87R3918 NC-D
 
  By: Schofield H.J.R. No. 92
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the right to
  repurchase real property acquired by a governmental entity through
  eminent domain.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52j, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 52j.  A person from whom a real property interest is
  acquired by an entity through eminent domain for a public use, or
  that person's heirs, successors, or assigns, is entitled to
  repurchase the property under the conditions provided by this
  section. A governmental entity shall offer to [may] sell real
  property acquired through eminent domain to the person who owned
  the real property interest immediately before the governmental
  entity acquired the property interest, or to the person's heirs,
  successors, or assigns, at the price the entity paid at the time of
  acquisition if:
               (1)  the public use for which the property was acquired
  through eminent domain is canceled;
               (2)  no actual progress is made toward the public use
  during a prescribed period of time; or
               (3)  the property is unnecessary for the public use.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require a
  governmental entity to offer for sale under certain conditions real
  property acquired through eminent domain to the previous owner at
  the price the entity paid to acquire the property."