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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of eminent domain for highway or other |
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transportation purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle Z, Title 6, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 473 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 473. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES |
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Sec. 473.001. ADEQUATE COMPENSATION REQUIRED. An entity |
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authorized to condemn property for highway or other transportation |
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purposes may not condemn property unless the entity pays adequate |
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compensation to the property owner, taking into account all factors |
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used to determine the market value of the property for ad valorem |
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tax purposes. |
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Sec. 473.002. NOTICE TO LEGISLATOR REQUIRED. Not later |
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than the 30th day after the date an entity first takes official |
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action to initiate condemnation proceedings for a highway or other |
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transportation purpose, the entity shall provide written notice of |
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the action to each state legislator in whose district the property |
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lies. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |