82R3966 PMO-D
By: Johnson H.B. No. 745
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for providing documents and written
information to certain owners of property subject to the exercise
of eminent domain authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.0112, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) The statement must [be]:
(1) be printed in an easily readable font and type
size; and
(2) if the entity is a governmental entity:
(A) be [,] made available on the Internet website
of the entity if technologically feasible; and
(B) include a provision informing the property
owner that the entity is required to provide all documents and
written information required under this chapter to be provided to
the property owner printed in English, Spanish, or any other
language requested by the property owner.
(c) A governmental entity shall provide to a property owner
all documents and written information required under this chapter
to be provided to the property owner printed in English, Spanish, or
any other language requested by the property owner.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 21.0112,
Property Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a condemnation
in which the final offer is made by a governmental entity on or
after the effective date of this Act. A condemnation in which the
final offer is made before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offer was made, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.