Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.251 · Subchapter F. ADVERTISING SPACE
SALE OR LEASE OF ADVERTISING SPACE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may:
(1) lease to another entity advertising space located:
(A) in or on a building or part of a building owned by the county;
(B) on personal property owned by the county;
(C) on an official county website; or
(D) on personal property leased by the county, with the property owner's consent; or
(2) sell advertising space located on correspondence distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service.
(b) The procedure must include a requirement that the county publish, before a sale or lease of advertising space is made, a notice of its intent to sell or lease the advertising space. The notice must:
(1) be published:
(A) at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 14th day before the date the award of the sale or lease is made; and
(B) on the county's official website continuously for the 14 days immediately before the date the award of the sale or lease is made;
(2) include a description of the advertising space, including its location and a description of the part of any real or personal property that the advertising space occupies; and
(3) include a description of the procedure by which bids or proposals for the sale or lease may be submitted.
(c) Under the procedure, the commissioners court may reject any and all bids or proposals submitted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 46 (H.B. 477), Sec. 1, eff. May 16, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 1170), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.263.htm
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- 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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