Sec. 501.007. LENDING CREDIT OR GRANTING PUBLIC MONEY  


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  • (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a unit may not lend its credit or grant public money or another thing of value in aid of a corporation.

    (b) A municipality may grant public money to a corporation under a contract authorized by Section 380.002.

    (c) The grants, loans, expenditures, and tax exemptions authorized by this subtitle in connection with a project and authorized by a corporation in accordance with this subtitle constitute the making of loans or grants of public money or constitute other actions authorized by Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 , Sec. 15.011(a), eff. September 1, 2009.