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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 293.032. Power of County

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A county may acquire and sell or lease to the authority land that the commissioners court determines is needed for the project. The sale or lease may be for the consideration that the commissioners court, after considering that the project is for the primary benefit of the county, determines is reasonable.

(b) The county may:

(1) lease property from the authority as is necessary or convenient and as is in the best interest of the county;

(2) pay the authority, at a bank designated by the authority, an annual rent determined by the lease; and

(3) levy a tax sufficient to pay the rent as it comes due.

(c) Without limitation by Subsections (a) and (b), a county may do all things necessary or convenient to accomplish the objectives of this chapter.

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