Sec. 791.014.  APPROVAL REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTIES.  (a)  Before beginning a project to construct, improve, or repair a building, road, or other facility under an interlocal contract, the commissioners court of a county must give specific written approval for the project.
(b)  The approval must:
(1)  be given in a document other than the interlocal contract;
(2)  describe the type of project to be undertaken;  and
(3)  identify the project's location.
(c)  The county may not accept and another local government may not offer payment for a project undertaken without approval required by this section.
(d)  A county is liable to another local government for the amount paid by the local government to the county for a project requiring approval under this section if:
(1)  the county begins the project without the approval required by this section;  and
(2)  the local government makes the payment before the project is begun by the county.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.