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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 572.013

USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff

(a) A participating public entity has the power of eminent domain to be exercised as provided by this section.

(b) The use of eminent domain authority by a participating public entity is governed by the law relating to an eminent domain proceeding involving a municipality in this state.

(c) A participating public entity may acquire a fee title to the condemned real property, excluding mineral interests.

(d) A participating public entity may not use eminent domain authority to acquire an interest in a facility that belongs to another public entity or a private entity.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.