Section 317.007 - Eminent Domain(a) A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to, an easement in, or a right-of-way over or through any property, including water or land under water, that the governing body of the municipality determines necessary to accomplish a purpose provided by Section 317.003.(b) A municipality may not condemn property under Subsection (a) if the property is used for cemetery purposes.(c) A municipality shall pay adequate compensation to the owner of property that is taken, damaged, or destroyed in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003.(d) A municipality may pay compensation and damages adjudicated in a condemnation proceeding or damage to the property of a person in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003 from: (1) the proceeds of tax or revenue bonds issued under this chapter; or(2) other available municipal money.(e) Chapter 21, Property Code, governs the procedure for the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this section.Tex. Transp. Code § 317.007
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.