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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 399.010

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Before a local government may enter into a written contract with a record owner of real property to impose an assessment to repay the financing of a qualified project under this chapter:
(1) the holder of any mortgage lien on the property must be given written notice of the owner’s intention to participate in a program under this chapter on or before the 30th day before the date the written contract for assessment between the owner and the local government is executed; and
(2) a written consent from the holder of the mortgage lien on the property must be obtained.