Informed Intel. TPPF. 7 Property Rights Recommendations. 2017.

TPPF’s “Legislators Guide to the Issues 2017-2018” offers these property rights recommendations:

• Shift the burden of proof to the condemning entity thereby away from the property owner
• Reduce deference to government decisions in property rights matters
• Restore constitutional right to own and use property
• Texas Real Proeprty Presenrvation Act should be applied to municipalities
• Eliminate a threshold taking amount in the Texas Real Proeprty Presenrvation Act
• Condemining entities should be able to issue waivers that run with the land in lieu of compensation
• Roll back land use restrictions