COUNTY POWERS AND DUTIES - Texas Attorney General

Land Use Regulations
by Government Code ' 402.031, to the last known address of the person in whose
name the property is listed on the most recent tax roll of any appropriate taxing unit
authorized by law to levy property taxes against the property.
Also, the county shall provide a copy of the landowner=s bill of rights statement to a
landowner before or at the same time as the entity first represents in any manner to
the landowner that the county possesses eminent domain authority.
Tax Code
' 34.06(f)
A county is entitled to recover from the proceeds of a resale of property any cost
incurred by the county for inspecting the property for release or threatened release of
solid waste from the property, or for a discharge or threatened discharge of waste or
a pollutant into or adjacent to water, and in taking action to remove or remediate the
release or threatened release or discharge.
Miscellaneous Provisions
Health & Safety Code
Chapter 361, Subchapter X ('' 361.901 - 361.912)
The commissioners court of a county with a population of 250,000 or more may
establish a program for the cleanup and economic redevelopment of "brownfields"
(the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of real property which may be complicated
by environmental contamination).
' 713.027
A county with a population of 8,200 or less may own, operate, and maintain a
cemetery and may sell the right of burial in the cemetery.
' 713.028
For purposes of historical preservation or public health, safety, or welfare, a
commissioners court may use public funds, county employees, county inmate labor
as provided by Art. 43.10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and county equipment
to maintain a cemetery and open and close graves in a cemetery that has a grave
marker more than 50 years old.
Local Government Code
' 81.032
The commissioners court may accept a gift, grant, donation, bequest, or devise of
money or other property on behalf of the county for the purpose of performing a
function conferred by law on the county or a county officer.
Chapter 234, SubChapter D ('' 234.101 - 234.107)
Added by HB 3094 Effective date: 6/19/09
The commissioners court by order may prohibit or otherwise regulate massage
parlors located in the unincorporated area of the county.
2009 County Powers & Duties Handbook $ Office of the Attorney General
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