Transportation Code § 457.101

Sec. 457.101. ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF PROPERTY. (a) An authority may acquire, hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of property, including licenses, patents, rights, and other interests, necessary, convenient, or useful for the full exercise of any of its powers under this chapter. (b) The authority may acquire property described in Subsection (a) in any manner, including by gift or devise. (c) An authority may dispose of, by sale, lease, or other conveyance: (1) any property of the authority not needed for the efficient operation and maintenance of the transit authority system; and (2) any surplus property not needed for its requirements or for the purpose of carrying out its powers under this chapter. (d) The lease of unneeded property under Subsection (c) must be consistent with the efficient operation and maintenance of the transit authority system. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.