Tex. Transportation Code § 458.010: GENERAL POWERS OF RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICTS.

(a) In addition to a power expressly granted by this chapter, a rural transit district has any power necessary to carry out a purpose of the district.

(b) A rural transit district may contract with the United States, a state or state agency, another rural transit district, an urban transit district, a metropolitan or regional transit authority, a county, a municipality, a metropolitan municipal corporation, a special district, a governmental agency in or outside this state, or any private person, firm, or corporation:

(1) to receive a gift or grant or secure a loan or advance for a preliminary planning and feasibility study; or

(2) for the design, construction, or operation of a transportation facility, including an intermodal transportation facility.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.36(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.