Amend CSSB 370 in Article 1 of the bill by adding a new appropriately numbered section to read as follows and by renumbering the existing sections as appropriate: SECTION 1.____. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 21.0195 to read as follows: Sec. 21.0195. DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS; TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) This section applies only to the dismissal of a condemnation proceeding that involves the Texas Department of Transportation. (b) The department may move to dismiss a proceeding it files, and the court shall conduct a hearing on the motion. The court may grant the motion only if the court determines that the property owner's interest will not be materially affected by the dismissal. The department may not dismiss the condemnation proceedings merely to institute new proceedings that involve substantially the same condemnation against the same property owner solely to obtain a lower condemnation award. (c) If a court dismisses a condemnation proceeding, the court shall make an allowance to the property owner for the value of the department's use of the property while in possession of the property, any damage that the condemnation has caused to the property owner, and any expenses the property owner has incurred in connection with the condemnation, including reasonable and necessary fees for attorneys. (b) The changes in law made by this section apply only to dismissal of a condemnation proceeding for which a motion is made on or after the effective date of this section. Dismissal of a condemnation proceeding for which a motion is made before the effective date of this section is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion was made, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.