Amend CSHB 2876 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Subchapter G, Chapter 13, Water Code, is 
amended by adding Section 13.258 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.258.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  A water and sewer utility 
that is operating pursuant to a valid certificate of convenience 
and necessity may acquire by condemnation any easements or lesser 
property interests reasonably necessary to comply with federal and 
state regulations.
	(b)  The right of eminent domain shall be exercised in the 
manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.
	(c)  The power of eminent domain may not be used for the 
condemnation of land for the purpose of acquiring rights to 
underground water or of water or water rights.
	(d)  For purposes of this section, in a municipality of 1.7 
million or more and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, the power of 
eminent domain may not be used for the condemnation of land in which 
the municipality owns a fee, easement or lesser property interest.