{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379b.0045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 379B.0045","heading":"EMINENT DOMAIN.","body":"(a) An authority or an authority whose subject property is within the territorial limits of a municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property in the base property or in an area surrounding the base only in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.\n(b) Before the authority initiates an eminent domain proceeding to acquire property, the board must:\n(1) adopt a master development and redevelopment plan for the property in the base property or in an area surrounding the base and incorporate and approve the plan as part of the master plan of the municipality in which the base property is located; and\n(2) find, after conducting a public hearing, that:\n(A) notice of the hearing was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the base property is located not later than the 15th day before the date of the hearing;\n(B) the property lies in a redevelopment project designated under Section 379B.009; and\n(C) the use of eminent domain is necessary to acquire the property to carry out the essential objectives of the master development and redevelopment plan as approved by the municipality.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1116, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 378.0045 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(67), eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1120 (H.B. 3879), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1382 (S.B. 1237), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 379B. DEFENSE BASE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.379B.htm#379B.0045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"d0e879b6ae9f4e20e34197584c821ffd70950f10c8bfdcd03e0dd2101c9f4e65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379b.0043","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379b.0046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}