Texas Codes

Tex. Educ. Code § 53.11 (2026)

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Sec. 53.11. CREATION OF AUTHORITY. When the governing body of a city finds that it is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a higher education facility authority, it shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known. If the governing bodies of two or more cities find that it is to the best interest of the cities to create an authority to include those cities, each governing body shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known.

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.

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Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Texas Student Hous. Auth. v. Brazos Cnty. Appraisal Dist. & Appraisal Review Bd. for Brazos Cnty. Appraisal Dist., 460 S.W.3d 137 (Tex. 2015).

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Texas Student Hous. Auth. v. Brazos Cnty. Appraisal Dist. & Appraisal Review Bd. for Brazos Cnty. Appraisal Dist., 460 S.W.3d 137 (Tex. 2015). “See Tex. Educ. Code § 53.11 (“When the governing body of a city finds that it is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a higher education facility authority, it shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be…”

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