Tex. Transp. Code § 317.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to, an easement in, or a right-of-way over or through any property, including water or land under water, that the governing body of the municipality determines necessary to accomplish a purpose provided by Section 317.003.
(b) A municipality may not condemn property under Subsection (a) if the property is used for cemetery purposes.
(c) A municipality shall pay adequate compensation to the owner of property that is taken, damaged, or destroyed in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003.
(d) A municipality may pay compensation and damages adjudicated in a condemnation proceeding or damage to the property of a person in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003 from:
(1) the proceeds of tax or revenue bonds issued under this chapter; or
(2) other available municipal money.
(e) Chapter 21, Property Code, governs the procedure for the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.317.htm
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