General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 19
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62nd LEGISLATURE-2nd CALLED SESSION
the materials used in screening junkyards and automobile graveyards as
required by this Act.
(D) If the Commission determines that screening a junkyard or auto-
mobile graveyard is not feasible, the Commission shall pay just compensa-
tion to
(1) The owner of the junkyard or automobile graveyard for its re-
location, removal or disposal; and
(2) The owner or, if appropriate, the lessee of the real property on
which the junkyard or automobile graveyard is located for the taking of
the right to erect and maintain a junkyard or automobile graveyard.
(E) The Commission shall compensate only those owners of junkyards
or automobile graveyards and those owners or lessees of the real property
on which the junkyards or automobile graveyards are located which are
(1) Lawfully in existence on the interstate or primary systems on the
effective date of this Act; or
(2) Lawfully in existence on any highway made a part of the inter-
state or primary systems after the effective date of this Act.
Sec. 10. Landscaping and Scenic Enhancement
(A) The Commission is authorized to acquire, improve and maintain
strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation and enhance-
ment of scenic beauty within, adjacent to any federal-aid highway in this
State, including the acquisition and development of such rest and recrea-
tion areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the
highway right-of-way as are necessary to accommodate the traveling
public.
(B) The interest in any land authorized to be acquired and maintained
in this section may be the fee simple or any lesser interest, as determined
necessary by the Commission. The acquisition may be by gift, purchase,
exchange or condemnation.
Sec. 11. Powers of Acquisition
(A) The Commission is authorized to acquire by gift, purchase, ex-
change or condemnation any land, or interest therein, and any property
or property right of any kind or character which it may deem necessary
or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(B) Upon delivery to and acceptance by the Commission of instru-
ments conveying to the State of Texas any interests in lands, property or
property rights deemed necessary or convenient by the Commission to
effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Commission shall prepare and
transmit to the Comptroller of Public Accounts vouchers covering the
Commission's costs in acquiring such interests in lands, property or
property rights, and the Comptroller of Public Accounts is hereby author-
ized and directed to issue warrants on the appropriate account covering
the State's obligations as evidenced by such vouchers.
(C) Any land owned by the State of Texas or any agency or depart-
ment thereof shall be controlled and shall be subject to the terms of this
Act the same as though such land were in private ownership.
(D) The exercise of the powers of eminent domain authorized by this
Act are the same as that authorized by Section 4, Chapter 300, Acts of the
55th Legislature, 1957 (Article 6674w-3, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
Sec. 12. Recording; Disposal of Surplus Property
(A) In the implementation of this Act all instruments conveying land
or an interest in land to the State of Texas shall be recorded in the deed
records of the county or counties wherein the land is situated. The State
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/20/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.