Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 13. WATER AND UTILITIES |
Subtitle B. COUNTY WATER |
Chapter 563. WATER, WASTEWATER, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 10,000 OR LESS |
Subchapter B. COUNTY UTILITY SYSTEM BOARD FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM |
Sec. 563.056. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW TO BOARD AND COUNTY
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(a) The board is subject to:
(1) Subchapter C, Chapter 262;
(2) the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code;
(3) the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code; and
(4) Chapter 2256, Government Code.
(b) The board is a governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and all of its activities are essential governmental functions.
(c) The board and the county when operating under this subchapter are subject to:
(1) Chapter 271;
(2) Chapter 1371, Government Code; and
(3) Subchapters C and D.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.056 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 3.76(b)(3), eff. April 1, 2009.