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House Bill 2646 |
House Author: Martinez, "Mando" et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Hinojosa |
Current law authorizes the Texas Transportation Commission to purchase an option to acquire property for use in connection with a transportation facility before a final decision has been made as to whether the transportation facility will be located on that property. House Bill 2646 amends the Transportation Code to authorize the commission to acquire real property or an interest in real property for such a purpose before that decision has been made and to authorize such an acquisition or purchase before environmental clearance has been issued for the transportation facility. The bill requires the commission, before disposing of property acquired by advance acquisition that is not needed for a transportation facility, to first offer the property for sale to the person from whom the commission acquired the property.