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The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system that uses the Dillon Rule, as well as governments at the county and municipal levels.
Texas local politicians (4 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Local government in Texas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have given ...
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" [6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law ...
Section 81.032 of the Texas Local Government Code allows counties to take donations for costs related to county business, which includes legal defense fees, attorney and Texas Ethics Commission ...
Texas Council on Competitive Government; Texas County and District Retirement System; Texas Court of Appeals; Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Texas Credit Union ...
It also violates and is preempted by Section 370.003 of the Texas Local Government Code, which states, “The governing body of a municipality, the commissioners court of a county, or a sheriff ...
While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into municipalities (municipios in Spanish), a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule.