Tex. Government Code § 76.009
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§ 76.009. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF DISTRICTS.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may expend district funds in order to provide expanded facilities, equipment, and utilities if:
(1) the department needs to increase its personnel in order to provide more effective services or to meet workload requirements established under Chapter 509;
(2) the county or counties certify to the department director that they have neither adequate space in county-owned buildings nor adequate funds to lease additional physical facilities, purchase additional equipment, or pay for additional utilities required by the department; and
(3) the county or counties provide facilities, equipment, and utilities at or above the levels required by the division.
(b) The division shall set as the level of contribution a county or counties must meet or exceed to receive district funds under Subsection (a) a level not lower than the average level provided by the county or counties during the fiscal year in which the funds are to be received and the four fiscal years immediately preceding that year.
(1) the department needs to increase its personnel in order to provide more effective services or to meet workload requirements established under Chapter 509;
(2) the county or counties certify to the department director that they have neither adequate space in county-owned buildings nor adequate funds to lease additional physical facilities, purchase additional equipment, or pay for additional utilities required by the department; and
(3) the county or counties provide facilities, equipment, and utilities at or above the levels required by the division.
(b) The division shall set as the level of contribution a county or counties must meet or exceed to receive district funds under Subsection (a) a level not lower than the average level provided by the county or counties during the fiscal year in which the funds are to be received and the four fiscal years immediately preceding that year.
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