{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 152.051","heading":"CREATION OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION.","body":"(a) The board of directors of a river authority by order may create one or more nonprofit corporations to act on behalf of the river authority as its authority and instrumentality.\n(b) The Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) applies to a corporation created under this section.\n(c) Sections 501.052, 501.053, 501.056, 501.057(b) and (c), 501.058, 501.062, 501.063, 501.064, except as that section applies to amending a corporation's bylaws, 501.065, 501.066, 501.068-501.072, 501.401-501.406, and Subchapters G and H, Chapter 501, Local Government Code, apply to a corporation created under this section, except that in those sections:\n(1) a reference to the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code) includes this chapter; and\n(2) a reference to a unit includes a river authority to which this chapter applies.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.75, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 5. SPECIAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 152. RIVER AUTHORITIES ENGAGED IN DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER B. NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACTING ON BEHALF OF RIVER AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.152.htm#152.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"048151490fb2a66bcc640c908e49ae66cb7e8961169b64fc491e154778aa3e15","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-152.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}