Amend CSSB 18 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, in amended Section 21.042(d), Property Code (page 15, line 5), between "property owner" and "and", insert ", including the property owner's financial damages described by Section 21.041(2),".

(2)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber 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, if the condemnation makes relocation of a homestead or farm necessary:

(B)  any other damages necessary for the property owner to avoid incurring an amount of debt, debt service, or total projected interest obligation that is higher than the property owner was subject to immediately before the condemnation;

(3)  the benefit to the property owner's remaining property; and

(4)  the use of the property for the purpose of the condemnation.