Bill Text: TX SB555 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the entry of real property under a claim of eminent domain authority; providing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Co-author authorized [SB555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB555-Introduced.html
85R6282 AJA-D | ||
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 555 |
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relating to the entry of real property under a claim of eminent | ||
domain authority; providing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 2206, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN | ||
AUTHORITY | ||
Sec. 2206.210. OFFENSE: ENTRY OF PROPERTY UNDER CLAIM OF | ||
EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY. (a) A person commits an offense if the | ||
person: | ||
(1) enters or attempts to enter the real property of | ||
another; and | ||
(2) at the time of the entry or attempted entry, | ||
asserts that the entry is authorized by or requested in connection | ||
with eminent domain authority of an entity the person represents or | ||
claims to represent that does not possess that eminent domain | ||
authority. | ||
(b) Proof of a culpable mental state under Subsection (a)(2) | ||
is not required for a conviction of an offense under this section. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |