Tex. Water Code § 1.005 · Subchapter A. PURPOSE AND POLICY
LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
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An entity governed by this code and authorized by law to exercise the power of eminent domain may only exercise the power for a public use in accordance with Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
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History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 92 (S.B. 655), Sec. 2, eff. May 18, 2013.
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