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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB4597Relating to interests in real property held or acquired by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities and the authority of the attorney general to acquire the property by eminent domain; establishing the homeland security review committee; creating a criminal offense.
Creates a felony offense for making a false report to evade foreign-ownership restrictions on real property and authorizes eminent domain seizure of property held in violation of those restrictions, increasing state enforcement actions against certain foreign individuals and entities.
A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly makes a report under this subchapter that conceals or falsely represents the identity of a person holding or acquiring an interest in real property for the purpose of evading this subchapter.
Prohibits certain foreign adversaries (including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and entities they control) and other specified foreign persons from acquiring or holding interests in agricultural land, land near critical infrastructure, or multiple parcels, while creating a review committee, mandam
Except as provided by Subchapter H, an alien has the same real and personal property rights as a United States citizen.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-04-03: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Filed
2025-03-12
Committee
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill restricts property rights of designated foreign adversaries and certain other foreign persons/entities (including those with 20%+ control), requires committee review/approval for acquisitions of agricultural land or land near critical infrastructure, prohibits evasive transactions, creates a second-degree felony for false reports intended to evade the rules, and authorizes the attorney general to use eminent domain to seize violating property. These provisions expand state immigration-enforcement and foreign-ownership restrictions but do not address any of the other listed topics such
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