Section 253.008 - Sale of Real Property By Public Auction(a) The governing body of a municipality may sell real property owned by the municipality by public auction or by sealed bid under Section 272.001.(b) To sell real property by public auction, the governing body of a municipality shall publish notice of the auction before the 20th day before the date the auction is held. The notice for sale of the real property must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks before the date the auction is held in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located and, if the real property is located in another county, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the real property is located. The notice must include a description of the real property, including its location, and the date, time, and location at which the auction is to be held.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 253.008
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 206, Sec. 1, eff. 8/30/1993. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 253.007 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(39), eff. 9/1/1995.