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<br />-.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />APPLICATION TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE, TEXAS, FOR CREATION OF THE LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT <br />AUTHORITY, AND APPROVAL OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND <br />BYLAWS THEREOF <br /> <br />Section 7 of Chapter 1241, Acts of the 715t Legislature of Texas, Regular Session, <br />1989 (now codified as Subchapter D of Chapter 431, Texas Transportation Code), <br />authorizes the creation and organization of public non-profit local government <br />corporations to act as a duly constituted authority of a city to aid and assist the city in the <br />performance of one or more governmental or proprietary functions. <br /> <br />A local government corporation is created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter <br />394, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, Local Government Code (the "Local Government <br />Code"). A local government corporation may have and exercise all of the powers <br />prescribed by Article 1396, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes and Chapter 431, Texas <br />Transportation Code. A local government corporation's articles of incorporation and <br />bylaws shall be in the form and be executed, approved, and filed in the manner prescribed <br />by Chapter 394, Local Government Code. <br /> <br />Chapter 394 of the Local Government Code requires as a condition to the creation <br />of a local government corporation that at lease three (3) residents of the city who are <br />citizens of the state and at least eighteen (18) years of age, submit a written application <br />for the incorporation of the local government corporation. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned petition and make application to the <br />honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, (the "City") and <br />represent to the City as follows: <br /> <br />1. Pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 394, Local Government Code, <br />the undersigned individuals, each of whom is a citizen of the State of <br />Texas, a resident of the City and over the age of eighteen (18) years, make <br />application to and request the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the <br />City, to approve and authorize the creation of a public non-profit local <br />government corporation to be designated and known as the La Porte <br />Redevelopment Authority (the "Corporation"). The corporation shall have <br />and exercise all of the powers prescribed by Article 1396, Vernon's Texas <br />Civil Statutes and Chapter 431, Texas Transportation Code. <br /> <br />2. The undersigned further request the City Council of the City to approve <br />the incorporation of the Corporation with Articles of Incorporation and <br />Bylaws in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibits "A" and "B" <br />respectively. <br /> <br />3. The undersigned further represent that duly executed original counterparts <br />of this application have been presented to and filed with the City Council <br />of the City in proper and due time, form, and manner, that this Application <br /> <br />1 <br />