86R20076 PMO-D
By: Leman H.B. No. 1987
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1987:
By: Leman C.S.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 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 Subsection (d).
(d) If, in a proceeding in a state court of competent
jurisdiction, the court finds that an entity that claimed in a
report submitted to the comptroller under Subsection (a) to have
eminent domain authority does not have eminent domain authority,
the entity shall report the court's finding to the comptroller not
later than the 30th day after the date the proceeding is completed.
(e) If an entity reports a finding under Subsection (d), the
comptroller as soon as practicable after receiving the information
shall reflect the finding in the eminent domain database by
including the entity on a separately maintained list of entities
that a court has found do not have eminent domain authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.