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| 1 | 1 | 85R10082 JTS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wray H.B. No. 2161 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to clarification of the law regarding the authority of a | |
| 8 | 8 | high-speed rail company to exercise the power of eminent domain. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 112, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 112.0531 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 112.0531. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY CERTAIN HIGH-SPEED | |
| 13 | 13 | RAIL COMPANIES. For the purposes of Section 112.053 and any other | |
| 14 | 14 | grant of authority to exercise the power of eminent domain to a | |
| 15 | 15 | railroad company, a high-speed rail company proposing to operate | |
| 16 | 16 | rail service capable of speeds greater than 120 miles per hour is | |
| 17 | 17 | not considered a railroad company. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended | |
| 19 | 19 | only to clarify existing law with respect to the authority of a | |
| 20 | 20 | high-speed rail company to exercise the power of eminent domain. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |