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Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6604.102

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; EMINENT DOMAIN

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.03, eff

(a) The district:

(1) by gift, devise, purchase, lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, may acquire inside the district an easement, right-of-way, or other property needed to carry on the work of the district; and

(2) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, may acquire outside the district an easement or right-of-way.

(b) Before the district acquires by exercise of the power of eminent domain an easement or right-of-way outside the district, the acquisition must be unanimously approved by the entire commissioners court of the county in which the easement or right-of-way is located.

(c) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

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