{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-391.0091","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 391.0091","heading":"STATE AGENCY CONSULTATION WITH REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"service\" includes a program.\n(b) If a state agency determines that a service provided by that agency should be decentralized to a multicounty region, the agency shall use a state planning region or combination of regions for the decentralization.\n(c) A state agency that decentralizes a service provided to more than one public entity or nonprofit organization in a region shall consult with the commission for that region in planning the decentralization. The commission shall consult with each affected public entity or nonprofit organization.\n(d) A state agency, in planning for decentralization of a service in a region, shall consider using a commission for that service to:\n(1) achieve efficiencies through shared costs for:\n(A) executive management;\n(B) administration;\n(C) financial accounting and reporting;\n(D) facilities and equipment;\n(E) data services; and\n(F) audit costs;\n(2) improve the planning, coordination, and delivery of services by coordinating the location of services;\n(3) increase accountability and local control by placing a service under the oversight of the commission; and\n(4) improve financial oversight through the auditing and reporting required under this chapter.\n(e) This section does not apply to a service:\n(1) that continues to be operated by a state agency through a regional administrative office of that agency; or\n(2) for which the state agency determines that a law, rule, or program policy makes use of the geographic area of a single county or adjacent counties more appropriate.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 718, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE C. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 391. REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.391.htm#391.0091","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"8eae8ddb15c84a1b537cbc14f58cbed1a120355c4a40222d6523d297183f4d08","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-391.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-391.0095"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}