Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 501.010: DELEGATION OF UNIT'S SOVEREIGN POWERS PROHIBITED.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SUBTITLE C1. ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 501. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

A unit may not delegate to a corporation any of the unit's attributes of sovereignty, including the power to tax, the power of eminent domain, and the police power.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

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