Tex. Transportation Code § 431.105: CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY.

(a) A state agency, including the commission, or a political subdivision may contract with a local government corporation to accomplish a governmental purpose of the sponsoring local government in the same manner and to the same extent that it:

(1) may contract with any other corporation created under this chapter; and

(2) is authorized to contract under Subchapter A, Chapter 472.

(b) A local government may contract with a corporation to accomplish the purposes of the sponsoring local government in the manner provided under Subchapter C, Chapter 224.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.