Local Petition to Limit Eminent Domain In Texas

What is happening? Plano, TX city council declined an initiative petition that sought to limit eminent domain in the city. The petition was declined because the signatories could not be verified or did not provide information for verification.

Why is this important? Looking for an eminent domain ban? Look to your local officials.

How will this be important? Cross your T’s and dot your I’s, but also consider local government official responses like this one from City Attorney Paige Mims who “argued that the ordinance was legally incompatible with the city charter and state law and criticized it as being unenforceable”

Plano Star Courier | Eminent domain petition dies in Plano City Council chambers as City Secretary rules that it does not have enough verifiable signatures