Tex. Transportation Code § 460.107
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§ 460.107. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
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(a) As necessary or useful in the construction, repair, maintenance, or operation of a public transportation system, an authority may use a public way, including an alley.
(b) An authority may acquire by eminent domain any interest in real property, including a fee simple interest and the use of air or subsurface space, except the right of eminent domain may not be exercised:
(1) in a municipality without the approval of the proposed acquisition by the governing body of the municipality; or
(2) in an unincorporated area without the approval of the proposed acquisition by the commissioners court of the county in which the property to be condemned is located.
(c) If an authority, through the exercise of eminent domain, makes any relocation necessary, relocation assistance shall be provided by the authority as provided by Section 21.046, Property Code.
(d) An eminent domain proceeding by an authority is initiated by the adoption by the executive committee of a resolution authorizing the exercise that:
(1) describes the property to be condemned;
(2) declares the public necessity for the acquisition; and
(3) declares that the acquisition is necessary for the construction, extension, improvement, or development of the public transportation system.
(e) A resolution adopted under this section and approved by the appropriate municipal governing body or commissioners court is conclusive evidence of the public necessity for the acquisition described in the resolution.
(f) Chapter 21, Property Code, applies to an eminent domain proceeding by an authority.
(b) An authority may acquire by eminent domain any interest in real property, including a fee simple interest and the use of air or subsurface space, except the right of eminent domain may not be exercised:
(1) in a municipality without the approval of the proposed acquisition by the governing body of the municipality; or
(2) in an unincorporated area without the approval of the proposed acquisition by the commissioners court of the county in which the property to be condemned is located.
(c) If an authority, through the exercise of eminent domain, makes any relocation necessary, relocation assistance shall be provided by the authority as provided by Section 21.046, Property Code.
(d) An eminent domain proceeding by an authority is initiated by the adoption by the executive committee of a resolution authorizing the exercise that:
(1) describes the property to be condemned;
(2) declares the public necessity for the acquisition; and
(3) declares that the acquisition is necessary for the construction, extension, improvement, or development of the public transportation system.
(e) A resolution adopted under this section and approved by the appropriate municipal governing body or commissioners court is conclusive evidence of the public necessity for the acquisition described in the resolution.
(f) Chapter 21, Property Code, applies to an eminent domain proceeding by an authority.
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