Texas Local Government Code 394.032 – General Powers
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 394.032
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.