Sec. 203.069.  COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, OR LIMITATIONS.  Covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limitations affecting property acquired in any manner by the department are not binding against the department and do not impair the department's ability to use the property for a purpose authorized by this chapter.  The beneficiaries of the covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limitations are not entitled to enjoin the department from using the property for a purpose authorized under this chapter, but this section does not affect the right of a person to seek damages to the person's property under Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.21, eff. June 21, 2003.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.142 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.13, eff. June 14, 2005.