Amend CSHB 2006 by adding the following SECTION, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill 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 in accordance with its certificate of 
convenience and necessity may acquire by condemnation only 
easements or lesser property interests reasonably necessary to 
comply with federal and state regulations relating to sanitation.
	(b)  The water and sewer utility shall exercise the power of 
eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.
	(c)  The water and sewer utility may not exercise the power 
of eminent domain to condemn land to acquire rights to underground 
water or for water or water rights.
	(d)  A water and sewer utility may not exercise the power of 
eminent domain in a municipality with a population of more than 1.7 
million or in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to 
condemn land in which the municipality owns a fee, easement, or 
lesser property interest.