Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 253.003 · Chapter 253. SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY BY MUNICIPALITIES
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FEDERAL PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a municipality with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants may purchase for municipal purposes any real property, including improvements on the property, that the federal government offers for sale to the municipality.
(b) If the purpose for which property purchased under this section ceases to exist or if the property is no longer needed for the purpose, the governing body may sell and convey the property for the highest obtainable price.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.253.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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