{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.503","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2166.503","heading":"ACQUISITION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, PALEONTOLOGICAL, AND HISTORIC SITES.","body":"(a) The commission may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or exercise of its general power of eminent domain land in this state on which is located:\n(1) a building, site, or landmark of statewide historical significance associated with historic events or personalities;\n(2) a prehistoric ruin;\n(3) a burial ground;\n(4) an archaeological site;\n(5) a vertebrate paleontological site; or\n(6) a site containing fossilized footprints, an inscription made by human agency, or another archaeological, paleontological, or historic feature.\n(b) For a historic site, building, or structure, the commission may exercise the power of eminent domain under Subsection (a) only on a proper showing that the exercise is necessary to prevent destruction or deterioration of the historic site, building, or structure.\n(c) The commission may request from the Texas Historical Commission a certification or authentication of the worthiness of preservation of a feature listed in Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 2166. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER K. MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, AND HISTORIC SITES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2166.htm#2166.503","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3c53a85b2e7795b526eafdf3678fb84de4ea901e950411b1699950150f544f70","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.502","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2166.504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}