82R8763 AJA-D
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.J.R. No. 110
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment to require compensation for
  relocation costs associated with the taking of certain property for
  a public use.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
  amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  For the purposes of this section, adequate
  compensation for the taking of property that is a homestead or farm,
  if the taking makes relocation of the homestead or farm necessary,
  includes the cost of relocation from the condemned property to
  another property that allows the property owner, without the
  necessity of incurring an amount of debt, debt service, or total
  projected interest obligation that is higher than the property
  owner was subject to immediately before the taking to:
               (1)  have a standard of living comparable to the
  property owner's standard of living immediately before the taking,
  if the property taken is a homestead; or
               (2)  operate a comparable farm, if the property taken
  is a farm.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require
  compensation for homesteads and farms taken in certain
  circumstances for a public use to include the cost of relocating to
  a comparable property."