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Amend CSHB 3057 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 21.041, Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.041. EVIDENCE. As the basis for assessing actual
damages to a property owner from a condemnation, the special
commissioners shall admit evidence on:
(1) the value of the property being condemned;
(2) the injury to the property owner, including the
financial damages associated with the cost of relocating from the
condemned property, if the property was habitable, to another
property that allows the property owner to have a standard of living
comparable to the property owner's standard of living before the
condemnation of the property;
(3) the benefit to the property owner's remaining
property; and
(4) the use of the property for the purpose of the
condemnation.
SECTION ____. Section 21.042(d), Property Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) In estimating injury or benefit under Subsection (c),
the special commissioners shall consider an injury or benefit that
is peculiar to the property owner, including the property owner's
financial damages described by Section 21.041(2), and that relates
to the property owner's ownership, use, or enjoyment of the
particular parcel of real property, but they may not consider an
injury or benefit that the property owner experiences in common
with the general community.