Texas Special District Local Laws Code 11010.106 – Contracts
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(a) The authority may contract with any person to carry out a power authorized by this chapter.
(b) A person who enters into a contract with the authority may pledge to the payment of the contract any source of revenue that may be available to the person, including ad valorem taxes, if the person has the authority to impose those taxes.
Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 11010.106
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Payments made under a contract with the authority constitute an operating expense of the person served under the contract, unless otherwise prohibited by a previously outstanding obligation of the person. To the extent a person pledges funds to the payment of the contract that are to be derived from the person’s own water system, the payments constitute an operating expense of that system.