Bill Text: TX HJR81 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taking of property by eminent domain for the purpose of transferring the property to a private entity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HJR81 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR81-Introduced.html
88R5634 SHH-F | ||
By: Schofield | H.J.R. No. 81 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taking of | ||
property by eminent domain for the purpose of transferring the | ||
property to a private entity. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 17(b), Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In this section, "public use" does not include the | ||
taking of property under Subsection (a) of this section for | ||
transfer to a private entity [ |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the taking | ||
of property by eminent domain for the purpose of transferring the | ||
property to a private entity." |