CHAPTER 791. INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACTS
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 7. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 791. INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACTS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 791.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of local governments by
authorizing them to contract, to the greatest possible extent,
with one another and with agencies of the state.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.002. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the
Interlocal Cooperation Act.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative functions" means functions normally
associated with the routine operation of government, including
tax assessment and collection, personnel services, purchasing,
records management services, data processing, warehousing,
equipment repair, and printing.
(2) "Interlocal contract" means a contract or agreement made
under this chapter.
(3) "Governmental functions and services" means all or part of a
function or service in any of the following areas:
(A) police protection and detention services;
(B) fire protection;
(C) streets, roads, and drainage;
(D) public health and welfare;
(E) parks and recreation;
(F) library and museum services;
(G) records center services;
(H) waste disposal;
(I) planning;
(J) engineering;
(K) administrative functions;
(L) public funds investment;
(M) comprehensive health care and hospital services; or
(N) other governmental functions in which the contracting
parties are mutually interested.
(4) "Local government" means a:
(A) county, municipality, special district, junior college
district, or other political subdivision of this state or another
state;
(B) local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
Chapter 431, Transportation Code;
(C) political subdivision corporation created under Chapter 304,
Local Government Code;
(D) local workforce development board created under Section
2308.253; or
(E) combination of two or more entities described by Paragraph
(A), (B), (C), or (D).
(5) "Political subdivision" includes any corporate and political
entity organized under state law.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 98, Sec. 1, eff. Sept.
1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 301, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
1317, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Sec. 791.004. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT; DUAL OFFICE HOLDING. A
person acting under an interlocal contract does not, because of
that action, hold more than one civil office of emolument or more
than one office of honor, trust, or profit.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.005. EFFECT OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not affect
an act done or a right, duty, or penalty existing before May 31,
1971.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.006. LIABILITY IN FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT OR PROVISION
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. (a) If governmental units contract
under this chapter to furnish or obtain services of a fire
department, such as training, fire suppression, fire fighting,
ambulance services, hazardous materials response services, fire
and rescue services, or paramedic services, the governmental unit
that would have been responsible for furnishing the services in
the absence of the contract is responsible for any civil
liability that arises from the furnishing of those services.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if a municipality, county,
rural fire prevention district, emergency services district, fire
protection agency, regional planning commission, or joint board
enters into a contract with a governmental unit under this
chapter to furnish or obtain fire or emergency services, the
parties to the contract may agree to assign responsibility for
civil liability that arises from the furnishing or obtaining of
services under the contract in any manner agreed to by the
parties. To assign responsibility for civil liability under this
subsection, the parties to the contract must assign
responsibility in a written provision of the contract that
specifically references this subsection and states that the
assignment of liability is intended to be different than
liability otherwise assigned under Subsection (a).
(b) In the absence of a contract, if a municipality or county
furnishes law enforcement services to another municipality or
county, the governmental unit that requests and obtains the
services is responsible for any civil liability that arises from
the furnishing of those services.
(c) Nothing in this section adds to or changes the liability
limits and immunities for a governmental unit provided by the
Texas Tort Claims Act, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, or other law.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
contract under this chapter is not a joint enterprise for the
purpose of assigning or determining liability.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
1337, Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2005.
SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL INTERLOCAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Sec. 791.011. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY; TERMS. (a) A local
government may contract or agree with another local government or
a federally recognized Indian tribe, as listed by the United
States secretary of the interior under 25 U.S.C. Section 479a-1,
whose reservation is located within the boundaries of this state
to perform governmental functions and services in accordance with
this chapter.
(b) A party to an interlocal contract may contract with a:
(1) state agency, as that term is defined by Section 771.002; or
(2) similar agency of another state.
(b-1) A local government that is authorized to enter into an
interlocal contract under this section may not contract with an
Indian tribe that is not federally recognized or whose
reservation is not located within the boundaries of this state.
(c) An interlocal contract may be to:
(1) study the feasibility of the performance of a governmental
function or service by an interlocal contract; or
(2) provide a governmental function or service that each party
to the contract is authorized to perform individually.
(d) An interlocal contract must:
(1) be authorized by the governing body of each party to the
contract unless a party to the contract is a municipally owned
electric utility, in which event the governing body may establish
procedures for entering into interlocal contracts that do not
exceed $100,000 without requiring the approval of the governing
body;
(2) state the purpose, terms, rights, and duties of the
contracting parties; and
(3) specify that each party paying for the performance of
governmental functions or services must make those payments from
current revenues available to the paying party.
(e) An interlocal contractual payment must be in an amount that
fairly compensates the performing party for the services or
functions performed under the contract.
(f) An interlocal contract may be renewed annually.
(g) A governmental entity of this state or another state that
makes purchases or provides purchasing services under an
interlocal contract for a state agency, as that term is defined
by Section 771.002, must comply with Chapter 2161 in making the
purchases or providing the services.
(h) An interlocal contract between a governmental entity and a
purchasing cooperative may not be used to purchase engineering or
architectural services.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 47, eff.
Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 98, Sec. 2, eff. Sept.
1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
257, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1213, Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 791.012. LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTING PARTIES. Local
governments that are parties to an interlocal contract for the
performance of a service may, in performing the service, apply
the law applicable to a party as agreed by the parties.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 176, Sec. 1, eff. May
21, 1997.
Sec. 791.013. CONTRACT SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION. (a) To
supervise the performance of an interlocal contract, the parties
to the contract may:
(1) create an administrative agency;
(2) designate an existing local government; or
(3) contract with an organization that qualifies for exemption
from federal income tax under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, that provides services on behalf of
political subdivisions or combinations of political subdivisions
and derives more than 50 percent of its gross revenues from
grants, funding, or other income from political subdivisions or
combinations of subdivisions.
(b) The agency, designated local government, or organization
described by Subsection (a)(3) may employ personnel, perform
administrative activities, and provide administrative services
necessary to perform the interlocal contract.
(c) All property that is held and used for a public purpose by
the administrative agency or designated local government is
exempt from or subject to taxation in the same manner as if the
property were held and used by the participating political
subdivisions.
(d) An administrative agency created under this section may
acquire, apply for, register, secure, hold, protect, and renew
under the laws of this state, another state, the United States,
or any other nation:
(1) a patent for the invention or discovery of:
(A) any new and useful process, machine, manufacture,
composition of matter, art, or method;
(B) any new use of a known process, machine, manufacture,
composition of matter, art, or method; or
(C) any new and useful improvement on a known process, machine,
manufacture, composition of matter, art, or method;
(2) a copyright of an original work of authorship fixed in any
tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from
which the work may be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise
communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or
device;
(3) a trademark, service mark, collective mark, or certification
mark for a word, name, symbol, device, or slogan that the agency
uses to identify and distinguish the agency's goods and services
from other goods and services; and
(4) other evidence of protection of exclusivity issued for
intellectual property.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 481, Sec. 1, eff. Aug.
28, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 301, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.
Sec. 791.014. APPROVAL REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTIES. (a) Before
beginning a project to construct, improve, or repair a building,
road, or other facility under an interlocal contract, the
commissioners court of a county must give specific written
approval for the project.
(b) The approval must:
(1) be given in a document other than the interlocal contract;
(2) describe the type of project to be undertaken; and
(3) identify the project's location.
(c) The county may not accept and another local government may
not offer payment for a project undertaken without approval
required by this section.
(d) A county is liable to another local government for the
amount paid by the local government to the county for a project
requiring approval under this section if:
(1) the county begins the project without the approval required
by this section; and
(2) the local government makes the payment before the project is
begun by the county.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.015. SUBMISSION OF DISPUTES TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE
RESOLUTION PROCEDURES. Local governments that are parties to an
interlocal contract may provide in the contract for the
submission of disputes arising under the contract to the
alternative dispute resolution procedures authorized by Chapter
2009.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 666, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
SUBCHAPTER C. SPECIFIC INTERLOCAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Sec. 791.021. CONTRACTS FOR REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
The parties to an interlocal contract may contract with the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of a regional correctional facility if:
(1) title to the land on which the facility is to be constructed
is deeded to the department; and
(2) the parties execute a contract relating to the payment of
costs for housing, maintenance, and rehabilitative treatment of
persons held in jails who cannot otherwise be transferred under
authority of existing statutes to the direct responsibility of
the department.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
87, Sec. 25.080, eff. September 1, 2009.
Sec. 791.022. CONTRACTS FOR REGIONAL JAIL FACILITIES. (a) In
this section:
(1) "Facility" means a regional jail facility constructed or
acquired under this section.
(2) "Jailer" means a person with authority to supervise the
operation and maintenance of a facility as provided by this
section.
(b) A political subdivision of the state, by resolution of its
governing body, may contract with one or more political
subdivisions of the state to participate in the ownership,
construction, and operation of a regional jail facility.
(c) The facility must be located within the geographic
boundaries of one of the participating political subdivisions.
The facility is not required to be located in a county seat.
(d) Before acquiring and constructing the facility, the
participating political subdivisions shall issue bonds to finance
the facility's acquisition and construction. The bonds must be
issued in the manner prescribed by law for issuance of permanent
improvement bonds.
(e) To supervise the operation and maintenance of a facility,
the participating political subdivisions may agree to:
(1) appoint as jailer of the facility the police chief or
sheriff of the political subdivision in which the facility is
located;
(2) form a committee composed of the sheriff or police chief of
each participating political subdivision to appoint a jailer of
the facility; or
(3) authorize the police chief or sheriff of each participating
political subdivision to continue to supervise and manage those
prisoners incarcerated in the facility under the authority of
that officer.
(f) If participating political subdivisions provide for facility
supervision under Subsection (e), the person designated to
supervise operation and maintenance of the facility shall
supervise the prisoners incarcerated in the facility.
(g) When a prisoner is transferred from the facility to the
originating political subdivision, the appropriate law
enforcement officer of the originating political subdivision
shall assume supervision and responsibility for the prisoner.
(h) While a prisoner is incarcerated in a facility, a police
chief or sheriff not assigned to supervise the facility is not
liable for the escape of the prisoner or for any injury or damage
caused by or to the prisoner unless the escape, injury, or damage
is directly caused by the police chief or sheriff.
(i) The political subdivisions may employ or authorize the
jailer of the facility to employ personnel necessary to operate
and maintain the facility.
(j) The jailer of the facility and any assistant jailers must be
commissioned peace officers.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.023. CONTRACTS FOR STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITIES.
The state or an agency of the state may contract with one or more
entities to finance, construct, operate, maintain, or manage a
criminal justice facility provided, in the exercise of the
governmental power, for the benefit of the state in accordance
with this chapter and:
(1) Subchapter A, Chapter 494, Government Code;
(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 361, Local Government Code; or
(3) the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971 (Subchapter C,
Chapter 271, Local Government Code).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.024. CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES. A
community supervision and corrections department established
under Section 76.002 may agree with the state, an agency of the
state, or a local government to finance, construct, operate,
maintain, or manage a community corrections facility under
Section 76.010(b) or a county correctional center under
Subchapter H, Chapter 351, Local Government Code.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 7.18, eff.
Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 791.025. CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASES. (a) A local government,
including a council of governments, may agree with another local
government or with the state or a state agency, including the
comptroller, to purchase goods and services.
(b) A local government, including a council of governments, may
agree with another local government, including a nonprofit
corporation that is created and operated to provide one or more
governmental functions and services, or with the state or a state
agency, including the comptroller, to purchase goods and any
services reasonably required for the installation, operation, or
maintenance of the goods. This subsection does not apply to
services provided by firefighters, police officers, or emergency
medical personnel.
(c) A local government that purchases goods and services under
this section satisfies the requirement of the local government to
seek competitive bids for the purchase of the goods and services.
(d) In this section, "council of governments" means a regional
planning commission created under Chapter 391, Local Government
Code.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 28, Sec. 1, eff. April
27, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 1, eff. June 18,
1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
937, Sec. 1.62, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 791.026. CONTRACTS FOR WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) A municipality, district, or river
authority of this state may contract with another municipality,
district, or river authority of this state to obtain or provide
part or all of:
(1) water supply or wastewater treatment facilities; or
(2) a lease or operation of water supply facilities or
wastewater treatment facilities.
(b) The contract may provide that the municipality, district, or
river authority obtaining one of the services may not obtain
those services from a source other than a contracting party,
except as provided by the contract.
(c) If a contract includes a term described by Subsection (b),
payments made under the contract are the paying party's operating
expenses for its water supply system, wastewater treatment
facilities, or both.
(d) The contract may:
(1) contain terms and extend for any period on which the parties
agree;
(2) require the purchaser to develop alternative or replacement
supplies prior to the expiration date of the contract and may
provide for enforcement of such terms by court order; and
(3) provide that it will continue in effect until bonds
specified by the contract and any refunding bonds issued to pay
those bonds are paid.
(e) Where a contract sets forth explicit expiration provisions,
no continuation of the service obligation will be implied.
(f) Tax revenue may not be pledged to the payment of amounts
agreed to be paid under the contract.
(g) The powers granted by this section prevail over a limitation
contained in another law.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 2.01, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997.
Sec. 791.027. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. (a) A local government may
provide emergency assistance to another local government, whether
or not the local governments have previously agreed or contracted
to provide that kind of assistance, if:
(1) in the opinion of the presiding officer of the governing
body of the local government desiring emergency assistance, a
state of civil emergency exists in the local government that
requires assistance from another local government and the
presiding officer requests the assistance; and
(2) before the emergency assistance is provided, the governing
body of the local government that is to provide the assistance
authorizes that local government to provide the assistance by
resolution or other official action.
(b) This section does not apply to emergency assistance provided
by law enforcement officers under Chapter 362, Local Government
Code.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.028. CONTRACTS FOR JOINT PAYMENT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
AND IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Highway project" means the acquisition, design,
construction, improvement, or beautification of a state or local
highway, turnpike, or road project.
(2) "Transportation corporation" means a corporation created
under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
(b) A local government may contract with another local
government, a state agency, or a transportation corporation to
pay jointly all or part of the costs of a highway project,
including the cost of an easement or interest in land required
for or beneficial to the project.
(c) A local government and a transportation corporation, in
accordance with a contract executed under this section, may:
(1) jointly undertake a highway project;
(2) acquire an easement, land, or an interest in land, in or
outside a right-of-way of a highway project, as necessary for or
beneficial to a highway project; or
(3) adjust utilities for the project.
(d) If a contract under this section provides for payments over
a term of years, a local government may levy ad valorem taxes in
an amount necessary to make the payments required by the contract
as they become due.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.196, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997.
Sec. 791.029. CONTRACTS FOR REGIONAL RECORDS CENTERS. (a) By
resolution of its governing body, a political subdivision of the
state may contract with another political subdivision of the
state to participate in the ownership, construction, and
operation of a regional records center.
(b) Before acquiring or constructing the records center, a
participating political subdivision may issue bonds to finance
the acquisition and construction of the records center in the
manner prescribed by law for the issuance of permanent
improvement bonds.
(c) The records center may not be used to store a record whose
retention period is listed as permanent on a records retention
schedule issued by the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission under Section 441.158, unless the center meets
standards for the care and storage of records of permanent value
established by rules adopted by the commission under Section
203.048, Local Government Code.
(d) The Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall
provide assistance and advice to local governments in the
establishment and design of regional records centers.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 791.030. HEALTH CARE AND HOSPITAL SERVICES. A local
government may contract with another local government authorized
to provide health care and hospital services to provide those
services for the local government's officers and employees and
their dependents.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 791.031. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) This section
applies only to a local government, other than a school district,
that is authorized to impose ad valorem taxes on real property.
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation may enter into an
interlocal contract with a local government for the financing of
transportation infrastructure that is constructed or that is to
be constructed in the territory of the local government by the
department in a corridor of land on which no existing state or
federal highway is located.
(c) The agreement must include:
(1) the duration of the agreement, which may not exceed 12
years;
(2) a description of each transportation infrastructure project
or proposed project;
(3) a map showing the location of each project and property
included in the contract; and
(4) an estimate of the cost of each project.
(d) The agreement may establish one or more transportation
infrastructure zones. The Texas Department of Transportation and
the local government may agree that at one or more specified
times, the local government will pay to the Texas Department of
Transportation an amount that is calculated on the basis of
increased ad valorem tax collections in a zone that are
attributable to increased values of property located in the zone
resulting from an infrastructure project. The amount may not
exceed an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the increase in
ad valorem tax collections for the specified period.
(e) Money received by the Texas Department of Transportation
under this section may be used:
(1) to provide a local match for the acquisition of right-of-way
in the territory of the local government; or
(2) for design, construction, operation, or maintenance of
transportation facilities in the territory of the local
government.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.33, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 791.032. CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND REPAIR OF STREETS
IN MUNICIPALITIES. With the approval of the governing body of a
municipality, a local government may enter into an interlocal
contract with the municipality to finance the construction,
improvement, maintenance, or repair of streets or alleys in the
municipality, including portions of the municipality's streets or
alleys that are not an integral part of or a connecting link to
other roads or highways.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
Sec. 791.033. CONTRACTS TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, OR OPERATE
FACILITIES ON STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "state
highway system" means the highways in this state included in the
plan providing for a system of state highways prepared under
Section 201.103, Transportation Code.
(b) A local government may enter into and make payments under an
agreement with another local government for the design,
development, financing, construction, maintenance, operation,
extension, expansion, or improvement of a toll or nontoll project
or facility on the state highway system located within the
boundaries of the local government or, as a continuation of the
project or facility, within the boundaries of an adjacent local
government.
(c) An agreement under this section must be approved by the
Texas Department of Transportation.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 791.011(d), to make payments under
an agreement under this section, a local government may:
(1) pledge revenue from any available source, including payments
received under an agreement with the Texas Department of
Transportation under Section 222.104, Transportation Code;
(2) pledge, levy, and collect taxes to the extent permitted by
law; or
(3) provide for a combination of Subdivisions (1) and (2).
(e) The term of an agreement under this section may not exceed
40 years.
(f) Any election required to permit action under this section
must be held in conformance with the Election Code or other law
applicable to the local government.
(g) In connection with an agreement under this section, a county
or municipality may exercise any of the rights and powers granted
to the governing body of an issuer under Chapter 1371.
(h) This section is wholly sufficient authority for the
execution of agreements, the pledge of revenues, taxes, or any
combination of revenues and taxes, and the performance of other
acts and procedures authorized by this section by a local
government without reference to any other provision of law or any
restriction or limitation contained in those provisions, except
as specifically provided by this section. To the extent of any
conflict or inconsistency between this section and any other law,
this section shall prevail and control. A local government may
use any law not in conflict with this section to the extent
convenient or necessary to carry out any power or authority,
expressed or implied, granted by this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
281, Sec. 2.89, eff. June 14, 2005.
Sec. 791.034. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR RELIEF HIGHWAY ROUTE
AROUND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a
municipality located in a county in which is located a facility
licensed to dispose of low-level radioactive waste under Chapter
401, Health and Safety Code, may enter into an interlocal
contract with the county for the construction and maintenance of
a relief highway route around and outside the boundaries of the
municipality that the governing body determines will serve a
public purpose of the municipality.
(b) The municipality may expend municipal funds and may issue
certificates of obligation or bonds to pay for expenses
associated with a relief highway route under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
357, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.