Tex. Local Government Code § 601.040
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY
Texas · Texas Local Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Local Government Code § 601.040, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/694513
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(a) The municipality may acquire real property for a project or for building or improving a road leading to a project.
(b) The municipality may close a road as is necessary or convenient for the purposes of this subchapter.
(c) An authority may, at its own expense, acquire real property for a project in the name of the municipality by purchase or condemnation under the laws relating to the condemnation of land by the municipality. The authority may, until it ceases to exist, use the property.
(d) If an authority determines that real property is no longer required for a project, and the property was acquired at the expense of the municipality, the authority may give the use of the property to the municipality. If the property was acquired at the expense of the authority, the authority may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property and may use the proceeds for the purposes of this subchapter.