Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. Corporate Powers
Section 394.032. General Powers

Sec. 394.032. GENERAL POWERS. (a) A housing finance corporation may:
(1) make contracts and other instruments as necessary or convenient to the exercise of powers under this chapter;
(2) incur liabilities;
(3) borrow money at rates determined by the corporation;
(4) issue notes, bonds, and other obligations; and
(5) secure any of its obligations by the mortgage or pledge of all or part of the corporation's property, franchises, and income.
(b) A housing finance corporation may plan, research, study, develop, and promote the establishment of residential development.
(c) A housing finance corporation may make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes.
(d) A housing finance corporation may enter into contracts to perform services for any other housing finance corporation or any individual or entity acting on behalf of any other housing finance corporation or, with respect to residential development, any housing authority, nonprofit enterprise, or similar entity.
(e) A housing finance corporation may delegate to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs the authority to act on its behalf in the financing, refinancing, acquisition, leasing, ownership, improvement, and disposal of home mortgages or residential developments, within and outside the jurisdiction of the housing finance corporation, including its authority to issue bonds for those purposes.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 11, eff. June 20, 1997.

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