Texas Transportation Code
§ 317.007 — EMINENT DOMAIN
TN § 317.007Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 317. ELIMINATION OF GRADE-LEVEL STREET CROSSINGS BY RAILROAD LINES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 100,000 · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to, an easement in, or a right-of-way over or through any property, including water or land under water, that the governing body of the municipality determines necessary to accomplish a purpose provided by Section 317.003.
(b)A municipality may not condemn property under Subsection (a) if the property is used for cemetery purposes.
(c)A municipality shall pay adequate compensation to the owner of property that is taken, damaged, or destroyed in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003.
(d)A municipality may pay compensation and damages adjudicated in a condemnation proceeding or damage to the property of a person in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003 from:
(1)the proceeds of tax or revenue bonds issued under this chapter; or
(2)other available municipal money.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.