| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 26, 2017; February 13, 2017, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | April 5, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 5, 2017, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 626 By: Schwertner |
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| 10 | 3 | | |
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| 11 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 6 | | relating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction |
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| 14 | 7 | | with the acquisition of real property for a public use through |
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| 15 | 8 | | eminent domain procedures. |
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| 16 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 17 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 402.031, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 18 | 11 | | adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 12 | | (c-1) The statement must disclose that a condemning entity |
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| 20 | 13 | | that makes an initial offer under Section 21.0113, Property Code, |
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| 21 | 14 | | that includes real property that the entity does not seek to acquire |
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| 22 | 15 | | by condemnation shall in the initial offer: |
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| 23 | 16 | | (1) separately identify the real property that the |
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| 24 | 17 | | entity does not seek to acquire by condemnation; and |
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| 25 | 18 | | (2) make an offer for the real property that the entity |
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| 26 | 19 | | does not seek to acquire by condemnation separate from the offer |
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| 27 | 20 | | made for the real property sought to be acquired by condemnation. |
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| 28 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Property Code, is |
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| 29 | 22 | | amended by adding Section 21.0114 to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 23 | | Sec. 21.0114. OFFER TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. A |
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| 31 | 24 | | condemning entity that makes an initial offer under Section 21.0113 |
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| 32 | 25 | | that includes real property that the entity does not seek to acquire |
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| 33 | 26 | | by condemnation shall in the initial offer: |
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| 34 | 27 | | (1) separately identify the real property that the |
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| 35 | 28 | | entity does not seek to acquire by condemnation; and |
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| 36 | 29 | | (2) make an offer for the real property that the entity |
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| 37 | 30 | | does not seek to acquire by condemnation separate from the offer |
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| 38 | 31 | | made for the real property sought to be acquired by condemnation. |
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| 39 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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