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Uniform Chart of Accounts for Texas Counties

October 2002

Chapter 8
Infrastructure and Environmental Services

This function should include activities associated with the development and maintenance of the county’s transportation systems, sub-division platting and review, conservation and development of natural resources and activities associated with providing sanitation services within the county.

Roads and Bridges

The Roads and Bridges sub-function covers activities associated with building, maintaining or improving roads, highways, streets, tunnels and bridges. It also includes maintenance of barns and yards used for construction and maintenance materials. A distinction between construction and maintenance should be available.

This sub-function includes the following departments and programs:

• Roads and Bridges;
• Transportation Services;
• Right of Way Acquisition; and
• Toll Roads.

Public Transportation

Activities associated with the provision of mass transit systems within the county are covered by this sub-function.

The following departments and programs should be included in this sub-function:

• Airports;
• Bus Terminals; and
• Ports.

Drainage

This sub-function includes activities associated with the construction and maintenance of drainage facilities and flood plain management. A separate distinction between construction and maintenance should be available.

Programs and departments to include in this sub-function are:

• Flood Management;
• Construction; and
• Maintenance.

Conservation and Natural Resources

Activities designed to conserve and develop such natural resources as water, soil, timber and minerals are included in this sub-function.

This may include costs from the following departments or programs:

• Natural Resources; and
• Soil & Water Conservation.

Sanitation

The Sanitation sub-function covers activities associated with the removal and disposal of sewage and other types of waste including wastewater, landfills, transfer stations and on-site sewage facility (OSSF) permitting.

Departments or programs covered by this sub-functions include:

• Waste Collection and Disposal; and
• Street Cleaning.

Waste Recycling

This sub-function includes activities designed to promote, develop and provide recycling services in the county.

Waste Recycling Programs can be reported in this sub-function.