{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2304.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2304.004","heading":"GENERAL POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.","body":"(a) The department has the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n(b) The department may:\n(1) make an agreement with any other person in carrying out its powers or duties under this chapter;\n(2) spend funds appropriated to it by the legislature to pay for staff, travel expenses, supplies or equipment, or contracts for services necessary to carry out its powers or duties under this chapter; or\n(3) seek and accept funds from any source.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE G. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","CHAPTER 2304. HOUSING REHABILITATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2304.htm#2304.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d30331d27be9d79d61a58edda33342bbb3c4a9a65ea1ad737d3ae029c01f9418","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2304.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2304.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}