Bill Text: TX HB695 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire property for wind power facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB695 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB695-Introduced.html
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By: Rogers | H.B. No. 695 |
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relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire | ||
property for wind power facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2206, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2206.003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2206.003. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR WIND POWER | ||
PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental or | ||
private entity may not take private property through the use of | ||
eminent domain for the purpose of developing or operating a wind | ||
power facility, as defined by Section 301.0001, Utilities Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2206.003, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies to the acquisition of real property in connection | ||
with an initial offer made under Chapter 21, Property Code, on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. The acquisition of real | ||
property in connection with an initial offer made under Chapter 21, | ||
Property Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law applicable to the acquisition immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |