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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 501.154

  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

With respect to a project, a corporation may donate, exchange, convey, sell, or lease land, improvements, or any other interest in real property, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, or personal property to an institution of higher education for a legal purpose of the institution, on the terms the corporation’s board of directors considers advisable and not in conflict with this subtitle.