{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.508","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.508","heading":"POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.","body":"(a) The board shall name, control, and manage the district.\n(b) The board may adopt orders, rules, and policies governing the operations of the board and the district.\n(c) The board may contract with any person to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.\n(d) The board shall determine the nature and sources of funding for the district. The board may accept grants or other funding from the federal or state government, a county, a municipality, or a private person.\n(e) The board may sue in the district's name.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS","SUBCHAPTER G. REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGION WITH POPULATION OVER 1.5 MILLION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm#772.508","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2260052035c07cc83f279713ec82a4fceeb5a73c36880ed732b7716a709cd5b5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.507","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}