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House Bill 2685 |
House Author: Callegari et al. |
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Effective: 1-15-10 |
Senate Sponsor: Nichols |
House Bill 2685 amends the Property Code to require a governmental or private entity with eminent domain authority to provide a landowner's bill of rights statement to a landowner before or at the same time as the entity first represents in any manner to the landowner that the entity possesses eminent domain authority. The entity is also required to send or provide the property owner a landowner's bill of rights statement not later than the seventh day before the entity makes a final offer to acquire real property from the property owner. The bill requires the attorney general's office to prepare a new landowner's bill of rights statement. The attorney general's office is required to consult with stakeholders regarding the draft of the statement, which is required to be drafted in plain language.