Sec. 373.006.  REQUIRED PROCEDURES BEFORE ADOPTION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.  Before exercising powers under Section 373.005, the governing body of the municipality must:
(1)  identify areas of the municipality in which predominantly low and moderate income persons reside, that are blighted or slum areas, or that are federally assisted new communities;
(2)  establish community development program areas in which community development activities, building rehabilitation, or the acquisition of privately owned buildings or land is proposed;
(3)  adopt, by resolution or ordinance, a plan under which citizens may publicly comment on the proposed community development program;
(4)  conduct public hearings on the proposed program before the 15th day before the date of its final adoption by the governing body;  and
(5)  adopt the community development program by resolution or ordinance.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.