Officer - Sec. 105.091. LIABILITY OF DESIGNATED OFFICER. (a) The designated officer...
Section 105.092. Report by Designated Officer - Sec. 105.092. REPORT BY DESIGNATED OFFICER. In conjunction with the...
Chapter 106 - Municipal Child Safety Trust Fund
Section 106.001. Creation of Child Safety Trust Fund in Certain Municipalities - Sec. 106.001. CREATION OF CHILD SAFETY TRUST FUND IN CERTAIN...
Section 106.002. Deposits to Fund - Sec. 106.002. DEPOSITS TO FUND. The following money shall be...
Section 106.003. Use of Fund - Sec. 106.003. USE OF FUND. (a) Money in the fund...
Section 106.004. Audit - Sec. 106.004. AUDIT. (a) Money collected under this chapter is...
Chapter 107 - Obligations for Certain Liabilities to Public Pension Funds of a Municipality
Section 107.001. Definitions - Sec. 107.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Obligation" includes a...
Section 107.002. Definition of "Public Pension Fund - Sec. 107.002. DEFINITION OF "PUBLIC PENSION FUND." In this chapter,...
Section 107.003. Pension Fund Obligations Authorized - Sec. 107.003. PENSION FUND OBLIGATIONS AUTHORIZED. (a) A municipality may...
Section 107.0036. Voter Approval Required for Certain Pension Fund Obligations - Sec. 107.0036. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PENSION FUND OBLIGATIONS....
Section 107.004. Proceeds of Obligations Issued - Sec. 107.004. PROCEEDS OF OBLIGATIONS ISSUED. The municipality shall deposit...
Section 107.005. Payment of Obligations - Sec. 107.005. PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. An obligation issued under Section...
Section 107.006. Obligation as Refinancing - Sec. 107.006. OBLIGATION AS REFINANCING. An obligation issued under Section...
Section 107.007. Sale of Obligations; Maturity - Sec. 107.007. SALE OF OBLIGATIONS; MATURITY. Obligations issued under Section...
Section 107.008. Additional Authority; Credit Agreements - Sec. 107.008. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY; CREDIT AGREEMENTS. (a) In this section,...
Section 107.009. Chapter Controlling - Sec. 107.009. CHAPTER CONTROLLING. This chapter prevails over any conflict...
Chapter 108 - Municipal Bonds for Certain Defined Areas
Section 108.001. Definition - Sec. 108.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "defined area" means a...
Section 108.002. Application of Chapter - Sec. 108.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...
Section 108.003. Conflict With Other Laws - Sec. 108.003. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS. To the extent of...
Subchapter B. Bonds Used to Carry Out Purposes Of
Section 108.051. Bonds Originally Authorized in Abolished Municipal Utility District; Property Taxes - Sec. 108.051. BONDS ORIGINALLY AUTHORIZED IN ABOLISHED MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT;...
Section 108.052. Bonds Authorized Under Public Improvement District; Assessments - Sec. 108.052. BONDS AUTHORIZED UNDER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; ASSESSMENTS. (a)...
Section 108.053. Pledges to Secure Bonds - Sec. 108.053. PLEDGES TO SECURE BONDS. The municipality may further...
Section 108.054. Choice of Laws - Sec. 108.054. CHOICE OF LAWS. (a) A municipality may exercise...
Section 108.055. Conflict With Municipal Charter - Sec. 108.055. CONFLICT WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER. This subchapter prevails over...
Section 108.056. Effect on Other Municipal Bonds - Sec. 108.056. EFFECT ON OTHER MUNICIPAL BONDS. This subchapter does...
Chapter 109 - Determination of Defunding Municipalities
Section 109.001. Definition - Sec. 109.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "division" means the criminal...
Section 109.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 109.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...
Section 109.003. Defunding Determination - Sec. 109.003. DEFUNDING DETERMINATION. Except as provided by Section 109.004,...
Section 109.0035. Initial Determination - Sec. 109.0035. INITIAL DETERMINATION. In making a determination of whether...
Section 109.004. Exceptions - Sec. 109.004. EXCEPTIONS. (a) A municipality is not considered to...
Section 109.005. Termination of Defunding Determination - Sec. 109.005. TERMINATION OF DEFUNDING DETERMINATION. A municipality's defunding determination...
Section 109.006. Division Duties - Sec. 109.006. DIVISION DUTIES. (a) The division shall: (1) compute...