Tex. Transp. Code § 455.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The Texas Department of Transportation may not use eminent domain for a purpose under this chapter in a way that:

(1) unduly interferes with interstate commerce; or

(2) establishes a right to operate a vehicle on a railroad track used to transport property.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.455.htm
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