TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require compensation for relocation costs associated with the taking of certain property for a public use.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require compensation for relocation costs associated with the taking of certain property for a public use.

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82(R) HJR 110-Introduced version-Bill Text 82R8763 AJA-D By: Davis of Dallas H.J.R. No. 110 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment to require compensation for relocation costs associated with the taking of certain property for a public use. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b-1) For the purposes of this section, adequate compensation for the taking of property that is a homestead or farm, if the taking makes relocation of the homestead or farm necessary, includes the cost of relocation from the condemned property to another property that allows the property owner, without the necessity of incurring an amount of debt, debt service, or total projected interest obligation that is higher than the property owner was subject to immediately before the taking to: (1) have a standard of living comparable to the property owner's standard of living immediately before the taking, if the property taken is a homestead; or (2) operate a comparable farm, if the property taken is a farm. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require compensation for homesteads and farms taken in certain circumstances for a public use to include the cost of relocating to a comparable property."