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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="10-315" title_number="10" title_name="Express Powers Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Express Powers of Charter Counties and Code Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “authority” means a commercial district management authority.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A county may establish an authority for any commercial district in the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For each authority established, a county:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall specify the membership, organization, jurisdiction, and geographical limits of the authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall specify the purposes of the authority, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>promotion;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>marketing; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the provision of security, maintenance, or amenities in the district;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>may specify which provisions of the county charter or local law relating to personnel, procurement, or similar operational matters apply to the authority, except that minority business enterprise procurement and equal employment opportunity laws may not be waived;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>may approve the annual budget of the authority if the county governing body imposes an ad valorem tax to support the authority; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>may provide any financing that it considers appropriate for the authority through fees that may be charged to, or taxes that may be imposed against, businesses subject to the authority’s jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An authority may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>exercise the power of eminent domain;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>purchase, sell, construct, or lease as a lessor office or retail space; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>except as otherwise authorized by law, engage in competition with the private sector.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Any fee or tax imposed under this section shall be used only for the purposes stated in this section and may not revert to the general fund of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A county may establish an authority in accordance with this section as a special taxing district.</text>
  </level>
</section>
