State v. City of Austin

These declaratory judgment actions place in issue the constitutionality of Article 6674w-4, Vernon’s Ann. Texas Civ. Stat., which was enacted by the legislature in 1957 as part of House Bill 179. Acts 1957, 55th Leg., p. 724, ch. 300, sec. 4A. The statute provides that the relocation of utility facilities *352necessitated by the improvement of highways established as part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall be made by the utility at the cost and expense of the state provided such relocation is eligible for Federal participation. It evidently was adopted for the purpose…