78R7307 JTS-F


By:  Krusee                                                       H.B. No. 156

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 156:                                    

By:  Phillips                                                 C.S.H.B. No. 156



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the grant of the power of eminent domain to a regional 
mobility authority.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 361.003, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
	(m)  The governing body of a regional mobility authority has 
the same powers and duties that the commission and the department 
have under Subchapter D relating to the condemnation or purchase of 
real property.  Notwithstanding Section 361.135(a), the 
concurrence of the commission is not a prerequisite to the exercise 
of the power of condemnation by the governing body of the regional 
mobility authority.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.