A unit may not delegate to a corporation any of the unit's attributes of sovereignty, including the power to tax, the power of eminent domain, and the police power.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 501.010
DELEGATION OF UNIT'S SOVEREIGN POWERS PROHIBITED
Known as the Development Corporation Act
The act spans §§ 501.001 to 507.202 (255 sections).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.