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TX SB292

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Charles Schwertner

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires entities with eminent domain authority to provide property owners with a "Landowner's Bill of Rights" statement at the time of an initial offer, rather than seven days before a final offer, informing them of their right to refuse property surveys, negotiate survey terms, and hold the entity responsible for survey damages

  • Mandates that survey permission forms conspicuously disclose property owners' rights to refuse entry, negotiate terms, and seek compensation for damages, as well as the entity's right to seek a court order if permission is denied

  • Requires condemning entities to separately identify and make separate offers for any property they seek to acquire voluntarily versus property they intend to acquire through condemnation, with an exception for certain Texas Department of Transportation acquisitions

  • Removes the previous requirement to include the landowner's bill of rights statement with the final offer, since it must now be provided with the initial offer

  • Directs the Texas Attorney General to make the updated landowner's bill of rights statement available on its website by January 1, 2026, with the new requirements taking effect on that date

Legislative Description

Relating to certain requirements in connection with the acquisition of real property for public use by an entity with eminent domain authority.

Property Interests

Last Action

Left pending in committee

5/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Land & Resource Management4/22/2025
State Affairs2/3/2025

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