Tex. Local Government Code § 373B.003
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 373B.003, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 373B.003. NATURE OF TRUST.
Official statutory text
A community land trust created or designated under Section 373B.002 must be a nonprofit organization that is:
(1) created to acquire and hold land for the benefit of developing and preserving long-term affordable housing in the municipality or county; and
(2) organized as:
(A) a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of that code;
(B) a limited partnership of which a nonprofit corporation described by Paragraph (A) controls 100 percent of the general partner interest; or
(C) a limited liability company for which a nonprofit corporation described by Paragraph (A) serves as the only member.
(1) created to acquire and hold land for the benefit of developing and preserving long-term affordable housing in the municipality or county; and
(2) organized as:
(A) a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of that code;
(B) a limited partnership of which a nonprofit corporation described by Paragraph (A) controls 100 percent of the general partner interest; or
(C) a limited liability company for which a nonprofit corporation described by Paragraph (A) serves as the only member.
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