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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Subtitle D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES |
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Chapter 2166. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION |
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Subchapter K. MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, AND HISTORIC SITES |
Sec. 2166.503. ACQUISITION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, PALEONTOLOGICAL, AND HISTORIC SITES
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(a) The commission may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or exercise of its general power of eminent domain land in this state on which is located:
(1) a building, site, or landmark of statewide historical significance associated with historic events or personalities;
(2) a prehistoric ruin;
(3) a burial ground;
(4) an archaeological site;
(5) a vertebrate paleontological site; or
(6) a site containing fossilized footprints, an inscription made by human agency, or another archaeological, paleontological, or historic feature.
(b) For a historic site, building, or structure, the commission may exercise the power of eminent domain under Subsection (a) only on a proper showing that the exercise is necessary to prevent destruction or deterioration of the historic site, building, or structure.
(c) The commission may request from the Texas Historical Commission a certification or authentication of the worthiness of preservation of a feature listed in Subsection (a).