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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the repurchase of |
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real property acquired by a governmental entity through eminent |
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domain. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 52j to read as follows: |
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Sec. 52j. A governmental entity may sell real property |
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acquired through eminent domain to the person who owned the real |
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property interest immediately before the governmental entity |
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acquired the property interest, or to the person's heirs, |
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successors, or assigns, at the price the entity paid at the time of |
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acquisition if: |
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(1) the public use for which the property was acquired |
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through eminent domain is canceled; |
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(2) no actual progress is made toward the public use |
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during a prescribed period of time; or |
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(3) the property is unnecessary for the public use. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow governmental |
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entities to sell property acquired through eminent domain back to |
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the previous owners at the price the entities paid to acquire the |
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property." |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 30 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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RECEIVED: _____________________ |
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Secretary of State |