(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a railroad company or a receiver of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of railroad in this state may acquire by condemnation or otherwise land for:(1) right-of-way;(2) depot grounds;(3) shops;(4) roundhouses;(5) water supply sites;(6) sidings;(7) switches;(8) spurs; or(9) any other purpose connected with or necessary to the building or operating of the line of railroad, as changed, relocated, or abandoned.(b) Property acquired under this section must be declared for and charged with public use. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.
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