{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373a.204","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.204","heading":"HOMESTEAD LAND BANK PROGRAM.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.373A.htm#373A.204","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"55a26a2d22d4708e66c5ae579c186b164e3b2975935d4fde41c4e8345e8e3141","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373a.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373a.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}