{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-255.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 255.001","heading":"SPECIAL HEARING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONVERSION OF PROPERTY TO HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a municipality's governing body may not approve the conversion of a property under the municipality's control to provide housing to homeless individuals unless the governing body holds a public hearing not less than 90 days before the municipality begins the conversion. The governing body must hold the hearing at a location within a one-mile radius of the property.\n(b) Not later than 36 hours before a public hearing required under Subsection (a) is held, a municipality's governing body must provide notice of the hearing by mail to each residence and business located within a one-mile radius of the property described by that subsection.\n(c) If a municipality's governing body fails to comply with this section, an individual who is entitled to notice under Subsection (b) may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county in which the property described by Subsection (a) is located to prevent the conversion of the property.\n(d) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and a provision in a municipality's charter relating to the conversion or notice of the conversion of a property described by Subsection (a), this chapter controls.\n(e) This section does not apply to the conversion of a property to provide temporary shelter or housing during a natural disaster, declared state of emergency, or other life-threatening public emergency.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 178 (S.B. 617), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","CHAPTER 255. CONVERSION OF PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.255.htm#255.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"51bdf636c8d1c4705a08603d94807152b2a7283a4260258b054057999daaad74","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-254.086","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-261.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}