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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 501.003

  • 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.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

The following may be a user under this subtitle:
(1) an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or any other private entity organized for profit or not for profit; or
(2) a municipality, county, district, other political subdivision, public entity, or agency of this state or the federal government.