Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2007.005. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to a suit filed under this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 517, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 2007.006. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. (a) The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. The remedies provided by this chapter are in addition to other procedures or remedies provided by law. (b) A person may not recover under this chapter and also recover under another law or i…

Sec. 2007.021. SUIT AGAINST POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) A private real property owner may bring suit under this subchapter to determine whether the governmental action of a political subdivision results in a taking under this chapter. A suit under this subchapter must be filed in …

Sec. 2007.022. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING AGAINST STATE AGENCY. (a) A private real property owner may file a contested case with a state agency to determine whether a governmental action of the state agency results in a taking under this chapter. (b) A contested case must be filed…

Sec. 2007.023. ENTITLEMENT TO INVALIDATION OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTION. (a) Whether a governmental action results in a taking is a question of fact. (b) If the trier of fact in a suit or contested case filed under this subchapter finds that the governmental action is a taking under th…

Sec. 2007.024. JUDGMENT OR FINAL DECISION OR ORDER. (a) The court's judgment in favor of a private real property owner under Section 2007.021 or a final decision or order issued under Section 2007.022 that determines that a taking has occurred shall order the governmental entity …

Sec. 2007.025. APPEAL. (a) A person aggrieved by a judgment rendered in a suit filed under Section 2007.021 may appeal as provided by law. (b) A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available within the state agency and is aggrieved by a final decision or order in…

Sec. 2007.026. FEES AND COSTS. (a) The court or the state agency shall award a private real property owner who prevails in a suit or contested case filed under this subchapter reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and court costs. (b) The court or the state agency shall award …

Sec. 2007.041. GUIDELINES. (a) The attorney general shall prepare guidelines to assist governmental entities in identifying and evaluating those governmental actions described in Section 2007.003(a)(1) through (3) that may result in a taking. (b) The attorney general shall file t…

Sec. 2007.042. PUBLIC NOTICE. (a) A political subdivision that proposes to engage in a governmental action described in Section 2007.003(a)(1) through (3) that may result in a taking shall provide at least 30 days' notice of its intent to engage in the proposed action by providin…

Sec. 2007.043. TAKINGS IMPACT ASSESSMENT. (a) A governmental entity shall prepare a written takings impact assessment of a proposed governmental action described in Section 2007.003(a)(1) through (3) that complies with the evaluation guidelines developed by the attorney general u…

Sec. 2007.044. SUIT TO INVALIDATE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION. (a) A governmental action requiring a takings impact assessment is void if an assessment is not prepared. A private real property owner affected by a governmental action taken without the preparation of a takings impact asses…

Sec. 2007.045. UPDATING OF CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED. A state agency that proposes to adopt a governmental action described in Section 2007.003(a)(1) or (2) that may result in a taking as indicated by the takings impact assessment shall update the assessment if the action is n…