{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 572.013","heading":"USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.","body":"(a) A participating public entity has the power of eminent domain to be exercised as provided by this section.\n(b) The use of eminent domain authority by a participating public entity is governed by the law relating to an eminent domain proceeding involving a municipality in this state.\n(c) A participating public entity may acquire a fee title to the condemned real property, excluding mineral interests.\n(d) A participating public entity may not use eminent domain authority to acquire an interest in a facility that belongs to another public entity or a private entity.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.013 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE C. WATER PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 572. PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES FOR PROVISION OF WATER OR SEWER SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER B. COOPERATION BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.572.htm#572.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"94aaaeb2272889c27facc2ec688a886ed5695938cb275c6c0ed88916eb3c01fc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}