Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 3874.107. Economic Development

(a) The district may create economic development and other programs under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and may impose and collect ad valorem taxes for those purposes.  The district has the economic development powers that Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality with a population of more than 100,000.  Each economic development program and each project that will receive public funds under an economic development program must be approved by the governing body of the city by ordinance, order, or resolution.

(b) The district shall provide the city written notice not later than the 30th day before the date of a meeting at which the board will adopt terms of an economic development program.  The district may not adopt an economic development program or improvement project to be funded under an economic development program unless the governing body of the city has approved the program or improvement project by ordinance, order, or resolution.