FM 1960 Project (TxDOT) including design, bids, awards, construction, contracts, insurance, takings/eminent domain, inverse condemnation; utility relocations, easements, drainage facilities and services, etc.; District facilities and property; purchase, e

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FM 1960 Project (TxDOT) including design, bids, awards, construction, contracts, insurance, takings/eminent domain, inverse condemnation; utility relocations, easements, drainage facilities and services, etc.; District facilities and property; purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property; litigation (as plaintiff or defendant); settlements; permits; legal representation; and related matters; also: relocation assistance from TxDOT, agreements (and amendments) with TxDOT and others (including BNSF RR), financing and borrowing, including revenue bonds and notes, also determining public use and necessity for acquiring easements and related rights in certain tracts related to such project along or near FM 1960 W between Cutten Road and BNSF RR, Houston, Harris County, Texas; authorizing eminent domain, litigation, conveyances, transfers; agreements, payments, settlements, rights of entry, etc.; etc.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).