Texas Local Government Code

§ 89.002 — STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

LG § 89.002Title 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT · Part B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS · Ch. 89. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION

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(a)The commissioners court may spend, in the name of the county, money from the county's general fund for membership fees and dues of a nonprofit state association of counties if:

(1)a majority of the court votes to approve membership in the association;

(2)the association exists for the betterment of county government and the benefit of all county officials;

(3)the association is not affiliated with a labor organization;

(4)neither the association nor an employee of the association directly or indirectly influences or attempts to influence the outcome of any legislation pending before the legislature, except that this subdivision does not prevent a person from providing information for a member of the legislature or appearing before a legislative committee at the request of the committee or the member of the legislature; and

(5)neither the association nor an employee of the association directly or indirectly contributes any money, services, or other valuable thing to a political campaign or endorses a candidate or group of candidates for public office.

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Legislative history

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Sec. 81.026 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 13.03(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.