| 1 | | - | By: Lozano, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1422 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1, 1 present not voting; |
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| 6 | | - | May 13, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1422 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to the restoration of expired eminent domain authority of |
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| 13 | 6 | | certain rural rail transportation districts. |
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| 14 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Transportation Code, |
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| 16 | 9 | | is amended by adding Section 172.1571 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 10 | | Sec. 172.1571. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN EXPIRED EMINENT |
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| 18 | 11 | | DOMAIN AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies only to a district: |
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| 19 | 12 | | (1) whose authority to exercise the power of eminent |
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| 20 | 13 | | domain under Section 172.157 expired under Section 2206.101(c), |
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| 21 | 14 | | Government Code; and |
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| 22 | 15 | | (2) that is located in a county adjacent to a county in |
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| 23 | 16 | | which there is located a port authority that has the authority to |
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| 24 | 17 | | issue a permit for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles |
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| 25 | 18 | | under Subchapter O or P, Chapter 623. |
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| 26 | 19 | | (b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's |
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| 27 | 20 | | authority as described by Subsection (a), the district, on and |
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| 28 | 21 | | after September 1, 2015, may exercise the power of eminent domain in |
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| 29 | 22 | | accordance with Section 172.157. |
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| 30 | 23 | | SECTION 2. As provided by Section 17(c), Article I, Texas |
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| 31 | 24 | | Constitution, this Act takes effect only on a two-thirds vote of all |
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| 32 | 25 | | the members elected to each house. If this Act receives the vote |
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| 33 | 26 | | necessary to take effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 34 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 27 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1422 was passed by the House on April |
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| 30 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 11, 1 present, not |
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| 31 | + | voting. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1422 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 35 | + | 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | + | Date |
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| 40 | + | _____________________ |
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| 41 | + | Governor |
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