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100

This document must be added as an attachment when entering travel on the e-travel website.

What is the travel memo signed by either Virginia or Kamryn?

100

The reasonably probable use of a property that results in the highest value.

What is the highest and best use?
100

This filing must include:

(1) the description of the property to be condemned;

(2) state with specificity the public use for which the entity intends to acquire the property;

(3) state the name of the owner of the property if the owner is known;

(4) state that the entity and the property owner are unable to agree on the damages;

(5) state that the entity provided the property owner with the LO's bill of rights statement in accordance with Section 21.0112; and

(6) state that the entity made a bona fide offer to acquire the property from the LO voluntarily as provided by Section 21.0113.

What is a Petition for Condemnation?

100

This liquid is not permitted in the office at any time.

What is booze?

100

A quote from this Justice, "If you're going to be a lawyer and just practice your profession, you have a skill - very much link a plumber. But if you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself, something that makes life...better for people less fortunate."

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

200

This type of travel can only be arranged by National Travel.

What is a flight?

200

The factfinder may not consider any enhancement to the value of the landowner's property that results from the taking itself.

What is project influence? City of Fort Worth v. Corbin and Exxon Pipeline Co. v. Zwahr.

200

The number of days the judge of a court in which a condemnation petition is filed must appoint three disinterested real property owners as special commissioners.

What is 30 days? 

Texas Property Code Section 21.014.

200

These are the contracted airline companies for the OAG.

What are American Airlines and Southwest Airlines?

300

Some courts in Dallas, Collin, and Tarrant Counties require this document to be filed together with a CitPub.

What is a Synopsis?

300
The price the land would bring in a transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer.

What is market value? City of Austin v. Cannizzo

300

These two items are required when you file the Order of Publication with the Court.

What are citation fee and sheriff's service fee?

300

The catch-all exception that allows a traveler to use non-contracted vendors to book hotels, flights, and rental cars.

What is Exception C, unavailability of contract services?

400

The date the Award is deposited with the registry of the Court after a special commissioners' hearing.

What is the Date of Value? Johnson v. State
400

To get something inadmissible into trial, one would use ___________.

What is a hypothetical question?

400

The current mileage reimbursement rate.

What is 70 cents per mile?

500

The Daubert Trilogy of cases provides the trial court with three questions when serving as a gatekeeper.

(1) Is the expert qualified? (Is this junk science?)

(2) Does the expert's testimony rest on a "reliable foundation"? (Is this a junk scientist?)

(3) Is the expert's testimony "relevant to the task at hand"? (Is this a junk opinion?)