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For the 10 years of the tax benefit period, reduced local school district revenues are substantially replaced with state funds through the state public school finance system. [4] The Texas Tax Code gives the Texas Comptroller's office responsibility and authority to adopt rules necessary for the implementation and administration of the program. [5]
The Local Government Act 1888 aligned the powers of the remaining borough corporations with those of the new urban district councils. All borough corporations were replaced under the Local Government Act 1972 with councils not designated as "corporations", with the exception of the City of London Corporation.
They are typically "organisations with independent corporate status, managed by an executive board appointed primarily by local government officials, and with majority public ownership." [ 1 ] Some municipally owned corporations rely on revenue from user fees , distinguishing them from agencies and special districts funded through taxation . [ 2 ]
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 ...
The Texas legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Courts of Appeals, which are published in the Texas Cases and South Western Reporter. Counties and municipal governments may also promulgate local ordinances.
The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government in the United States. The categories are as follows: [2] County Governments; Town or Township Governments; Municipal Governments; Special-Purpose Local Governments
Composition of state and local tax revenues by sales taxes (brown), property taxes (white), licenses and other fees (grey), individual and corporate income taxes (green) in 2007. Determining the value of property is a critical aspect of property taxation, as such value determines the amount of tax due. Various techniques may be used to ...
CoGs may either be distinct from—or encompass—regional Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Rural Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs). [7] [8] MPOs are multi-governmental urban transportation planning entities that arose out of the requirements of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962, which made federal financing for urban transportation projects contingent upon the ...