Sec. 370.163.  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the governing body of an authority has the same powers and duties relating to the condemnation and acquisition of real property for a transportation project that the commission and the department have under Subchapter D, Chapter 203, relating to the condemnation or purchase of real property for a toll project. 
(b)  Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281, Sec. 2.101(17), eff. June 14, 2005.
(c)  The authority granted under this section does not include the authority to condemn a bridge connecting this state to the United Mexican States that is owned by a county or municipality.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 21, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.68, eff. June 14, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.101(17), eff. June 14, 2005.