Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 552.011: USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES
SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL WATER AND UTILITIES
CHAPTER 552. MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
SUBCHAPTER B. ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS FOR DRAINAGE, SEWAGE, OR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES

A municipality that owns its water system may exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn private property located inside or outside the municipal limits to acquire rights-of-way for digging or excavating canals or for laying water mains or other pipelines to bring water into the municipality for public use.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.011 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.

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