Tex. Transportation Code § 203.053
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 203.053, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 203.053. LOCATION OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED; PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The authorization under this subchapter to purchase or exercise the power of eminent domain is not affected by the location of the real property, the location of the real property right, or the location of the material. This subsection applies without regard to whether the location is in or outside a municipality.
(b) Under this subchapter, the commission may purchase or condemn real property, property rights, and materials that belong to the public, whether under the jurisdiction of the state, a state agency, a county, a municipality, including a home-rule municipality, or an entity or subdivision of a county or municipality.
(b) Under this subchapter, the commission may purchase or condemn real property, property rights, and materials that belong to the public, whether under the jurisdiction of the state, a state agency, a county, a municipality, including a home-rule municipality, or an entity or subdivision of a county or municipality.
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