{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.163","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.163","heading":"POWERS RELATING TO CONTRACT, LEASE, AGREEMENT, OR CONVEYANCE.","body":"(a) The authority may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement necessary or convenient to carry out a power given to the authority by this chapter.\n(b) The authority may enter into the contract, lease, or agreement with any person, including:\n(1) an individual or artificial entity;\n(2) a corporation, including a municipal corporation and a public or private corporation; and\n(3) a government or governmental agency, including the United States and this state.\n(c) The authority may:\n(1) convey or cause to be conveyed any of its property to the United States; and\n(2) enter into a lease, regardless of whether it includes a privilege of purchase, with the United States relating to any property and obligate the authority to pay rent under the lease from the income or other revenue of the property.\n(d) A contract, lease, or agreement under this section must be approved by resolution of the board and must be executed by the president and attested by the secretary-treasurer.\n(e) This section does not authorize the assumption by the authority of any obligation requiring a payment from taxes.\n(f) The property to which Subsection (c) applies includes a right, land, tenement, easement, improvement, reservoir, dam, canal, plant, lateral, work, and facility.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE G. RIVER AUTHORITIES","CHAPTER 8501. ANGELINA AND NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8501.htm#8501.163","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"f885c16a604586ee9ff0a67f1847252bed53fe102c673119a5e1ea903f52a1b1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.162","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}