Texas Local Government Code 504.103 – Limitation On Primary Purpose of Project; Exceptions
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a Type A corporation may not undertake a project the primary purpose of which is to provide:
(1) a transportation facility;
(2) a solid waste disposal facility;
(3) a sewage facility;
(4) a facility for furnishing water to the general public; or
(5) an air or water pollution control facility.
(b) A Type A corporation may provide a facility described by Subsection (a) to benefit property acquired for a project that has another primary purpose.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 504.103
- 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
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A Type A corporation may undertake a project the primary purpose of which is to provide:
(1) a general aviation business service airport that is an integral part of an industrial park;
(2) a port-related facility to support waterborne commerce; or
(3) an airport-related facility, if the authorizing municipality:
(A) is wholly or partly located within 25 miles of an international border; and
(B) has, at the time the project is approved by the corporation as provided by this subtitle:
(i) a population of less than 50,000; or
(ii) an average rate of unemployment that is greater than the state average rate of unemployment during the most recent 12-month period for which data is available that precedes the date the project is approved.