82R8763 AJA-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.J.R. No. 110
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to require compensation for
relocation costs associated with the taking of certain property for
a public use.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) For the purposes of this section, adequate
compensation for the taking of property that is a homestead or farm,
if the taking makes relocation of the homestead or farm necessary,
includes the cost of relocation from the condemned property to
another property that allows the property owner, without the
necessity of incurring an amount of debt, debt service, or total
projected interest obligation that is higher than the property
owner was subject to immediately before the taking to:
(1) have a standard of living comparable to the
property owner's standard of living immediately before the taking,
if the property taken is a homestead; or
(2) operate a comparable farm, if the property taken
is a farm.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require
compensation for homesteads and farms taken in certain
circumstances for a public use to include the cost of relocating to
a comparable property."