{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.015","heading":"AUTHORITY TO HOLD, PURCHASE, LEASE, OR CONVEY PROPERTY.","body":"(a) To carry out a municipal purpose, the municipality may take, hold, purchase, lease, grant, or convey property located in or outside the municipality.\n(b) The governing body of the municipality may manage and control the property belonging to the municipality.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"bc40f50d281ecff53679570fc6b58417c53f401dad48731d9f704867750dd0ad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.014","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}