Texas Senate Approves Eminent Domain Bill
"Texas property owners would have stronger protections when the government wants to take their land under a measure approved Wednesday by the state Senate.
Property could be seized under a process called "eminent domain'' only it if would be put toward public use, and landowners could buy it back if the project is not started within 10 years.
The government would also be required to make a ``bona fide'' offer to buy the property.
The changes force the government to deal fairly with "good faith negotiations and just compensation,'' said bill author Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls."
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