Texas Transportation Code

§ 112.053 — CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY: WHEN RAILROAD COMPANY AND OWNER DISAGREE

TN § 112.053Title 5. RAILROADS · Part C. RAILROADS GENERALLY · Ch. 112. POWERS AND DUTIES OF RAILROADS · Art. B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD

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(a)A railroad company may acquire property by condemnation if the company cannot agree with the owner for the purchase of the property and the property is required for any of the following purposes:

(1)the incorporation of the railroad;

(2)the transaction of company business;

(3)depots, station buildings, and machine and repair shops;

(4)the construction of reservoirs for the water supply;

(5)the right-of-way, or new or additional right-of-way;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.