Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.006: ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.

(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality in which the district is located under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by a municipality in which the district is located under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created by a municipality in which the district is located under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial zone created by a municipality in which the district is located under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.

(b) If a municipality in which the district is located creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the municipality and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds issued by the district for an improvement project.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 656 (S.B. 1184), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.