Texas Local Government Code Title 8, Chapter 263 - Sale Or Lease Of Property By Counties

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR REAL PROPERTY

• Texas Section 263.001 - Sale Or Lease Of Real Property
  (a) The commissioners court of a county, by an order entered in its minutes, may appoint a commissioner to sell or lease real property owned...
• Texas Section 263.002 - Abandoned Seawall Or Highway Property
  (a) If abandoned seawall or highway right-of-way property is no longer needed for such a purpose, the county may sell or lease the property only...
• Texas Section 263.003 - School Lands
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall provide for the protection, preservation, and disposition of lands granted to the county for educational purposes. (b)...
• Texas Section 263.004 - Restrictions, Conditions, And Limitations
  (a) In a conveyance of real property, the commissioners court of a county may provide for restrictions, conditions, and limitations that it determines are necessary...
• Texas Section 263.005 - Use By Public Utility Or Common Carrier
  If, at the time real property, or an interest in real property, is sold, leased, or exchanged under this subchapter, a public utility or common...
• Texas Section 263.006 - Exchange Of Real Property
  (a) The commissioners court of a county, by an order entered in its minutes, may authorize the exchange of an interest in real property owned...
• Texas Section 263.007 - Sale Or Lease Of Real Property Through Sealed-bid Procedure
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may sell or lease through a sealed-bid or sealed-proposal procedure...

SUBCHAPTER B DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY

• Texas Section 263.008 - Broker Agreements And Fees For The Sale Of Real Property
  (a) In this section, "broker" means a person licensed as a broker under Chapter 1101, Occupations Code. (b) The commissioners court of a county may...
• Texas Section 263.051 - Airport Land
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may lease to any person any land acquired, by a purchase or gift, by the county for an...
• Texas Section 263.052 - Certain Land, Housing, Or Facilities Acquired From United States
  (a) A county may: (1) lease or rent any land, housing, or facility acquired under Section 270.004; (2) establish and revise the amount charged for...
• Texas Section 263.053 - Sale And Subsequent Lease Or License Of Property In Counties With Population Of More Than 250,000
  (a) This section applies only to counties with a population of more than 250,000. (b) The commissioners court of the county may sell land, buildings,...
• Texas Section 263.054 - Relinquishment Of Abandoned Land
  The commissioners court of a county by order may, as if there has been a failure of consideration, relinquish and convey land donated to the...

SUBCHAPTER C LEASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PRIVATELY OWNED HOTEL

• Texas Section 263.055 - Conveyance Of Property From County To Texas A&i University Foundation, Inc
  (a) A county may convey surplus personal or real property of the county at a private sale to Texas A&I University Foundation, Inc., for any...
• Texas Section 263.101 - Application Of Subchapter To Populous Counties
  This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 1.3 million. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 263.102 - Lease
  (a) The commissioners court of the county may lease real property owned by the county and air rights above that property to an individual or...
• Texas Section 263.103 - Creation Of Encumbrance
  (a) A lease or other agreement executed under this subchapter may not subject the real property to a pledge or mortgage, other than existing revenue...
• Texas Section 263.104 - Lending Credit
  A county executing a lease under this subchapter may not in any way lend its credit to an individual or a private corporation or association...
• Texas Section 263.105 - Conditions Of Lease
  (a) A lease under this subchapter may initially be effective for the term of a mortgage covering the construction of the hotel and related facilities....
• Texas Section 263.106 - Sale
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may sell land owned by the county and the air rights above the land to an individual or...

SUBCHAPTER D DISPOSITION OF SALVAGE OR SURPLUS PROPERTY

• Texas Section 263.107 - Expenditure Of Tax Funds
  In an agreement authorized by this subchapter, the commissioners court of a county may spend tax funds consistent with state law but must limit each...
• Texas Section 263.151 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Salvage property" means personal property, other than items routinely discarded as waste, that because of use, time, accident, or any other...
• Texas Section 263.152 - Disposition
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may: (1) periodically sell the county's surplus or salvage property by competitive bid or auction, except that competitive...
• Texas Section 263.153 - Notice
  (a) The commissioners court shall publish notice of a sale of surplus or salvage property in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the...
• Texas Section 263.154 - Rejection Of Offer
  The commissioners court or its designated representative conducting the sale may reject any offer to purchase surplus or salvage property if the court or representative...
• Texas Section 263.155 - Record
  (a) The commissioners court shall keep a record of each item of surplus or salvage property sold and the sale price of each item. (b)...
• Texas Section 263.156 - Proceeds
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the commissioners court shall deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus or salvage property: (1) in the county treasury...
• Texas Section 263.157 - Title
  If a purchaser of surplus or salvage property at a sale held in accordance with this subchapter complies in good faith with the conditions of...

SUBCHAPTER E CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM COUNTY TO UNITED STATES

• Texas Section 263.158 - Rules
  The commissioners court may adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 263.201 - Acquisition And Conveyance Of Land For Water Projects
  (a) If a county that has a part of its boundary coincident with a part of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico,...
• Texas Section 263.202 - Conveyance For Public Building
  (a) A county that owns land used for public purposes that exceeds the amount of land needed by the county for its public purposes may...
• Texas Section 263.203 - Conveyance For Civil Works Project
  If a county owns and controls land, or an interest in land, that is used or proposed to be used as a part of the...
• Texas Section 263.204 - Conveyance For Military Installation Or Facility
  If a county owns and controls land, or an interest in land, near a federally owned or operated military installation or facility, the county judge...
• Texas Section 263.205 - Consideration
  The commissioners court shall determine the consideration for a conveyance under Section 263.203 or 263.204 and may determine that monetary consideration is not required. Acts...

SUBCHAPTER F ADVERTISING SPACE

• Texas Section 263.206 - Assent To Grant Of Easement
  If the county does not own the fee simple title to land described by Section 263.203 or 263.204 and if the owner of the fee...
• Texas Section 263.251 - Sale Or Lease Of Advertising Space
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the county may: (1) lease to another entity advertising space located: (A)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016