Tex. Educ. Code § 53.13 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CORPORATE POWERS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An authority is a body politic and corporate having the power of perpetual succession. It shall have a seal; it may sue and be sued; and it may make, amend, and repeal its bylaws.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 641 (H.B. 2701), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.53.htm
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- sha256 a83f16eb4b3c0c077d1d163ecc73200bab77ba6bcce467afbbf5373bfcd3f792
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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