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<br />(7) "County alliance" means two or more counties that jointly authorize the creation of a
<br />corporation under this Act,
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<br />(8) "District" shall mean a conservation and reclamation district established under authority of
<br />Article XVI. Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
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<br />(9) "Governing body" shall mean the board, council, commission, commissioners court, or
<br />legislative body of the unit,
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<br />(10) "Industrial development corporation" shall mean a corporation created and existing under
<br />the provisions of this Act as a constituted authority for the purpose of financing one or more
<br />projects,
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<br />(11)(.4) "Project" shall mean the land, buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted
<br />infrastructure, and improvements (one or more) that are for the creation or retention of primary
<br />jobs and that are found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for the development,
<br />retention, or expansion of manufacturing and industrial facilities, research and development
<br />facilities, transportation facilities (including but not limited to airports, ports, mass commuting
<br />facilities, and parking facilities), sewage or solid waste disposal facilities, recycling facilities, air
<br />or water pollution control facilities, facilities for the furnishing of water to the general public,
<br />distribution centers, small warehouse facilities capable of serving as decentralized storage and
<br />distribution centers, primary job training facilities for use by institutions of higher education, and /
<br />regional or national corporate headquarters facilities. /
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<br />"Project" also includes job training required or suitable for the promotion of development and
<br />expansion of business enterprises and other enterprises described by this Act, as provided by
<br />Section 38 of this Act,
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<br />"Project" also includes expenditures found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for
<br />infrastructure necessary to promote or develop new or expanded business enterprises limited to
<br />streets and roads, rail spurs, water and electric utilities, gas utilities, drainage and related
<br />improvements, and telecommunications and Internet improvements,
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<br />(B), (C) Repealed by Aets 2003, 78th Leg., eh. 1132, ~ 13,
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<br />"Federally assisted new communities" shall mean those federally assisted areas which have
<br />received or will receive assistance in the form of loan guarantees under Title X of the National
<br />Housing Act and a portion of the federally assisted area has received grants under Section
<br />107(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
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<br />(12) "Resolution" shall mean the resolution, order, ordinance, or other official action by the
<br />governing body of a unit.
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<br />(13) "Unit" shall mean a city, county, or district which may create and utilize a corporation,
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