Amend CSHB 3057 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 21.046(a) and (b), Property Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) A department, agency, instrumentality, or political
subdivision of this state shall [may] provide a relocation advisory
service for an individual, a family, a business concern, a farming
or ranching operation, or a nonprofit organization that [if the
service] is compatible with the Federal Uniform Relocation
Assistance Advisory Program, 23 U.S.C.A. 501, et seq.
(b) This state or a political subdivision of this state
shall [may], as a cost of acquiring real property, pay moving
expenses and rental supplements, make relocation payments, provide
financial assistance to acquire replacement housing, and
compensate for expenses incidental to the transfer of the property
if an individual, a family, the personal property of a business, a
farming or ranching operation, or a nonprofit organization is
displaced in connection with the acquisition.