Bill Text: TX HJR110 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 110 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HJR110 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HJR110-Introduced.html

	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."