Amend CSSB 18 (committee printing) by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 54.209, Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 54.209. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. A
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
district boundaries to acquire:
(1) a site for a water treatment plant, water storage
facility, wastewater treatment plant, or wastewater disposal
plant;
(2) a site for a park, swimming pool, or other
recreational facility, as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code
[except a trail];
(3) [a site for a trail on real property designated as
a homestead as defined by Section 41.002, Property Code; or]
[(4)] an exclusive easement through a county regional
park; or
(4) a site or easement for a road project.
SECTION ____. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
54.209, Water Code, apply only to a condemnation proceeding in
which the petition is filed on or after the effective date of this
Act. A condemnation proceeding in which the petition is filed
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the petition was filed, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.