T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
March 27, 2013
Volume 94, No.
27
Since 1919
theshorthorn.
com
BY KRISTA M.
TORRALVA
The Shorthorn senior staff
The state could give UTA
the authority to purchase land
parcels in a...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
March 27, 2013
Volume 94, No.
27
Since 1919
theshorthorn.
com
BY KRISTA M.
TORRALVA
The Shorthorn senior staff
The state could give UTA
the authority to purchase land
parcels in a residential neighborhood east of the College
Park District this legislative
session.
If passed, House Bill 1753,
by Rep.
Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, would allow UTA to
purchase parcels as property
owners sell their land and as
university funds allow.
Sen.
Kelly Hancock, R-Fort
Worth, filed Senate Bill 842 in
the Senate that would allow
UTA to purchase the same
land.
“This is very much a local
issue and typically there is very
little objection from legislators,” Patrick said.
Patrick is the vice chairwoman of the House Committee on Higher Education and a
former UTA faculty member.
Neither bill authorizes
the state or university to use
eminent domain, which is the
power to seize private property
without the owner’s consent.
The ta
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