| (a) For the purposes of this section, authority means a municipality,
a rapid transit authority, a regional transit authority, including a subregional
transportation authority, a municipal mass transit department, a county or
special purpose district empowered to adopt a sales and use tax pursuant to
the Texas Tax Code, Title 3.
(b) An authorization by an authority to the Office of the Attorney
General of Texas to include such authority as a plaintiff in a suit seeking
a recovery of delinquent sales and/or use taxes, penalties, and interest due
under the Texas Tax Code, Title 2, Chapter 151, and under Title 3, Chapters
321, 322, 323, 324 and 325 shall constitute a blanket authorization to the
attorney general to include such authority in any suit brought by the attorney
general pursuant to said chapters. The blanket authorization shall remain
in effect unless a written notice of revocation of authority is sent by United
States certified or registered mail to the Office of the Attorney General
of Texas, Bankruptcy and Collections Division, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas
78711-2548.
(c) The authorization to the Office of the Attorney General
of Texas should be substantially in the form of the sample set out as follows.
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