{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-53.11","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 53.11","heading":"CREATION OF AUTHORITY.","body":"When the governing body of a city finds that it is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a higher education facility authority, it shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known. If the governing bodies of two or more cities find that it is to the best interest of the cities to create an authority to include those cities, each governing body shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.\nReenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 641 (H.B. 2701), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 53. HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITY AUTHORITIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS","SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.53.htm#53.11","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"0c8f3ad84937f0b17c3370ec3e48985fc3ddcaa983868aae5bfacdf66807a1a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-53.02","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-53.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}