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Amend CSSB 62 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the 

bill as follows:

	(1)  At the end of added Subdivision (2), Subsection (b), 

Section 2206.001, Government Code (page 1, line 31), strike "or".

	(2)  In added Subsection (b), Section 2206.001, Government 

Code (page 1, line 37), between "blighted areas" and the period, 

insert the following:



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		(4)  is to raise revenue to meet the cost of a public 

project if the property being taken is not otherwise necessary for 

the successful or safe operation of that public project

	(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 

renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:

	SECTION __.  Section 203.052, Transportation Code, is 

amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

	(c)  The commission may not condemn property for a purpose 

described in Subsection (b)(9) unless:

		(1)  subject to the provisions of Section 227.041(b-1), 

the purpose is for a gas station, convenience store, or similar 

facility; or

		(2)  the purpose is to provide a location between the 

main lanes of a highway or between a highway and a department rail 

facility for a gas station, convenience store, or similar facility 

that:

			(A)  provides services to and directly benefits 

users of a toll project; and

			(B)  is not located with 10 miles of an 

intersection of the toll project and a segment of another state 

highway that is designated as an interstate highway.