POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT

(a) The commissioners court may establish policies and procedures the board must comply with when: (1) constructing, purchasing, acquiring, contracting for, leasing, adding to, maintaining, operating, developing, regulating, selling, exchanging, or conveying real or personal property, a property right, equipment, goods, services, a facility, or a system to maintain a building or other facility or to provide a service to or required by the district; or (2) providing services through and using public funds for a volunteer fire department or emergency service provider. (b) The policies and procedures: (1) may include requiring the board to submit to the commissioners court periodic reports on the district's compliance with the policies and procedures; (2) must establish the types of transactions, including maximum dollar amounts, the board may make when conducting an activity described by Subsection (a) without the approval of the commissioners court, if any; (3) must designate by name, title, or position a person in the county as the primary point of contact between the commissioners court and the board; and (4) may not be established until the commissioners court consults with the board. (c) This section does not authorize the commissioners court or the board to use real or personal property, a property right, equipment, a facility, or a system to provide a telecommunications service, advanced communications service, or information service as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 153, or a video service as defined by Section 66.002, Utilities Code.