Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6601.103 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not by way of limitation, the district may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire the right-of-way over and through private land, except property used for cemetery purposes, as the board determines necessary for making the district's canals, drains, ditches, levees, and other improvements and the necessary outlets for those improvements. The power of eminent domain is limited to Brazoria County.
(b) Right-of-way in a municipality may not be condemned without the consent of the governing body of the municipality.
(c) The proceedings shall be in the name of the district and under the direction of its board.
(d) An appeal of the findings and damage assessment by the special commissioners does not suspend the work of the directors in prosecuting the work in all of its details.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.6601.htm
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- 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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