Tex. Local Government Code § 392.065
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 392.065, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 392.065. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS.
Official statutory text
An authority may:
(1) sue and be sued;
(2) have a seal and change the seal at will;
(3) have perpetual succession;
(4) make and execute contracts and other instruments that are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the authority's powers; and
(5) make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules that are consistent with this chapter to implement the authority's powers and purposes.
(1) sue and be sued;
(2) have a seal and change the seal at will;
(3) have perpetual succession;
(4) make and execute contracts and other instruments that are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the authority's powers; and
(5) make, amend, and repeal bylaws and rules that are consistent with this chapter to implement the authority's powers and purposes.
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