Sec. 3918.0306.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.  (a)  The district, in coordination with the city, may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.
(b)  The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs with the prior consent of the governing body of the city in accordance with the development agreement to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:
(1)  make loans and grants of public money; and
(2)  provide district personnel and services.
(c)  The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers that Chapter 380, Local Government Code, and Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provide to a municipality.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 990 (H.B. 4638), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.