Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 7803.104. Cost of Relocating or Altering Property

(a) In this section, “sole expense” means the actual cost of:

(b) If the district's exercise of its power of eminent domain, power of relocation, or any other power makes necessary the relocation, raising, rerouting, changing the grade, or alteration of the construction of a highway, a railroad, an electric transmission line, a telephone or telegraph property or facility, or a pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district unless the owner of the relocated or altered facility has a legal obligation to pay those expenses, in which event the necessary action shall be accomplished at the expense of the owner. (Acts 62nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 135, Sec. 6 (part).)