Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 379E.004 · Chapter 379E. URBAN LAND BANK PROGRAM
URBAN LAND BANK PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt an urban land bank program in which the officer charged with selling real property ordered sold pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien may sell certain eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing development as provided by this chapter.
(b) The governing body of a municipality that adopts an urban land bank program shall establish or approve a land bank for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1034 (H.B. 1742), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 1908), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.379E.htm
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