Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 11002.107 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:
(1) a road project authorized by Section 11002.104; or
(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
(b) If the district's exercise of its eminent domain power requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or altering the construction of any electric transmission or electric distribution line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or altering the construction of any electric transmission or electric distribution line to provide a comparable replacement without enhancing the facility, after deducting from the cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1189 (H.B. 3804), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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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.11002.htm
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