New law banning foreign ownership of Texas land goes into effect Sept. 1

[Hol]

As foreign espionage threats continue in the U.S. and in Texas, a new bill becomes law Sept. 1 that prohibits foreign ownership of Texas land.

SB 17, filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, passed the Texas legislature with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Adversarial Land Ownership Act initially passed the Senate in March by a vote of 24-7. A watered-down version passed the House in May by a vote of 75-47 with Republicans and Democrats voting against it. Differences in the bill were ironed out in conference committee and each chamber voted to pass the bill with bipartisan support. Abbott signed the bill into law last month.

“For three years, I’ve worked to pass a bill to protect our land, homes, commercial buildings, water, timber, oil and gas and rare earth materials from being bought up by foreign adversarial nations like China, Russia, North Korea and Iran,” Kolkhorst said, adding that the final bill sent to the governor “is the strongest national security bill in the nation. Texas is not for sale to our enemy countries.”

New law banning foreign ownership of Texas land goes into effect Sept. 1

SB 17, filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, passed the Texas legislature with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

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[Ghoti Ichthus]

Wish all of the States or the Feds would enact something like this.

I could be "persuaded" to buy 1/2 acre or acre of the land China owns in ND, MN, or WI. Maybe UP of MI.
So long as suitable for building something modest and they haven't polluted it. Must have and

 

[Margery]

That is a VERY good idea!!! Canada should do that too! We don't seem to have China or Russia buying up our farmland, but the problem of Trojan Horses infiltrating a country IS a biggy whether thru illegal migration, mass imports of Muslim terrorist sympathizers from countries that don't share Judeo Christian values OR large purchases of land to create a muslim enclave or as China likes- next to sensitive areas like military bases. I'd add power plants, water treatment facilities and a few other things that might be risky to allow them near.