Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1.004 · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An entity governed by Title 6 and authorized by law to exercise the power of eminent domain may only exercise the power for a public use in accordance with Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 92 (S.B. 655), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1.htm
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