Tex. Transportation Code § 370.162
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 370.162, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 370.162. POWERS AND PROCEDURES OF AUTHORITY IN ACQUIRING PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
(a) An authority may construct or improve a transportation project on real property, including a right-of-way acquired by the authority or provided to the authority for that purpose by the commission, a political subdivision of this state, or any other governmental entity.
(b) Except as provided by this chapter, an authority has the same powers and may use the same procedures as the commission in acquiring property.
(b) Except as provided by this chapter, an authority has the same powers and may use the same procedures as the commission in acquiring property.
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