Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 261.001 · Chapter 261. COUNTY RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county may exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn and acquire land, an easement in land, or a right-of-way if the acquisition is necessary for the construction of a jail, courthouse, hospital, or library, or for another public use authorized by law.
(b) The right of eminent domain conferred by this section extends to public or private land, but not to land used for cemetery purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.261.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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