{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-501.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 501.010","heading":"DELEGATION OF UNIT'S SOVEREIGN POWERS PROHIBITED.","body":"A unit may not delegate to a corporation any of the unit's attributes of sovereignty, including the power to tax, the power of eminent domain, and the police power.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE C1. ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 501. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.501.htm#501.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"7028610260d8957ecf3076b6fac9f73086492717b1b5fe0962fa22ca077add95","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-501.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-501.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}