Purdin v. Copperas Cove Economic Development Corp.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

We must decide whether an economic development corporation organized under article 5190.6, section 4A is an “employer” for purposes of application of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act.

The Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation (“CCEDC”) was created in 1990 under the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (“Act”). Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 5190.6, § 4A (Vernon Supp. 2004). The Articles of Incorporation express its purpose:

The Corporation is organized exclusively for the purposes of benefitting and accomplishing public purposes of, and to act on behalf…