Member Services
Your ARCIT membership offers a strong voice and resource to the Texas State Legislature, Texas State Agencies and the Federal Government to promote the best practices of rural policies and programs while enhancing the quality of life for all rural Texans.
Becoming an ARCIT Member!
Your ARCIT membership offers a strong voice and helps us partner together to continue to have a voice in Austin for rural Texas. We partner with Texas State Legislators, Texas State Agencies and Businesses in our counties and communities to promote quality of life in rural Texas by participating in the direction of rural policies and programs that affect all of us.
Strength in numbers in the rural areas is the backbone of our organization, we must stick together to be sure the next generation can enjoy this way of life. It is the goal of ARCIT to ensure the voices of rural and smaller communities in Texas are heard and our members have a seat at the table when the legislature and agencies are making decisions impacting our communities. We must educate ourselves on issues that are being discussed and we have to partner on a state, regional, county and community level to be sure we are successfully addressing issues that will impact each of us.
ARCIT is the ultimate resource for rural and small communities in Texas to have one voice! Become a member today!!
Member Benefits
As an ARCIT member you have access to a range of programs and services available to your community:
State Agencies: ARCIT works with state agencies to assure equitable and cost-effective access to programs impacting rural and small communities. ARCIT also works closely with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) along with other agencies, statewide leaders and leadership at the State Capitol to ensure the voice of rural and small communities is heard and favorable actions are taken for regions of our state.
Personal Attention: ARCIT is devoted solely to being an advocate for Texans in rural and under-populated areas. This narrow focus allows ARCIT to maintain intimate relationships with its members and offer unique personal attention to our communities and their leaders.
Education: Each year the association will hold both an annual conference and regional meetings for the membership to provide dynamic conversation and insight with state and federal agencies, along with statewide leadership, to discuss the issues impacting your community and the state at large.
Networking: By attending the regional meetings and conferences issues can be addressed and partners in other parts of the state can help drive the conversation in their regions with their elected officials.
County Commissioner Continuing Education Credits at the association annual conference and regional meeting.
Annual Membership Dues
The ARCIT board voted in late 2023 to change our dues structure for ARCIT.
The new structure is easy and simple to understand! Membership pricing is now based on each individual city/town/communities UIL Classification for the 2024-2026 school years. Every membership receives the same ARCIT benefits with pricing appropriate to each community population. Membership levels listed below:
Tier 1
$100
1A Division
Tier 2
$200
2A Division
Tier 3
$300
3A Division
Tier 4
$400
4A Division
Tier 5
$500
5A Division
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