Tex. Transportation Code § 91.091
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 91.091, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 91.091. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may authorize the department to acquire in the name of the state a right-of-way, a property right, or other interest in real property determined to be necessary or convenient for the department's acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of rail facilities.
(b) The commission may authorize the department to acquire property by any method, including purchase and condemnation. Property may be purchased under any terms determined by the department to be in the best interest of the state.
(c) Property may be purchased along alternative potential routes for a rail facility even if only one of those potential routes will ultimately be chosen as the final route.
(b) The commission may authorize the department to acquire property by any method, including purchase and condemnation. Property may be purchased under any terms determined by the department to be in the best interest of the state.
(c) Property may be purchased along alternative potential routes for a rail facility even if only one of those potential routes will ultimately be chosen as the final route.
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