TITLE: Relating to the acquisition of real property by the Texas Department of Transportation to protect a state highway.

SUMMARY: Relating to the acquisition of real property by the Texas Department of Transportation to protect a state highway.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the acquisition of real property by the Texas Department of Transportation to protect a state highway. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 203.052, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b-1) For the purposes of Subsection (b), an interest in real property necessary or convenient to protect a state highway includes an interest in real property adjacent to the right-of-way of the highway on which a building: (1) is maintained in a manner that is structurally unsafe or constitutes a hazard to safety, health, or public welfare because of inadequate maintenance, unsanitary conditions, dilapidation, obsolescence, disaster, damage, or abandonment; and (2) obstructs or partially obstructs the highway. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.