LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 5, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3709 by Coleman (Relating to certain charitable corporations granted eminent domain power by Section 6(b), Chapter 178 (S.B. 289), Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 3183b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), repealing the power of eminent domain and condemnation of residential property adjacent or contiguous to such medical center, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating health care, educational and support entities as a part of the medical center or related facilities; and amending Article 3183b-1 to provide for legal remedies and measures to rectify past condemnation practices within residential neighborhoods.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Title 51, Article 3183b-1, Section 2, Texas Revised Civil Statutes regarding eminent domain power for certain nonprofict charitable corporations, which are not a governmental entity.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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JOB, DB, SD