Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Subtitle A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Chapter 373A. HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICTS AND REINVESTMENT ZONES |
Subchapter E. HOMESTEAD LAND BANK PROGRAM |
Sec. 373A.204. HOMESTEAD LAND BANK PROGRAM
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(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt a homestead 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 subchapter.
(b) The governing body of a municipality that adopts a homestead land bank program shall establish or approve a land bank for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.