Tex. Prop. Code § 21.020 · Subchapter B. PROCEDURE
REINSTATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a condemnor moves to dismiss a condemnation proceeding and subsequently files a petition to condemn substantially the same property interest from the same property owner, the court may not appoint new special commissioners but shall enter the award of the special commissioners in the first proceeding as the award in the second. The court shall award the property owner triple the amount of the expenses that were allowed the property owner prior to the dismissal of the first proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3502, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.21.htm
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