Amend CSSB 18 (Senate committee printing), in SECTION 4 of
the bill, by striking amended Section 21.012(b), Property Code
(page 5, lines 8 through 20), and substituting the following:
(b) The petition must:
(1) describe the property to be condemned;
(2) state with specificity:
(A) the public use [purpose] for which the entity
intends to acquire [use] the property; and
(B) the reasons the property is necessary to that
public use;
(3) state the name of the owner of the property if the
owner is known;
(4) state that the entity and the property owner are
unable to agree on the damages; [and]
(5) if applicable, state that the entity provided the
property owner with the landowner's bill of rights statement in
accordance with Section 21.0112; and
(6) state that the entity made a bona fide offer to
acquire the property from the property owner voluntarily.