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TX Loc Govt Code § 61.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.008. Effect of Consolidation

Sec. 61.008.  EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION.  In a consolidation under this chapter, the smaller municipalities:(1)  adopt the charter, ordinances, and, unless otherwise provided at the time of the consolidation, the name of the largest municipality;(2)  are included in the territory of the largest municipality;  and(3)  are subject to the laws and regulations of the largest municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.009. Merger of Consolidated Municipalities

Sec. 61.009.  MERGER OF CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  After a consolidation is effective, the records, public property, money, credits, accounts, and all other assets of the smaller of the consolidated municipalities shall be turned over to the officers of the largest municipality, who shall remain in office for the remainder of their terms as the officials of the consolidated municipality.(b)  The offices of the smaller municipalities are abolished, and the persons holding the offices at the time the consolidation is effective are not entitled to receive further compensation.(c)  The consolidated municipality assumes all outstanding liabilities of the municipalities that are consolidated.(d)  If at the time a consolidation is effective a municipality has bond funds voted for public improvements that are not appropriated or subject to contract, the money shall be kept in a separate fund and used for public improvements in the territory for which the bonds were voted.  The funds may not be diverted to any other purpose.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.010. Interval Between Elections

Sec. 61.010.  INTERVAL BETWEEN ELECTIONS.  If a majority of the votes in a consolidation election in any municipality do not favor consolidation, another consolidation election involving the same municipalities may not be held within two years after the date the consolidation proposition was defeated.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.001. Boundary Survey; Appointment of Surveyor

Sec. 72.001.  BOUNDARY SURVEY;  APPOINTMENT OF SURVEYOR.  (a)  If a county court finds, or is notified by the commissioner of the General Land Office, that the boundary or part of a boundary of the county is not sufficiently definite, the county court shall appoint an experienced and competent registered professional land surveyor to conduct a survey of the boundary in question.  The surveyor shall make and establish the boundary lines and corners in the manner prescribed by this chapter.(b)  In the order appointing the surveyor, the county court shall designate the boundary lines to be run and the boundary corners to be established and marked and shall conform to the law that defined the boundaries of the county.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.002. Notice to Adjacent County; Appointment of Additional Surveyor

Sec. 72.002.  NOTICE TO ADJACENT COUNTY;  APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL SURVEYOR.  (a)  A county court that orders a boundary survey shall give notice of the survey to the county court of any other county that has an interest in the boundary by sending a copy of the order to the county court of that county.  The notice must be given before the 10th day before the date on which the notified county court meets.(b)  The order must state the time and place for the beginning of the survey.  The day scheduled for the beginning of the survey must be on or before the 20th day after the day on which the notified county court meets.(c)  The notified county court shall appoint an experienced and competent registered professional land surveyor to assist in the survey of the boundary lines in question.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.003. Boundary Markers

Sec. 72.003.  BOUNDARY MARKERS.  (a)  The initial corners of the survey shall be designated by boundary markers.(b)  Only a post, a stone monument, or a mound may be used as a boundary marker.(c)  A post used as a boundary marker must be of hewn cedar, cypress, or bois d'arc.  The post must be at least eight inches in diameter and at least five feet in length and must be set in the ground to a depth of at least three feet.(d)  A mound used as a boundary marker must be composed of stone if the use of stone is practicable.  If the use of stone is not practicable, a mound may be composed of earth.  A mound must be at least two feet in height.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.004. Duties of Surveyor; Field Notes

Sec. 72.004.  DUTIES OF SURVEYOR;  FIELD NOTES.  (a)  A surveyor appointed under this chapter shall describe the initial corners of the boundary lines on the boundary markers established at the corners.  The surveyor shall supervise the establishment of additional boundary markers at one-mile intervals along the boundary line.(b)  In the field notes of the survey, the surveyor shall accurately describe all prominent natural objects that are crossed by or are adjacent to the boundary lines under survey, as well as the corners and lines of surveys on or near the boundaries.(c)  After each boundary line in question is surveyed and marked, the surveyor promptly shall return the field notes and map of the survey to the county court that appointed the surveyor.(d)  The county clerk shall record the field notes and map and shall deliver a certified copy of the notes and map to the General Land Office.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.005. Oath and Bond of Surveyor

Sec. 72.005.  OATH AND BOND OF SURVEYOR.  (a)  Before performing duties under this chapter, a surveyor must take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for appointed officers and must execute a bond conditioned that the surveyor will faithfully perform those duties.(b)  The bond must be in the amount of $1,000, must be payable to the county judge or the judge's successors in office, and must have two or more sureties who are approved by the county judge.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.006. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 72.006.  PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.  (a)  The counties that have an interest in the boundary lines in question shall divide the expenses incurred in making the survey and establishing the boundary markers in proportion to each county's frontage on the line.(b)  A surveyor appointed under this chapter is entitled to receive the actual expenses incurred in making the survey and any fees for surveying services agreed on by the surveyor and the counties.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 991, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.007. Effect of Failure of Appointed Surveyor to Appear

Sec. 72.007.  EFFECT OF FAILURE OF APPOINTED SURVEYOR TO APPEAR.  If either of the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 is absent at the time and place scheduled for the beginning of the survey, the surveyor who is present shall conduct the survey alone and shall deliver the survey report to the county court that appointed that surveyor.  On approval by that court, the report shall be recorded as evidence of the boundary line in question and shall be treated as the true boundary between the counties.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.008. Effect of Failure to Agree on Boundary

Sec. 72.008.  EFFECT OF FAILURE TO AGREE ON BOUNDARY.  (a)  If the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 fail to agree on the boundary line in question between their respective counties, they shall report to the commissioner of the General Land Office the facts of the disagreement, with a full statement of the questions at issue.(b)  The commissioner shall examine the disputed matter at once.  From the information maintained in the General Land Office, the commissioner shall designate to the surveyors the line to be run, stating at what specific point the surveyors shall begin and to what specific point they shall run the line.  In the instructions to the surveyors, the commissioner shall adhere as closely as possible to the line designated in the law that created the county line.  The instructions from the commissioner constitute authority for the surveyors to run that line.  After the survey based on the commissioner's instructions, that line is the true boundary between the counties.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.009. Suit to Establish Boundaries

Sec. 72.009.  SUIT TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES.  (a)  A county may bring suit against an adjacent county to establish the common boundary line.  The suit must be brought in the district court of a county in an adjoining judicial district whose boundaries are not affected by the suit and whose county seat is closest to the county seat of the county that brings the suit.  The court shall try the suit in the same manner in which it tries other suits.(b)  The district court has jurisdiction to determine where the boundary line is located and may order the line to be re-marked and resurveyed.  The line established by the district court shall be treated as the true boundary between the counties unless the court determines that the line in question was established under prior law.  If the district court determines that the boundary line has been established under prior law, the court shall declare that line to be the true boundary between the counties and shall have that line resurveyed and established as the boundary.(c)  The commissioner of the General Land Office may not mark a contested county line on the maps maintained by the land office until a certified copy of the final judgment is filed in the land office with a certified copy of the field notes of the boundary line established by the judgment.(d)  The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other remedy prescribed by this chapter.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 72.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle A - Organization of Counties|Chapter 72 - County Boundaries|Section 72.010. Suit to Establish Boundaries of and Taxes Owed to Certain Counties or Taxing Units Located in Those Counties

Sec. 72.010.  SUIT TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES OF AND TAXES OWED TO CERTAIN COUNTIES OR TAXING UNITS LOCATED IN THOSE COUNTIES.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Like taxing units" means counties or other taxing units that are of the same type as one another and that by law may not include the same geographic territory.(2)  "Taxing unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Tax Code.(b)  This section applies only to:(1)  a county that has a population of less than 400,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least 300,000;(2)  a county that has a population of at least 50,000 and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1); and(3)  a taxing unit other than a county that has territory in a county described by Subdivision (1) or (2).(c)  If, as a result of disputed, overlapping, or erroneously applied geographic boundaries between like taxing units, multiple like taxing units have imposed ad valorem taxes on the same property, the property owner may file suit in the supreme court to:(1)  establish the correct geographic boundary between the taxing units; and(2)  determine the amount of taxes owed on the property and the taxing unit or units to which the taxes are owed.(d)  The supreme court has original jurisdiction to hear and determine a suit filed under Subsection (c) and may issue injunctive or declaratory relief in connection with the suit.(e)  The supreme court shall enter a final order determining a suit filed under Subsection (c) not later than the 90th day after the date the suit is filed.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 2242), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.001. Election

Sec. 83.001.  ELECTION.  The county treasurer is elected at each general election in which the office of governor is to be filled for a full term.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.002. Bond

Sec. 83.002.  BOND.  (a)  The county treasurer, before beginning to perform the duties of office, must execute a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in this state as a surety.  The bond must be:(1)  approved by the commissioners court;(2)  made payable to the county judge in an amount established by the commissioners court not to exceed one-half of one percent of the largest amount budgeted for general county maintenance and operations for any fiscal year of the county beginning during the term of office preceding the term for which the bond is to be given except that the amount may not be less than $5,000 or more than $500,000; and(3)  conditioned that the treasurer will  faithfully execute the duties of office.(b)  The treasurer must take and subscribe the official oath, which must be endorsed on the bond.  The bond and the oath shall be recorded in the county clerk's office.  The commissioners court may, at any time, require the treasurer to obtain a new or additional bond if the court considers the existing bond insufficient or doubtful.  The bond may not exceed the maximum amount provided by Subsection (a).  The bond must be acquired within 20 days after the date notice of the requirement has been given by the commissioners court.  The failure of a treasurer to obtain a bond required by this subsection subjects the treasurer to removal under Section 83.004.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1097, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 335 (S.B. 1108), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.003. Continuing Education

Sec. 83.003.  CONTINUING EDUCATION.  (a)  A county treasurer must successfully complete an introductory course of instruction in the performance of the duties of county treasurer:(1)  within one year after the date on which the person is first elected if elected to a full term; or(2)  at the earliest available date after appointment or election, as applicable, if appointed by the commissioners court or elected to an unexpired term of county treasurer.(b)  After completion of the first year in office, a county treasurer must successfully complete in each 12-month period at least 20 hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of county treasurer.(c)  The introductory course required by Subsection (a) and the continuing education required by Subsection (b) must be sponsored or cosponsored by an accredited public institution of higher education. (d)  To satisfy the requirement of Subsection (b), a county treasurer may carry forward from one 12-month period to the next not more than 10 continuing education hours that the county treasurer completes in excess of the required 20 hours.(e)  For purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 87, "incompetency" in the case of a county treasurer includes the failure to complete a course in accordance with this section.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 313, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1106), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 373), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 66 (S.B. 435), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.004. Removal From Office; Filling of Vacancy

Sec. 83.004.  REMOVAL FROM OFFICE;  FILLING OF VACANCY.  (a)  If a person elected to the office of county treasurer fails to provide an adequate bond as required by Section 83.002(a) and to take the official oath on or before assuming the office, the county judge may declare the office vacant.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 876, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.(c)  A vacancy in the office of county treasurer shall be filled as provided by Section 87.041.  The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall, on or before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, take the official oath and obtain the same surety bond as required by Section 83.002(a) for an elected county treasurer.(d)  A person vacating the office of county treasurer shall deliver to the successor to the office any money, securities, documents, books, and other property in the person's possession that belong to the county as well as any documents and books in the person's possession that are for the use of the county.  The person shall perform any other acts as the commissioners court may require.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1107), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 876 (S.B. 1107), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.005. Appointment of Person to Act in Treasurer's Place

Sec. 83.005.  APPOINTMENT OF PERSON TO ACT IN TREASURER'S PLACE.  (a)  In a county in which the county treasurer does not have a deputy, the county treasurer may appoint a person, subject to the approval of the commissioners court, to act in the treasurer's place.  The appointed person may act in the treasurer's place only if the treasurer is absent, unavoidably detained, incapacitated, or unable to act.(b)  The treasurer shall provide the commissioners court with the details justifying an appointment under this section.  The commissioners court may require proof of any detail provided by the treasurer.(c)  The appointed person may act for the treasurer only after:(1)  the commissioners court approves the appointment;(2)  the appointment is recorded in the minutes of the court;  and(3)  the appointed person gives a surety bond in favor of the county and the county treasurer, as their interests may appear, in an amount determined by the commissioners court.(d)  If the treasurer appoints a person other than a regularly employed county employee, the appointed person may not receive any compensation from the county.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.006. Funding of Treasurer's Office

Sec. 83.006.  FUNDING OF TREASURER'S OFFICE.  The commissioners court may provide funds for adequate personnel and supplies that enable the county treasurer to perform the duties of office.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 83.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 3 - Organization of County Government|Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers|Chapter 83 - County Treasurer|Section 83.007. Statutory Reference: Function of Treasurer in County That Has Abolished Office

Sec. 83.007.  STATUTORY REFERENCE: FUNCTION OF TREASURER IN COUNTY THAT HAS ABOLISHED OFFICE.  In a county for which the office of county treasurer has been abolished, a reference in this code or other state statute to the county treasurer means the person who performs the powers or duties of the county treasurer in that county.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3439), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|