Water Code § 152.051

Sec. 152.051. CREATION OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board of directors of a river authority by order may create one or more nonprofit corporations to act on behalf of the river authority as its authority and instrumentality. (b) The Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) applies to a corporation created under this section. (c) Sections 501.052, 501.053, 501.056, 501.057(b) and (c), 501.058, 501.062, 501.063, 501.064, except as that section applies to amending a corporation's bylaws, 501.065, 501.066, 501.068-501.072, 501.401-501.406, and Subchapters G and H, Chapter 501, Local Government Code, apply to a corporation created under this section, except that in those sections: (1) a reference to the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code) includes this chapter; and (2) a reference to a unit includes a river authority to which this chapter applies. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.75, eff. April 1, 2009.