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TX PROPERTY § 21.019 <br />V.T.C.A., Property Code § 21.019 <br />VERNON'S TEXAS STATU'PES AND CODES ANNOTATED <br />TITLE 4. ACTIONS AND REMEDIES <br />CHAPTER 21. EMINENT DOMAIN <br />SUBCHAPTER B. PROCEDURE <br />Copr. O Wes[ Group 2001. All rights reserved. <br />Current through End of 1999 Reg. Sess. <br />& 21.019. Dismissal of Condemnation Proceedines <br />Page 2 <br />(a) A party [ha[ files a condemnation pe[ition may move to dismiss [he proceedings, and the court shall conduct a <br />hearing on the motion. However, after the special commissioners have made an award, in an effort to obtain a <br />lower award a condemnor may not dismiss the condemnation proceedings merely to institute new proceedings that <br />involve substantially the same condemnation against the same property owner. <br />(b) A court that hears and grants a motion [o dismiss a condemna[ion proceeding made by a condemnor under <br />Subsection (a) shall make an allowance to the property owner for reasonable and necessary fees For attomeys, <br />appraisers, and pho[ographers and for the other expenses incurre<l by the property owner to the date of the hearing. <br />(c) A court that hears and grants a motion ro dismiss a condemnation proceeding made by a property owner seeking <br />a judicial denial of the right to condemn or that otherwise renders a judgment denying the right to condemn may <br />make an allowance to the property ownet for reasonable and necessary fees for attomeys, appraisers, and <br />photographers and for the other expenses incurred by the property owner to [he date of the hearing or judgmen[. <br />CREDIT(S) <br />1984 Main Volume <br />Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3501, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. <br />2001 Electronic Update <br />Amended by Acts 1987, 70th I.eg., ch. 483, § 1, ef£ Aug. 31, 1987. <br />¢General Materials (GN) - References, Mnotaflons, or Tables> <br />HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES <br />2001 Electronic Update <br />1987 Legislation <br />The 1987 amendment in subsea (b) inserted "and granu" and "made by a condemnor under Subsection (a); and <br />added subsec. (c). <br />Copr. (D West 2001 No Claim to Orig. U.S. GovL Works <br />