By: Perry  S.B. No. 175
         (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2018; February 1, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 7, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 7, 2019,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 175 By:  Fallon
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain
  entities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2206.154, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
  (b-1), not later than February 1 of each year, an entity described
  by Section 2206.151 shall submit to the comptroller a report
  containing records and other information specified by this
  subchapter for the purpose of providing the comptroller with
  information to maintain the eminent domain database under Section
  2206.153.  The entity shall submit the report in a form and in the
  manner prescribed by the comptroller.
         (b-1)  A political subdivision described by Subsection (b-2)
  is required to file an annual report under Subsection (a) only if
  the political subdivision's eminent domain authority information
  has changed from the information reported in the most recent report
  filed by the political subdivision under this section. If for the
  current annual reporting period the political subdivision's
  eminent domain authority information is the same as the information
  reflected for the political subdivision in the eminent domain
  database for the previous annual reporting period, the political
  subdivision, not later than February 1 of the current annual
  reporting period, shall confirm the accuracy of the information by
  electronically updating the political subdivision's previously
  filed report with the comptroller in the manner prescribed by the
  comptroller.
         (b-2)  Subsection (b-1) applies to the following political
  subdivisions:
               (1)  a public school district located in a county with a
  population of less than 25,000; and
               (2)  a municipality or county with a population of less
  than 25,000.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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