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TX Landowners — Have You Been Hurt by Abusive Eminent Domain

The Texas House Land and Resources Management Committee
has announced two hearings next week on the need for eminent domain reform.

Hearings on Eminent Domain Reform
Hearings on Eminent Domain Reform

Please make plans to attend and to testify if you’re a landowner who’s been affected by abusive eminent domain, and you’d like to see laws changed to better protect the rights of landowners.

Dallas Meeting

The House Committee on Land & Resource Management will meet at Dallas City Hall, Council Chambers, to hear invited and public testimony regarding the following charge.

  • Examine Texas’ eminent domain statutes to ensure a balance between necessary infrastructure growth and fair compensation for landowners. Review available public information and data relating to the compensation provided to private property owners. Make recommendations to improve the accountability, as well as successful development, of the entities granted eminent domain authority.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 • 9 a.m.
Dallas City Hall
1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, TX 75201

Corpus Christi Meeting

The House Committee on Land & Resource Management will meet at the Congressman Soloman P. Ortiz International Center, Nueces Room, to hear invited and public testimony regarding the following interim charges:

  • Review the General Land Office’s (GLO) role and efforts during the recovery period following Hurricane Harvey. Examine the state’s readiness and protocols in response to storm-related natural disasters. Provide an assessment of public lands and make recommendations on future and ongoing mitigation strategies regarding state assets.
  • Examine Texas’ eminent domain statutes to ensure a balance between necessary infrastructure growth and fair compensation for landowners. Review available public information and data relating to the compensation provided to private property owners. Make recommendations to improve the accountability, as well as successful development, of the entities granted eminent domain authority.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 • 9 a.m.
Soloman P. Ortiz International Center • Nueces Room
402 Harbor Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78401

Filed Under: Eminent Domain Law & Pipeline Law Reform

About Attorney Philip Hundl

Philip J. Hundl’s law firm is Land Rights Law, PLLC. His practice focuses on helping landowners in litigation including condemnation and eminent domain, land partitions, easement and boundary disputes, and land dispute mediation.

Before returning home to Wharton County, Mr. Hundl practiced law with the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, now Norton Rose Fulbright, in its San Antonio and Houston offices, primarily in the areas of products liability, commercial litigation and international arbitration. He received his Juris Doctorate law degree from the University of Denver, College of Law. Mr. Hundl is admitted to practice law in all state courts of Texas, and in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Federal District Courts of Texas.

If you have questions about condemnation and your rights as a landowner, please call 800-266-4870 for an appointment with Philip Hundl. You can also get a no-obligation case evaluation by clicking this link and completing the form.

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