Local Government Code § 572.012

Sec. 572.012. GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC ENTITIES. (a) Each participating public entity may: (1) use the entity's money to plan, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain its interest in a facility; (2) share in the facility; (3) issue bonds and other securities to raise money for a purpose described by Subdivision (1) in the same manner and to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as would be applicable if the public entity had sole ownership of the facility; (4) acquire, for the use and benefit of each participating public entity, land, easements, and property for a facility by purchase or by exercising the power of eminent domain; (5) transfer or otherwise convey the land, property, or property interest or otherwise have the land, property, or property interest become vested in other participating public entities to the extent and in the manner agreed between the entities; (6) make an acquisition described by Subdivision (4) through a purchase from a public or private entity; and (7) for the use and benefit of each participating public entity, acquire by purchase a public utility, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, other than an affected county. (b) In relation to a participating public entity's undivided interest in a facility, the entity has each right, privilege, exemption, power, duty, and liability the entity would have if the entity had sole ownership. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.012 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 2, eff. May 20, 2025.