Tex. Finance Code § 273.203: POWERS OF CORPORATION.

The corporation may, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, exercise the powers of a nonprofit corporation created under the laws of this state, including the power to:

(1) enter into a contract;

(2) sue and be sued;

(3) purchase, hold, lease, receive, use, encumber, transfer, lend, advance, or otherwise dispose of money or other property of any kind, or of any interest in money or other property;

(4) take the capital stock and assets of a borrowing member association as collateral securing any loan it makes to that association;

(5) hold or dispose of in any manner any collateral described by Subdivision (4) acquired as a result of default in the payment of a loan;

(6) declare and pay a dividend or interest on a security issued under this chapter;

(7) borrow money; and

(8) perform any other necessary act to enable the corporation to effectively promote and carry out its purposes.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.