Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 22.075. Acquisition of Property by Populous Home-rule Municipalities

(a) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may not acquire in fee simple property in a municipality to enlarge an airport operated by the joint board, including property acquired for the runway protection zone and for mitigating the effects of additional airport noise caused by the enlargement of the airport, in more than an aggregate of 10 percent of that portion of the land area of the airport that is in the municipality unless the joint board has the consent of the municipality.

(b) Property acquired for the purpose of mitigating the effects of additional airport noise caused by the enlargement of the airport that is resold is not included as part of the limit prescribed by Subsection (a).

(c) A populous home-rule municipality may acquire property under Section 22.080(b) or Chapter 21, Property Code, for a purpose described by Subsection (a), except that the consent of the municipality in which the property is located is required for an acquisition in excess of the limit prescribed by Subsection (a).