Bill Text: TX SB157 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB157-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 157 | ||
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| relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain | ||
| entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2206.154, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (b-1), not later than February 1 of each year, an entity described | ||
| by Section 2206.151 shall submit to the comptroller a report | ||
| containing records and other information specified by this | ||
| subchapter for the purpose of providing the comptroller with | ||
| information to maintain the eminent domain database under Section | ||
| 2206.153. The entity shall submit the report in a form and in the | ||
| manner prescribed by the comptroller. | ||
| (b-1) A political subdivision described by Subsection (b-2) | ||
| is required to file an annual report under Subsection (a) only if | ||
| the political subdivision's eminent domain authority information | ||
| has changed from the information reported in the most recent report | ||
| filed by the political subdivision under this section. If for the | ||
| current annual reporting period the political subdivision's | ||
| eminent domain authority information is the same as the information | ||
| reflected for the political subdivision in the eminent domain | ||
| database for the previous annual reporting period, the political | ||
| subdivision, not later than February 1 of the current annual | ||
| reporting period, shall confirm the accuracy of the information by | ||
| electronically updating the political subdivision's previously | ||
| filed report with the comptroller in the manner prescribed by the | ||
| comptroller. | ||
| (b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies to the following political | ||
| subdivisions: | ||
| (1) a public school district located in a county with a | ||
| population of less than 25,000; | ||
| (2) a municipality or county with a population of less | ||
| than 25,000; or | ||
| (3) a district created under Section 52, Article III, | ||
| or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, with a population | ||
| of less than 25,000. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 157 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 157 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 135, | ||
| Nays 2, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
