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Senate Bill 7 (2nd C.S.) |
Senate Author: Janek et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Woolley et al. |
Senate Bill 7 amends the Education Code, Government Code, and Transportation Code to prohibit a governmental or private entity from taking private property through the power of eminent domain if the taking confers a private benefit on a particular private party or if the taking is for primarily economic development purposes. The bill enumerates exceptions to the prohibition and provides that a governmental or private entity's determination that a taking does not violate the prohibition does not create a presumption with respect to whether the taking violates the prohibition. The bill establishes an interim committee to study the use of the power of eminent domain, enumerates its research requirements, and sets out deadlines.