Sec. 394.014. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

(a) The articles of incorporation of the housing finance corporation must contain:

(1) the name of the corporation;

(2) a statement that the corporation is a public, nonprofit corporation;

(3) the period of duration, which may be perpetual;

(4) a statement that the corporation is organized solely to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(5) a statement that the corporation is to have no members;

(6) any provision not inconsistent with law, including any provision required or permitted under this chapter to be included in the bylaws, for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation;

(7) the street address of the corporation's initial registered office, which must be located in the local government, and the name of its initial registered agent at that address;

(8) the number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and addresses of those directors, with a statement that each of them resides in the local government;

(9) the name and street address of each incorporator with a statement that each of them resides in the local government; and

(10) a statement that a resolution approving the form of the articles of incorporation has been adopted by the governing body of the local government and the date of the adoption of the resolution.

(b) A housing finance corporation may exercise any power prescribed by this chapter regardless of whether the power is stated in its articles of incorporation. The articles may prohibit the exercise of any power prescribed by this chapter.

(c) Unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors may be made only by amendment to the articles, a change in the number of directors may be made by an amendment to the bylaws. In all other cases if a provision of the articles is inconsistent with the bylaws, the articles provision controls.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.