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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for providing documents and written |
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information to certain owners of property subject to the exercise |
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of eminent domain authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.0112, Property Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The statement must [be]: |
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(1) be printed in an easily readable font and type |
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size; and |
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(2) if the entity is a governmental entity: |
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(A) be [,] made available on the Internet website |
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of the entity if technologically feasible; and |
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(B) include a provision informing the property |
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owner that the entity is required to provide all documents and |
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written information required under this chapter to be provided to |
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the property owner printed in English, Spanish, or any other |
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language requested by the property owner. |
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(c) A governmental entity shall provide to a property owner |
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all documents and written information required under this chapter |
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to be provided to the property owner printed in English, Spanish, or |
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any other language requested by the property owner. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 21.0112, |
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Property Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a condemnation |
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in which the final offer is made by a governmental entity on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A condemnation in which the |
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final offer is made before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offer was made, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |