{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-251.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 251.001","heading":"RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.","body":"(a) When the governing body of a municipality considers it necessary, the municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain for a public use to acquire public or private property, whether located inside or outside the municipality, for any of the following uses:\n(1) the providing, enlarging, or improving of a municipally owned 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;\n(2) the determining of riparian rights relative to the municipal water works;\n(3) the straightening or improving of the channel of any stream, branch, or drain;\n(4) the straightening, widening, or extending of any alley, street, or other roadway; and\n(5) any other municipal public use the governing body considers advisable.\n(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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","CHAPTER 251. MUNICIPAL RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.251.htm#251.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"2bbe13ba9ccef49839b38ad598c94dc8a86c014db6cdf3422ea56d2a1eb5e862","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-250.014","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-251.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}