86R6250 PMO-D
By: Leman H.B. No. 1987
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting requirements regarding eminent domain
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2206.154, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
as follows:
(c) In addition to the annual report required under
Subsection (a), an entity described by Section 2206.151 shall
report to the comptroller:
(1) any changes to the entity's eminent domain
authority information reported under this section not later than
the 90th day after the date on which the change occurred, except as
provided by Subdivision (3);
(2) any court proceeding filed to determine the
validity or extent of the entity's eminent domain authority not
later than the 30th day after the date the proceeding is filed,
including the number and style of the proceeding and the court in
which the proceeding is pending; and
(3) the outcome of the court proceeding reported under
Subdivision (2) not later than the 30th day after the date the
proceeding is completed.
(d) If an entity reports information under Subsection
(c)(2), the comptroller shall reflect the entity's challenged
eminent domain status by including the entity on a separately
maintained list of entities with challenged status and in any other
manner determined appropriate by the comptroller. The separately
maintained list required under this subsection must include with
respect to each entity the information reported by the entity under
Subsection (c)(2).
(e) As soon as practicable after receiving information
reported under Subsection (c)(3), the comptroller shall update the
information in the eminent domain database as the comptroller
determines appropriate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.