Issue Position: Protecting Property RIghts

Issue Position

The states are the first line of defense when it comes to the protection of private property rights. This is an absolute and fundamental right as laid out in the Declaration of Independence. I believe that all Texans should have the right to own property and enjoy it as they wish, all without fear of an overreaching state or federal government taking that property unjustly. This is a sacred right that I simply will not allow to be discarded or undermined. That's why I was proud to support SB 18, which made key revisions to Texas eminent domain law, including new "good faith" offer requirements, prohibitions on the taking of private property unless for public use and the assurance of opportunity for property owners to buy back land at the original purchase price if it's not used for its public purpose within 10 years. We've made good efforts to strengthen private property rights, but the struggle is not over.

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