Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 571.004. Acquisition of Property; Eminent Domain

(a) The county or municipality may acquire property that is necessary for the establishment, construction, and maintenance of a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.

(b) The county or municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn an interest in real property for the purposes described by Subsection (a). The county or municipality must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(c) Before exercising the power of eminent domain under this section the commissioners court or municipal authority, by order, ordinance, or resolution entered in its minutes, shall define and describe the real property to be acquired and shall determine whether an easement or fee simple interest in the real property is to be taken.