Texas Statutes
§ 379B.002 — ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSOR.
Texas § 379B.002
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Code LGLocal Government Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 379B.002 (2026).
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Sec. 379B.002. ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSOR.
(a)A municipality by resolution may establish an authority. The resolution must include a legal description of the base property. On adoption of the resolution, the authority is established as a special district and political subdivision of this state, with a boundary coterminous with the base property described in the resolution.
(b)When establishing an authority, the municipality may designate the authority in the municipality's resolution to be the successor in interest to a nonprofit corporation organized under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12). On adoption of the resolution, the corporation is dissolved and the authority succeeds to all rights and liabilities of that corporation.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1221, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 378.002 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(108), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 3.24, eff. April 1, 2009.
Nearby Sections
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§ 379B.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 379B.0012
APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.§ 379B.002
ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSOR.§ 379B.003
PURPOSE AND NATURE OF AUTHORITY.§ 379B.004
POWERS AND DUTIES OF AUTHORITY.§ 379B.0041
INLAND PORT AND TRADE POWERS.§ 379B.0042
SERVICES.§ 379B.0043
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.§ 379B.0045
EMINENT DOMAIN.§ 379B.0046
EMPLOYMENT OF AUTHORITY PEACE OFFICERS.§ 379B.005
SUITS; INDEMNITY.§ 379B.007
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