82R11998 PAM-D
By: Thompson H.B. No. 3539
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to acquire by
eminent domain certain public utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.002, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) In addition to the authority provided by Subsection
(b), a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may
condemn the property of a public utility, as defined by Section
13.002, Water Code, located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the municipality for the purpose of operating and maintaining the
public utility and providing utility services in the municipality
or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.