Sec. 181.084.  APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND.  A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:
(1)  appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility;  or
(2)  condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.