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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 281.001. Short Title - Sec. 281.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 281.002. Definitions - Sec. 281.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a...
Subchapter B. Creation of Authorities
Section 281.011. Characteristics - Sec. 281.011. CHARACTERISTICS. (a) An authority is a governmental agency,...
Section 281.012. Composition - Sec. 281.012. COMPOSITION. (a) An authority may include the area...
Section 281.013. Petition - Sec. 281.013. PETITION. (a) To create an authority, a petition...
Section 281.014. Notice - Sec. 281.014. NOTICE. (a) When a petition is filed with...
Section 281.015. Hearing - Sec. 281.015. HEARING. (a) At the hearing, the county judge...
Section 281.016. Final Order and Appeal - Sec. 281.016. FINAL ORDER AND APPEAL. (a) The county judge...
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions
Section 281.021. Board of Directors - Sec. 281.021. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) An authority must be...
Section 281.022. Qualifications - Sec. 281.022. QUALIFICATIONS. A director must be at least 18...
Section 281.023. Terms of Office; Appointments; Vacancies - Sec. 281.023. TERMS OF OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS; VACANCIES. (a) Each director...
Section 281.024. Bond; Oaths of Office - Sec. 281.024. BOND; OATHS OF OFFICE. (a) As soon as...
Section 281.025. Officers - Sec. 281.025. OFFICERS. (a) After executing the bonds and taking...
Section 281.026. Bylaws - Sec. 281.026. BYLAWS. The board may adopt bylaws to govern:...
Section 281.027. Office and Meeting Place - Sec. 281.027. OFFICE AND MEETING PLACE. (a) The board shall...
Section 281.028. Meetings; Notice - Sec. 281.028. MEETINGS; NOTICE. (a) The board shall hold regular...
Section 281.029. Fees of Office - Sec. 281.029. FEES OF OFFICE. A director is entitled to...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 281.041. Organizational Expenses - Sec. 281.041. ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES. The board may pay costs necessarily...
Section 281.042. Management - Sec. 281.042. MANAGEMENT. The board shall control and manage the...
Section 281.043. Employees - Sec. 281.043. EMPLOYEES. (a) The board shall employ persons the...
Section 281.044. Facilities - Sec. 281.044. FACILITIES. (a) An authority may establish, acquire, lease...
Section 281.045. Duration of Certain Leases - Sec. 281.045. DURATION OF CERTAIN LEASES. If an authority leases...
Section 281.046. Contracts - Sec. 281.046. CONTRACTS. (a) An authority contracts in the name...
Section 281.047. Contracts Over $50,000 - Sec. 281.047. CONTRACTS OVER $50,000. (a) This section applies to...
Section 281.048. Construction Bids; Contracts; Bonds - Sec. 281.048. CONSTRUCTION BIDS; CONTRACTS; BONDS. (a) To bid on...
Section 281.049. Fees; Rules - Sec. 281.049. FEES; RULES. (a) An authority may adopt and...
Section 281.050. Acquisition of Land and Other Property - Sec. 281.050. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY. (a) An...
Section 281.051. Eminent Domain - Sec. 281.051. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) An authority may acquire land,...
Section 281.052. Suits - Sec. 281.052. SUITS. An authority may, through its directors, sue...
Section 281.053. Costs, Deposits, and Appeal Bonds - Sec. 281.053. COSTS, DEPOSITS, AND APPEAL BONDS. An authority is...
Section 281.054. Costs of Relocation - Sec. 281.054. COSTS OF RELOCATION. If the relocating, raising, rerouting,...
Section 281.055. Surplus Property - Sec. 281.055. SURPLUS PROPERTY. (a) The board may order the...
Section 281.056. Addition of Municipalities - Sec. 281.056. ADDITION OF MUNICIPALITIES. (a) To add a municipality...
Section 281.057. Records - Sec. 281.057. RECORDS. The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition...
Section 281.058. Surety Bond Premiums - Sec. 281.058. SURETY BOND PREMIUMS. The board may pay the...
Section 281.059. Depository - Sec. 281.059. DEPOSITORY. The board shall designate by order or...
Section 281.060. Investments - Sec. 281.060. INVESTMENTS. The board may invest and reinvest authority...
Section 281.061. Fiscal Year; Audit - Sec. 281.061. FISCAL YEAR; AUDIT. (a) The fiscal year of...
Section 281.062. Supplies; Seal - Sec. 281.062. SUPPLIES; SEAL. (a) The board may purchase materials,...
Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds
Section 281.071. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 281.071. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) An authority may issue...
Section 281.072. Additional Security - Sec. 281.072. ADDITIONAL SECURITY. (a) At the board's discretion, the...
Section 281.073. Bond Provisions - Sec. 281.073. BOND PROVISIONS. (a) In a resolution authorizing the...
Section 281.074. Sale of Bonds - Sec. 281.074. SALE OF BONDS. After bonds are issued, the...
Section 281.075. Approval; Registration - Sec. 281.075. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION. (a) An authority shall submit the...
Section 281.076. Bond Proceeds - Sec. 281.076. BOND PROCEEDS. The board may appropriate or set...
Section 281.077. Refund of Bonds - Sec. 281.077. REFUND OF BONDS. (a) By resolutions adopted by...
Section 281.078. Bonds as Investments; Security - Sec. 281.078. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS; SECURITY. (a) Bonds issued by...
Section 281.079. Paid Bonds and Coupons - Sec. 281.079. PAID BONDS AND COUPONS. When a bond, interest...
Subchapter F. Contracts With Civic Center Authorities
Section 281.091. Authorization; Purposes - Sec. 281.091. AUTHORIZATION; PURPOSES. On terms a municipality considers desirable,...
Section 281.092. Payments - Sec. 281.092. PAYMENTS. (a) A municipality shall pay the amounts...
Section 281.093. Conflict With Municipal Charter - Sec. 281.093. CONFLICT WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER. If this subchapter conflicts...