Texas § SD.8508.0114 - EMINENT DOMAIN
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § SD.8508.0114 — EMINENT DOMAIN, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ SD.8508.0114. EMINENT DOMAIN
EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land inside or outside the authority to carry out a power, right, privilege, or function authorized by this chapter if the board, after notice and hearing, determines that the action is necessary. (b) The authority must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21 , Property Code, except that the authority is not required to: (1) give bond for appeal or bond for costs in a condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party; or (2) deposit double the amount of any award in any suit. (c) The authority's authority under this section to exercise the power of eminent domain expired on September 1, 2013, unless the authority submitted a letter to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2206.101 (b), Government Code, not later than December 31, 2012. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172 ), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2021.
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