Sec. 2310.410. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY IN READJUSTMENT ZONE. (a) After an area is designated as a readjustment zone, the state, a municipality, or a county that owns a surplus building (including any structure) or vacant land in the zone may dispose of the building or land by:

(1) selling the building or land at a public auction;

(2) selling the building or land without notice or bidding as provided by Subsection (d); or

(3) establishing an urban homestead program described by Subsection (e).

(b) A municipality or county may sell a surplus building or vacant land in the readjustment zone at less than fair market value if the governing body of the municipality or county by ordinance or order, as appropriate, adopts criteria that specify the conditions and circumstances under which the sale may occur and the public purpose to be achieved by the sale. A copy of the ordinance or order must be filed with the bank not later than the day on which the sale occurs.

(c) If the surplus building or vacant land is sold at a public auction, the building or land may be sold to a buyer who is not the highest bidder if the criteria and public purpose specified in the ordinance or order adopted under Subsection (b) are satisfied.

(d) The surplus building or vacant land may be sold without complying with notice or bidding requirements (including election or voter approval requirements imposed by other law, if any) if the criteria and public purpose specified in the ordinance or order adopted under Subsection (b) are satisfied.

(e) An urban homestead program must provide that:

(1) the state, municipality, or county is to sell to an individual a residence or part of a residence that it owns for an amount not to exceed $100;

(2) as a condition of the sale, the individual must agree by covenant in the deed conveying the residence to live in the residence for at least seven years and to renovate or remodel the residence to meet the level of maintenance stated in an agreement between the individual and the governmental entity; and

(3) after the individual satisfies the seven-year residency and property improvement requirements of the agreement, the governmental entity shall assign the residence to the individual.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 894, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 3.49, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.