Tex. Local Government Code § 140.0045
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 140.0045, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 140.0045. ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a political subdivision must include, in a manner allowing for as clear a comparison as practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year, a line item indicating expenditures for:
(1) notices required by law to be published in a newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the political subdivision; and
(2) directly or indirectly influencing or attempting to influence the outcome of legislation or administrative action, as those terms are defined in Section 305.002, Government Code.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a junior college district.
(1) notices required by law to be published in a newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the political subdivision; and
(2) directly or indirectly influencing or attempting to influence the outcome of legislation or administrative action, as those terms are defined in Section 305.002, Government Code.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a junior college district.
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