Sec. 181.084. APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND. A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:
(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or
(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle B - Provisions Regulating Delivery of Services
Chapter 181 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Utilities
Subchapter E. Provisions Applying to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations
Section 181.082. Authority to Install Facility in Relation to Public Property
Section 181.083. Authority to Construct Line on Private Property
Section 181.084. Appropriation or Condemnation of Land
Section 181.085. Prohibition on Land Contract Excluding Another Telegraph Utility
Section 181.086. Lines in or Outside State
Section 181.087. Use of Another's Telegraph Line