Section 393.002 - Legislative Findings; Purpose(a) The legislature has found in the Housing Authorities Law (Chapter 392) that: (1) unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions exist in this state for persons of low income;(2) there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for those persons;(3) those conditions require excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; and(4) the public interest requires the remedying of those conditions.(b) The legislature finds and declares that: (1) the assistance provided under this chapter to remedy the conditions described in the Housing Authorities Law constitutes a public purpose and an essential governmental function for which public money may be spent and other aid given;(2) it is a proper public purpose for a public body to aid a housing authority that operates within the boundaries or jurisdiction of the public body or to aid a housing project within its boundaries or jurisdiction because the public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from the authority or project; and(3) this chapter is necessary in the public interest.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 393.002
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.