Sec. 501.159. POWERS CONCERNING PROJECTS; JURISDICTION. (a) A corporation may acquire, by construction, devise, purchase, gift, lease, or otherwise, or any one or more of those methods and may construct, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects undertaken by another corporation or located within this state, including within the coastal waters of this state, and within or partially within the limits of the authorizing unit of the corporation or within the limits of another unit, if the governing body of the other corporation or the unit requests the corporation to exercise its powers within that unit.
(b) A corporation may recover the costs of an investment under Subsection (a) from a unit or another corporation under a contract with a limited or unlimited duration.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 12 - Planning and Development
Chapter 501 - Provisions Governing Development Corporations
Subchapter D. Corporate Powers and Limitations Relating to Projects
Section 501.151. Authority to Finance Project
Section 501.152. Definition of Cost With Respect to Project
Section 501.153. Lease or Sale of Project
Section 501.154. Conveyance of Property to Institution of Higher Education
Section 501.155. Loan to Finance Project
Section 501.156. Agreement Must Benefit Corporation
Section 501.157. Default on Agreement; Enforcement
Section 501.158. Performance Agreements
Section 501.159. Powers Concerning Projects; Jurisdiction
Section 501.160. Owning or Operating Project as Business
Section 501.161. Certain Economic Incentives Prohibited
Section 501.162. Use of Tax Revenue for Job Training
Section 501.163. Use of Tax Revenue for Job-Related Skills Training by Certain Corporations