Legal Services Information regarding the declaration and enforcement of burn bans and regulation of fireworks is in the following PDF documents.
TAC CIRA TAC CIRA helps counties get their electronic payments processed efficiently and conveniently.
TAC CIRA CIRA has launched a pilot program to allow our email members to try out additional Microsoft licensing that we do not currently offer. Participants can choose from more than 150 licenses.
Website Accessibility Tips and Resources
TAC CIRA The Department of Justice updated key regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in April 2024 that specify requirements for ensuring web content and mobile apps are accessible to people with disabilities.
Website Editing or Posting Request
TAC CIRA Support services.
News & Information Are you writing about the Texas Association of Counties or needing information about issues affecting Texas county government? Here's a guide to information for journalists, students, legislative staffers, analysts and researchers.
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.
Texas Counties 101 The County Elections Database provides information on all county-held elections, both primary and general. As years of data are collected from the counties, the database will grow to become a historical repository.
County Best Practices Awards Program
Texas Counties 101 Every other year, the Texas Association of Counties' County Best Practices Awards Program recognizes noteworthy innovations and solutions that increase efficiency, improve operations or overcome obstacles brought about by, say, a pandemic.
Texas Judicial Academy Impaired Driving Resources
Education and Training The Texas Association of Counties works in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation to educate constitutional county judges on the effective use of evidence-based principals to reduce impaired driving, including the use of alcohol monitoring technology.
Judicial Academy County Court Benchbook
Education and Training This resource is intended for constitutional county judges and members of the Texas Association of Counties.