Tex. Labor Code § 21.153: GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL COMMISSION.

(a) A local commission may:

(1) employ an executive director and other employees and agents and set their compensation;

(2) cooperate or contract with a person, including an agency of the federal government or of another state or municipality; and

(3) accept a public grant or private gift, bequest, or other payment.

(b) A local commission shall prepare at least annually a report and furnish a copy of the report to the Commission on Human Rights.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.