Texas Government Structure & Functions

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ACROSS TEXAS, 254 COUNTIES SERVE MORE THAN 28 MILLION TEXANS

Major responsibilities of Texas county government include:

• Providing public safety and justice
• Holding elections at every level of government
• Maintaining Texans’ most important records – marriage license, deeds, etc.
• Building and maintaining roads, bridges and in some cases, county airports​

• Providing emergency management services
• Providing health and safety services
• Collecting property taxes for the county and sometimes for other taxing entities
• Issuing vehicle registration and transfers
• Registering voters