BILL · 2007–08 SESSION
HB 2742: Eminent domain powers
Prohibiting certain port districts from using eminent domain powers.
Summary
- Provides that a port district located in a county with a population exceeding one million seven hundred thousand residents is prohibited from exercising the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of real property or any other purpose.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 16, 2008
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Zack Hudgins (D-11)
- Introduced
- January 16, 2008 in the House
- Last action
- January 16, 2008
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting certain port districts from using eminent domain powers;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Zack Hudgins (D-11)
5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Judiciary.
HB 2742 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2742 (2025–26) Sales tax holiday
- HB 2742 (2019–20) Personal data
- HB 2742 (2017–18) Maritime prevailing wages
- HB 2742 (2015–16) School library materials
- HB 2742 (2013–14) Health care practice scope
- HB 2742 (2011–12) Urban growth area boundaries
- HB 2742 (2009–10) DUI accountability
- HB 2742 (2005–06) Continuing care retirement