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2024 County Best Practices Awards Recipients
Texas Counties 101 Every two years, TAC recognizes county leaders' efforts to create efficient and effective solutions to challenges facing county governments.
TAC General Welcome to County Jobs Roundup. Search for job postings submitted by county human resource officers in Texas’ 254 counties.
Resources for Officials
In order to assist county officials in explaining the burden unfunded and underfunded mandates place on property taxpayers, several county associations joined together to conduct a survey of counties.
Resources for Officials
Resources for Officials As a county official, winning your first election or being appointed to office can be a lot like buying the latest electronic gadget, and you may be asking, “Where’s the manual?”
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Texas Counties 101 Across the state, 254 counties serve the needs of more than 28 million Texans. County populations range in size from just under 100 residents (Loving County) to more than 4.6 million (Harris County).
Texas Counties 101 Texas, county government delivers services through a variety of elected officials rather than through one central authority. The Texas Constitution provides a checks and balances system in which none of the county’s elected officials is controlled by any other elected official; they answer only to the voters.