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79S10330 DRH-D

By:  Deuell, Nelson, Wentworth                                  S.J.R. No. 10 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a political 
subdivision from taking private property for the primary purpose of 
economic development.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 17A to read as follows:
	Sec. 17A.  A political subdivision of this state may not take 
private property through the use of the power of eminent domain if a 
primary purpose of the taking is for economic development.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to prohibit a political 
subdivision from taking private property for the primary purpose of 
economic development."