Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.101 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND JURISDICTION OVER LAND BY UNITED STATES
CONSENT TO UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The legislature consents to the purchase or acquisition by the United States, including acquisition by condemnation, of land in this state made in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) The United States may purchase, acquire, hold, own, occupy, and possess land in this state that it considers expedient and that it seeks to occupy as a site:
(1) on which to erect and maintain a lighthouse, fort, military station, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, customhouse, post office, or other necessary public building; or
(2) for erecting a lock or dam, straightening a stream by making a cutoff, building a levee, or erecting any other structure or improvement that may become necessary for developing or improving a waterway, river, or harbor of this state.
(c) During condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of land by the United States under this section, the United States may occupy the land and construct improvements on the land immediately on the filing of the award of the condemnation commissioners with the condemnation court, without awaiting the decision of the court, if the United States deposits an amount equal to the amount of the award of the commissioners plus the amount of all costs adjudged against the United States.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2204.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.101. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.102SALE OF STATE LAND TO UNITED STATES.Printed as Section 2204.101
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.103CESSION OF JURISDICTION TO UNITED STATES; RETENTION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE LEGAL PROCESS.Printed as Section 2204.101
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.104AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF THIS STATE OVER UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.Printed as Section 2204.101
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2204.703LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE.Printed as Sections 2204.101-2204.103, Government Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.201ACQUISITION AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND FOR WATER PROJECTS.Printed as Section 2204.101, Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 272.002CONVEYANCES BY CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO WATERWAYS.Printed as Section 2204.101, Government Code
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