Tex. Educ. Code § 85.32 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any real property that the board considers necessary and proper to carry out its powers and duties.
(b) The board shall exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed by Chapter 21, Property Code, except that the board is not required to deposit a bond or the amount equal to the award of damages by the special commissioners under Sections 21.021(a)(2) and (3), Property Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 774, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.85.htm
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