Amend HB 3057 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (3), 
Section 374.003, Local Government Code (page 2, line 48), strike 
"four" and substitute "three".
	(2)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (3), 
Section 374.003, Local Government Code (page 2, line 49), strike 
"one year" and substitute "six months".
	(3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (3), 
Section 374.003, Local Government Code (page 3, lines 2-3), strike 
Paragraph (F) and reletter subsequent paragraphs accordingly.
	(4)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (3)(H), 
Section 374.003, Local Government Code (page 3, line 10), strike 
"deteriorating structures or".
	(5)  Strike SECTIONS 15 through 17 of the bill (page 7, lines 
21 through 62) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.
	(6)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 311.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
		(5)  "Blighted area" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 374.003(3), Local Government Code.
	SECTION __.  Sections 311.008(b) and (e), Tax Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A municipality or county may exercise any power 
necessary and convenient to carry out this chapter, including the 
power to:
		(1)  cause project plans to be prepared, approve and 
implement the plans, and otherwise achieve the purposes of the 
plan;
		(2)  acquire real property by purchase[, condemnation, 
or other means] to implement project plans and sell that property on 
the terms and conditions and in the manner it considers advisable;
		(3)  enter into agreements, including agreements with 
bondholders, determined by the governing body of the municipality 
or county to be necessary or convenient to implement project plans 
and achieve their purposes, which agreements may include 
conditions, restrictions, or covenants that run with the land or 
that by other means regulate or restrict the use of land;  and
		(4)  consistent with the project plan for the zone:                           
			(A)  acquire [blighted, deteriorated, 
deteriorating, undeveloped, or inappropriately developed] real 
property or other property in a blighted area, an undeveloped area,
or in a federally assisted new community in the zone for the 
preservation or restoration of historic sites, beautification or 
conservation, the provision of public works or public facilities, 
or other public purposes;
			(B)  acquire, construct, reconstruct, or install 
public works, facilities, or sites or other public improvements, 
including utilities, streets, street lights, water and sewer 
facilities, pedestrian malls and walkways, parks, flood and 
drainage facilities, or parking facilities, but not including 
educational facilities;  [or]
			(C)  in a reinvestment zone created on or before 
September 1, 1999, acquire, construct, or reconstruct educational 
facilities in the municipality; or
			(D)  acquire by condemnation any interest, 
including a fee simple interest, in real property that is a blighted 
area and necessary for the reinvestment zone.
	(e)  A municipality or county may acquire by condemnation an 
interest in real property only if the taking is in accordance with 
Chapter 2206, Government Code [The implementation of a project plan 
to alleviate a condition described by Section 311.005(a)(1), (2), 
or (3) and to promote development or redevelopment of a 
reinvestment zone in accordance with this chapter serves a public 
purpose].
	SECTION __. Section 311.008(c), Tax Code, is repealed.                         
	SECTION __. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
a condemnation proceeding in which the petition is filed on or after 
the effective date of this Act and to any property condemned through 
the proceeding.  A condemnation proceeding in which the petition is 
filed before the effective date of this Act and any property 
condemned through the proceeding is governed by the law in effect 
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect 
for that purpose.