{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-11006.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.158","heading":"EMINENT DOMAIN.","body":"(a) To carry out a power conferred by this chapter, the authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to land, or any other interest in land, and other property and easements, inside or outside the authority, including land or an interest in land needed for a reservoir, dam, or flood easement above the probable high-water line around a reservoir.\n(b) The authority must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.\n(c) The authority is a municipal corporation for the purposes of Chapter 21, Property Code.\n(d) The board shall determine the amount and the type of interest in land, other property, or easements to be acquired.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.07, eff. April 1, 2017.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE X. DISTRICTS WITH COMBINED POWERS","CHAPTER 11006. SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.11006.htm#11006.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"944aa7e1d517101ce271ae95d130b95339cc868b776209c9f1749a93bbf7eb91","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-11006.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-11006.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}