Sec. 363.0615.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR REGIONAL PLANNING.  (a)  A council of governments has primary responsibility for the regional planning process.
(b)  A planning region may be divided into subregions as part of the regional planning process. If a planning region is divided into subregions, the council of governments with jurisdiction in the planning region may assist the local governments constituting a subregion to develop a joint local solid waste management plan that provides for solid waste services for solid waste generated within that subregion.
(c)  A council of governments may:
(1)  employ personnel necessary to carry out the regional planning process, including an administrator for each subregion if subregions are established;  and
(2)  adopt rules necessary to carry out responsibilities concerning the regional planning process.
(d)  In this section, "council of governments" means a regional planning commission created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.
Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 31(b), eff. Sept. 6, 1990.