{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-393.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 393.002","heading":"LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE.","body":"(a) The legislature has found in the Housing Authorities Law (Chapter 392) that:\n(1) unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions exist in this state for persons of low income;\n(2) there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for those persons;\n(3) those conditions require excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; and\n(4) the public interest requires the remedying of those conditions.\n(b) The legislature finds and declares that:\n(1) the assistance provided under this chapter to remedy the conditions described in the Housing Authorities Law constitutes a public purpose and an essential governmental function for which public money may be spent and other aid given;\n(2) it is a proper public purpose for a public body to aid a housing authority that operates within the boundaries or jurisdiction of the public body or to aid a housing project within its boundaries or jurisdiction because the public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from the authority or project; and\n(3) this chapter is necessary in the public interest.\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 393. HOUSING COOPERATION AMONG MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND CERTAIN OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.393.htm#393.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"16f16148f1e9f1d7dfe2e2c4c26d278565c311157e35f43c43ec91d8df29bbbd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-393.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-393.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}