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Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.051: MUNICIPAL POWER TO DESIGNATE DISTRICT.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER 373A. HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICTS AND REINVESTMENT ZONES
- SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
(a) To promote and expand the ownership and rental of affordable housing and to prevent the involuntary loss of homesteads by existing homeowners and renters living in the area, the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may designate as a homestead preservation district an area in the municipality that is eligible under Section 373A.052.
(b) The ordinance must describe the boundaries of the district and designate the powers that apply to the district under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3350), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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