Sec. 203.069. COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, OR LIMITATIONS. Covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limitations affecting property acquired in any manner by the department are not binding against the department and do not impair the department's ability to use the property for a purpose authorized by this chapter. The beneficiaries of the covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limitations are not entitled to enjoin the department from using the property for a purpose authorized under this chapter, but this section does not affect the right of a person to seek damages to the person's property under Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.21, eff. June 21, 2003.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.142 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.13, eff. June 14, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Texas Department of Transportation
Chapter 203 - Modernization of State Highways; Controlled Access Highways
Subchapter D. Acquisition of Property
Section 203.051. Acquisition of Property Authorized
Section 203.052. Commission Determination Required
Section 203.0521. Acquisition of Remainder
Section 203.053. Location of Property Acquired; Public Property
Section 203.054. Attorney General Shall Bring Suit
Section 203.055. Acquisition of Rights in Public Real Property
Section 203.056. Consent to Use of State Property
Section 203.057. Cooperation of State Agency
Section 203.058. Compensation for State Agency
Section 203.059. Purchase of Lease Rights
Section 203.060. Payment Procedure
Section 203.061. Payment Procedure if Owner Fails to Deliver Executed Deed; Escrow
Section 203.062. Payment for Real Property Acquired by Eminent Domain
Section 203.063. Payment Procedures in Addition to Other Procedures Authorized by Law
Section 203.064. Acquisition of Freeway by Gift or Devise
Section 203.065. Acquisition of Freeway by County Commissioners Court
Section 203.066. Declaration of Taking for Toll Project
Section 203.067. Possession of Property for Toll Project
Section 203.068. Right of Entry for Toll Project
Section 203.069. Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, or Limitations