Amend HB 1110 by striking SECTION 4 of the bill and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
      SECTION 4. Section 4.08, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 4.08.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a) The authority may exercise
the power of eminent domain inside the boundaries of the authority
<in the manner provided in Chapter 21, Property Code,> to acquire
property of any kind to further the authorized purposes of the
authority.  <The authority may not exercise the power of eminent
domain outside the boundaries of the authority.>
      (b)(1) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain
outside the boundaries of the authority to acquire any land,
easements or other property for purposes of pumping, treating,
storing, and transporting water.
      (2) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain
granted by subsection (b)(1) for the condemnation of land for the
purpose of acquiring rights to underground water or water or water
rights.
      (3) The authority may not use the power of eminent domain
granted by subsection (b)(1) to acquire property of any kind that
is:
      (A) owned by a municipality with a population of 1.6 million
or more or any instrumentality of a municipality with a population
of 1.6 million or more, including any local government corporation
created by the municipality; or
      (B) located within the corporate boundaries of a municipality
with a population of 1.6 million or more for limited or general
purposes as of February 1, 2001.
      (4) Nothwithstanding subsection (b)(3)(B), the authority may
use the power of eminent domain granted by subsection (b)(1) to
acquire property:
      (A) within the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a
population of 1.6 million or more, if:
      (i) the condemnation is to be used to provide facilities
between two points that are within the authority; and
      (ii) the area within the municipality is bounded by a line
parallel to and 150 feet north of the north side of Greens Bayou
and by a line parallel to and 150 feet south of the south side of
Greens Bayou;
      (B) that is within the corporate  boundaries of a
municipality with a population of 1.6 million and annexation of the
territory by the municipality was completed between January 1,
1962, and January 1, 1964; or
      (C) that is within an area of the corporate boundaries of a
municipality  with a population of 1.6 million or more, if the
municipality grants permission for such condemnation.
      (c) The power of eminent domain granted by subsections (a)
and (b) shall be  exercised in the manner provided in Chapter 21,
Property Code, except that the authority shall not be required to
give bond for appeal or bond for costs in any condemnation suit, or
other suit to which it is a party, and shall not be required to
deposit more than the amount of any award in any suit.
      (d) When exercising the power of eminent domain granted by
subsections (a) and (b), the authority may elect to condemn either
fee simple or a lesser property interest.