Sec. 392.056. ACQUISITION, USE, AND DISPOSITION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) An authority may own, hold, and improve real or personal property.
(b) An authority may purchase, lease, or obtain an option on an interest in real or personal property. An authority may acquire an interest in real or personal property by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or any other manner.
(c) An authority may sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or grant an option on the authority's real property or personal property and may insure or provide for the insurance of the authority's real property, personal property, or operations against risks or hazards.
(d) Regardless of whether the debt is incurred by the authority, an authority may procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government of the payment of a debt, or part of a debt, secured by a mortgage on property included in a housing project.
(e) Another law with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by another public body does not apply to a housing authority unless specifically provided by the legislature.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 677, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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