Tex. Local Government Code § 392.102
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 392.102, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 392.102. OPTIONAL REMEDIES OF AN OBLIGEE.
Official statutory text
(a) By resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract, an authority may confer on an obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds or holding a lease the right on default to:
(1) the possession of a housing project or part of a housing project;
(2) the appointment of a receiver of a housing project or part of a housing project and of the rents and profits of the project; or
(3) require the authority and the commissioners of the authority to account as if the authority and commissioners were the trustees of an express trust.
(b) The resolution or other instrument conferring a right under Subsection (a) must define the term "default." The obligee may enforce the right in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) A receiver appointed in a proceeding brought under this section may take possession of, operate, maintain, and collect and receive the fees, rents, revenues, or other charges of the project or part of the project. The receiver shall keep the money in one or more separate accounts and apply the money in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court directs.
(1) the possession of a housing project or part of a housing project;
(2) the appointment of a receiver of a housing project or part of a housing project and of the rents and profits of the project; or
(3) require the authority and the commissioners of the authority to account as if the authority and commissioners were the trustees of an express trust.
(b) The resolution or other instrument conferring a right under Subsection (a) must define the term "default." The obligee may enforce the right in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) A receiver appointed in a proceeding brought under this section may take possession of, operate, maintain, and collect and receive the fees, rents, revenues, or other charges of the project or part of the project. The receiver shall keep the money in one or more separate accounts and apply the money in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court directs.
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