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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 507.103. Eminent Domain

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) This section does not apply to a spaceport development corporation whose authorizing entity is a single municipality with a population of two million or more.

(a-1) A spaceport development corporation may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property for a spaceport, including the power to:

(1) acquire fee title in land condemned;

(2) relocate or modify a railroad, utility line, pipeline, or other facility that may interfere with a spaceport; or

(3) impose a reasonable restriction on using the surface of the property for mineral development if the corporation does not own the mineral rights.

(b) Before exercising the power of eminent domain under this chapter, a spaceport development corporation must obtain a resolution approving the proposed condemnation from the governing body of a county or municipality in which the property is located. For purposes of this chapter, territory in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered to be in the jurisdiction of the municipality.

(c) Chapter 21, Property Code, governs the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a spaceport development corporation.

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