Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.015 · Subchapter B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
AUTHORITY TO HOLD, PURCHASE, LEASE, OR CONVEY PROPERTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To carry out a municipal purpose, the municipality may take, hold, purchase, lease, grant, or convey property located in or outside the municipality.
(b) The governing body of the municipality may manage and control the property belonging to the municipality.
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.51.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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