Amend SB 7 as follows:                                                       

	Strike Section 2206.001 subsection (b) and insert in lieu 

thereof a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

	(b)  A governmental or private entity may not take private 

property through the use of eminent domain if the taking:

		(1)  confers a private benefit on a particular private 

party through the use of the property, except to the extent 

necessary to accomplish the secondary purpose described in part (3) 

of this subsection;

		(2)  is for a public use that is merely a pretext to 

confer a private benefit on a particular private party;

		(3)  is for economic development purposes, unless the 

economic development is a secondary purpose resulting from 

municipal community development or municipal urban renewal 

activities under Chapter 373 or 374, Local Government Code, or 

Section 311.005(a)(1)(I), Tax Code, to eliminate an existing 

affirmative harm on society from slum or blighted areas;, or 

Chapter 311, Tax Code, to eliminate the conditions described in 

Section 311.005(a)(1)(I) of the Tax Code.