Amend CSHB 1186 as follows:
      (1)  Add the following appropriately numbered section to the
bill and renumber subsequent sections of the bill appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Section 21.017, Property Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c)-(e) to read as follows:
      (c)  A party who pleads in the alternative may not enter or
use the property that is the subject of the proceeding without
written permission of the adverse party until the court determines
that the party who pleads in the alternative has acquired the
rights necessary to enter and use the property for a public
purpose.
      (d)  If the court determines that a party described by
Subsection (a) does not own the property, the court shall award the
property owner:
            (1)  any damages caused by the party's wrongful
possession and use of the property; and
            (2)  all reasonable expenses, including reasonable and
necessary attorney's fees.
      (e)  This section does not apply to a party described by
Subsection (a) that has acquired an interest in property, but has
in good faith constructed an improvement on property outside the
boundaries of the property the party has acquired.
      (2)  On page 2, line 7, between the period and "The", insert
"(a)".
      (3)  On page 2, line 7, between "by" and "this", insert
"Section 21.015, Property Code, as amended by".
      (4)  On page 2, line 7, between "Act" and "applies", insert a
comma.
      (5)  On page 2, between lines 12 and 13, insert the
following:
      (b)  The change in law made by Section 21.017, Property Code,
as amended by this Act, applies only to a party who enters and uses
property as described by that section on or after the effective
date of this Act.