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251.001. Right of Eminent Domain
(a) When the governing body of a municipality
considers it necessary, the municipality may
exercise the right of eminent domain for a
public purpose to acquire public or private
property, whether located inside or outside the
municipality, for any of the following purposes:
(1) the providing, enlarging, or improving of a
city hall; police station; jail or other law
enforcement detention facility; fire station;
library; school or other educational facility;
academy; auditorium; hospital; sanatorium;
market house; slaughterhouse; warehouse;
elevator; railroad terminal; airport; ferry;
ferry landing; pier; wharf; dock or other
shipping facility; loading or unloading
facility; alley, street, or other roadway; park,
playground, or other recreational facility;
square; water works system, including
reservoirs, other water supply sources,
watersheds, and water storage, drainage,
treatment, distribution, transmission, and
emptying facilities; sewage system including
sewage collection, drainage, treatment,
disposal, and emptying facilities; electric or
gas power system; cemetery;
and crematory;
(2) the determining of riparian rights relative
to the municipal water works;
(3) the straightening or improving of the
channel of any stream, branch, or drain;
(4) the straightening, widening, or extending of
any alley, street, or other roadway; and
(5) for any other municipal purpose the
governing body considers advisable.
(b) A municipality condemning land under this
section may take a fee simple title to the
property if the governing body expresses the
intention to do so.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1987.
§ 251.002.
Procedure
An exercise of the power of eminent domain
granted by this chapter is governed by Chapter
21 of the Property Code.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1987.
