A program under this subchapter may involve grants or loans of money, services, or equipment to a person engaged in an economic development activity, including a public firefighting organization, governmental body, nonprofit corporation, local or regional development council, or other nonprofit or noncommercial organization. The authority may provide assistance to a for-profit entity if the assistance is necessary or appropriate to carry out an economic development program consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8504.205