| 1 | 1 | | 84R2799 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1004 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road |
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| 8 | 8 | | corporations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 362, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 362.105 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 362.105. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY TOLL ROAD |
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| 13 | 13 | | CORPORATION. Notwithstanding Section 30, Chapter 766 (H.B. 749), |
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| 14 | 14 | | Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, a corporation |
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| 15 | 15 | | that has the powers, rights, and privileges of a corporation |
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| 16 | 16 | | created under former Chapter 11, Title 32, Revised Statutes, as |
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| 17 | 17 | | that law existed on August 31, 1991, other than a corporation to |
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| 18 | 18 | | which Section 431.073(c) applies, may not exercise the power of |
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| 19 | 19 | | eminent domain granted under that former law. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 21 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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