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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the restoration of expired eminent domain authority of |
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certain rural rail transportation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 172.1571 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 172.1571. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN EXPIRED EMINENT |
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DOMAIN AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies only to a district: |
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(1) whose authority to exercise the power of eminent |
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domain under Section 172.157 expired under Section 2206.101(c), |
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Government Code; and |
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(2) that is located in a county: |
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(A) bordering the Gulf of Mexico; and |
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(B) adjacent to a county in which there is |
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located a port authority that has the authority to issue a permit |
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for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles under |
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Subchapter O or P, Chapter 623. |
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(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's |
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authority as described by Subsection (a), the district, on and |
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after September 1, 2015, may exercise the power of eminent domain in |
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accordance with Section 172.157. |
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SECTION 2. As provided by Section 17(c), Article I, Texas |
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Constitution, this Act takes effect only on a two-thirds vote of all |
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the members elected to each house. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |