Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6604.102 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district:
(1) by gift, devise, purchase, lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, may acquire inside the district an easement, right-of-way, or other property needed to carry on the work of the district; and
(2) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, may acquire outside the district an easement or right-of-way.
(b) Before the district acquires by exercise of the power of eminent domain an easement or right-of-way outside the district, the acquisition must be unanimously approved by the entire commissioners court of the county in which the easement or right-of-way is located.
(c) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 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.6604.htm
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