BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 532
80R4438 JPL-D By: Carona
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
As proposed, S.B. 532 requires a governmental entity, when it begins an eminent domain procedure, to notify the landowner, in writing, of the landowner's ability to contact an attorney and the costs associated with this process.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 21.0111(a), Property Code, as follows:
(a) Requires a governmental entity with eminent domain authority that wants to acquire real property for a public use to inform the property owner at the time an offer to purchase is made that the property owner is authorized to seek legal counsel; requires the entity to provide to the property owner at the time an offer to purchase is made an estimate of the costs of legal services; and prohibits the entity from advising the property owner that the property owner does not need to seek legal counsel.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.