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?”
Texas Judicial Academy Resources
Education and Training From the Bench Book to forms, helpful links and other resources, find answers here.
Legislative Indigent defense expenditures are one of the major uncontrollable cost drivers in county budgets. The state should fully fund this unfunded mandate.
Legislative Texas' 254 counties make up only 6% of all local debt.
Legislative Texas is one of only four states that have biennial budgets and biennial legislative sessions. Texas’ two-year budget takes roughly twice that amount of time to prepare, produce and administer.
Legislative Texas counties play a critical role in supporting the state’s judicial system. In fact, support for the judicial system is one of the most significant components of county budgets.
Legal Services In addition to the TAC Helpline and legal handbooks, the Legal Services Division produces LegalEase, a monthly email highlighting timely, relevant and interesting topics affecting county government. We hope you find it helpful and occasionally entertaining.
Legal Services Information regarding the declaration and enforcement of disaster declarations is in the following PDF documents.
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.
News & Information A Publication of the Texas Association of Counties
News & Information A Publication of the Texas Association of Counties