Texas Local Government Code 507.103 – Eminent Domain
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(a) This section does not apply to a spaceport development corporation whose authorizing entity is a single municipality with a population of two million or more.
(a-1) A spaceport development corporation may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property for a spaceport, including the power to:
(1) acquire fee title in land condemned;
(2) relocate or modify a railroad, utility line, pipeline, or other facility that may interfere with a spaceport; or
(3) impose a reasonable restriction on using the surface of the property for mineral development if the corporation does not own the mineral rights.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 507.103
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(b) Before exercising the power of eminent domain under this chapter, a spaceport development corporation must obtain a resolution approving the proposed condemnation from the governing body of a county or municipality in which the property is located. For purposes of this chapter, territory in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered to be in the jurisdiction of the municipality.
(c) Chapter 21, Property Code, governs the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a spaceport development corporation.