{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-81.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 81.103","heading":"PROPERTY ACQUISITION; MANNER AND MEANS.","body":"The department may enter on, condemn, and appropriate land, easements, rights-of-way, and property of any person or corporation in the state for the purpose of erecting, constructing, enlarging, and maintaining fish hatcheries, buildings, equipment, roads, and passageways to the hatcheries. The department may also enter on, condemn, and appropriate land, easements, rights-of-way, and property of any person or corporation in the state for the purpose of constructing, enlarging, and maintaining passes or channels from one body of tidewater to another body of tidewater in the state. The manner and method of condemnation, assessment, and payment of damages is the same as is provided for railroads.\nActs 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE E. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, SANCTUARIES, AND PRESERVES","CHAPTER 81. MANAGEMENT AREAS AND PRESERVES: GENERAL AUTHORITY","SUBCHAPTER B. FISH HATCHERIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.81.htm#81.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"539dcb698e1ba7dc70438a20612557bb97186992a8a9075aa3c6b676138b5d4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-81.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-81.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}