{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8888.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.161","heading":"GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.","body":"(a) The authority may enter into a contract with any person on terms the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its rights and powers under this chapter.\n(b) The authority may enter into a contract with any person regarding the performance of any purpose or function of the authority, including a contract to jointly construct, finance, own, or operate works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances necessary to accomplish a purpose or function of the authority. A contract may be of unlimited duration.\n(c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of general law or of a home-rule municipal charter or ordinance, the authority and a municipality may, after January 1, 2002, enter into a contract of unlimited duration.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2019.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER","CHAPTER 8888. NORTH HARRIS COUNTY REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8888.htm#8888.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"e71a837a1bf715fd7316fbc46c5ce1463a8f9f8c3365da61445d190e2b1aadc4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8888.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8888.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}