Texas Tax Code

§ 311.008 — POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY

TX § 311.008Title 3. LOCAL TAXATION · Part B. SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX PROVISIONS · Ch. 311. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ACT

Statute text

(a)In this section, "educational facility" includes equipment, real property, and other facilities, including a public school building, that are used or intended to be used jointly by the municipality or county and an independent school district.

(b)A municipality or county may exercise any power necessary and convenient to carry out this chapter, including the power to:

(1)cause project plans to be prepared, approve and implement the plans, and otherwise achieve the purposes of the plan;

(2)acquire real property by purchase, condemnation, or other means and sell real property, on the terms and conditions and in the manner it considers advisable, to implement project plans;

(3)enter into agreements, including agreements with bondholders, determined by the governing body of the municipality or county to be necessary or convenient to implement project plans and achieve their purposes, which agreements may include conditions, restrictions, or covenants that run with the land or that by other means regulate or restrict the use of land; and

(4)consistent with the project plan for the zone:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 771), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 2853), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.