{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-392.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 392.051","heading":"GENERAL POWERS.","body":"(a) An authority exercises public and essential governmental functions and has the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes and provisions of this chapter.\n(b) The powers of an authority are vested in the commissioners of the authority.\n(c) An authority may delegate a power or duty to an agent or employee as it considers proper.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE C. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 392. HOUSING AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.392.htm#392.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"43583b7ab516c53c051f789cf9465b68632d8d752056ef13d3fb185c922dd4b8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-392.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-392.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}