Texas Transportation Code 451.154 – Station or Terminal Complex: Limitation On Real Property Acquisition
(a) An interest in real property may not be acquired for station or terminal complex facilities described by § 451.152(2) unless the property:
(1) is 1,500 feet or less from the center point of the station or terminal complex; or
(2) if farther than 1,500 feet from the center point of the station or terminal complex, is included in a master development plan adopted by the board and not acquired by eminent domain.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an authority created before 1980 in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million may acquire, including through the use of eminent domain, an interest in real property for facilities if the property:
(1) is 2,500 feet or less from the center point of the station or terminal complex; or
(2) is included in a master development plan adopted by the board.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 451.154
- 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
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(c) Before the commencement of an eminent domain proceeding to which this section applies, the board shall designate the center point of the station or terminal complex.