A gas or electric corporation has the right and power to enter on, condemn, and appropriate the land, right-of-way, easement, or other property of any person or corporation.
Tex. Util. Code § 181.004
CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Hubenak v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Co. (2004)
Most recently applied in Boerschig v. Trans-Pecos Pipeline, L.L.C. (October 2017)
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.