Sec. 8506.107. AUTHORITY PROPERTY; EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The authority may acquire, maintain, use, and operate property of any kind or any interest in property, inside or outside the boundaries of the authority, necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred on the authority by this chapter. The authority may acquire the property or interest in property by purchase, lease, gift, exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other manner.
(b) The authority must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by:
(1) Chapter 21, Property Code; or
(2) the statutes relating to condemnation by districts organized under general law pursuant to Section 59(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Special District Local Laws Code
Title 6 - Water and Wastewater
Subtitle G - River Authorities
Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 8506.101. General Powers
Section 8506.102. Powers Related to Water of Colorado River and Its Tributaries
Section 8506.103. Sale and Distribution of Water Outside Boundaries of Authority
Section 8506.104. Development, Generation, Distribution, and Sale of Water Power and Electric Energy
Section 8506.105. Prevention of Damage to Persons or Property
Section 8506.106. Forestation and Reforestation; Prevention of Soil Erosion and Floods
Section 8506.107. Authority Property; Eminent Domain
Section 8506.108. Sale, Lease, Mortgage, or Other Disposition of Authority Property
Section 8506.109. Overflow or Inundation of Public Property; Relocation of Roads
Section 8506.110. Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Facilities
Section 8506.112. General Contract Powers
Section 8506.113. Additional Powers Relating to Contracts, Rules, and Regulations
Section 8506.114. Limitations on Powers of Authority