Amend HB 2544 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the
bill appropriately:
      SECTION ___.  Section 251.001, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
      (c)  Unless the municipality obtains the written approval of
the governing body of the county in which the property to be
acquired is located, a municipality may not exercise the right of
eminent domain under Subsection (a) to acquire public or private
property that is located:
            (1)  outside the municipality;
            (2) outside the county in which that municipality is
located; and
            (3)  in a county that has a population of 15,000 or
less.
      SECTION ___.  The change in law made by Section 251.001(c),
Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a
municipality that files a petition under Chapter 21, Property Code,
to acquire property by eminent domain on or after the effective
date of this Act.  A municipality that files a petition before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.