Amend CSSB 18 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 20 of the bill (page 23, line 24), strike "Chapter 2206, Government Code," and substitute "Section 11.155, Education Code, Chapter 2206, Government Code, Sections 251.001, 261.001, 263.201, and 273.002, Local Government Code,".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 11.155(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An independent school district may, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, acquire the fee simple title to real property [for the purpose of securing sites] on which to construct school buildings or for any other public use [purpose] necessary for the district.

SECTION ____.  Section 251.001(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  When the governing body of a municipality considers it necessary, the municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain for a public use [purpose] to acquire public or private property, whether located inside or outside the municipality, for any of the following uses [purposes]:

(1)  the providing, enlarging, or improving of a municipally owned city hall; police station; jail or other law enforcement detention facility; fire station; library; school or other educational facility; academy; auditorium; hospital; sanatorium; market house; slaughterhouse; warehouse; elevator; railroad terminal; airport; ferry; ferry landing; pier; wharf; dock or other shipping facility; loading or unloading facility; alley, street, or other roadway; park, playground, or other recreational facility; square; water works system, including reservoirs, other water supply sources, watersheds, and water storage, drainage, treatment, distribution, transmission, and emptying facilities; sewage system including sewage collection, drainage, treatment, disposal, and emptying facilities; electric or gas power system; cemetery; and crematory;

(2)  the determining of riparian rights relative to the municipal water works;

(3)  the straightening or improving of the channel of any stream, branch, or drain;

(4)  the straightening, widening, or extending of any alley, street, or other roadway; and

(5)  [for] any other municipal public use [purpose] the governing body considers advisable.

SECTION ____.  Section 261.001(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A county may exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn and acquire land, an easement in land, or a right-of-way if the acquisition is necessary for the construction of a jail, courthouse, hospital, or library, or for another public use [purpose] authorized by law.

SECTION ____.  Section 263.201(c), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  The declaration of taking must contain:

(1)  a declaration that the land or interest in land described in the original petition is taken for a public use [purpose] and for ultimate conveyance to the United States;

(2)  a description of the land sufficient for the identification of the land;

(3)  a statement of the estate or interest in the land being taken;

(4)  a statement of the public use to be made of the land;

(5)  a plan showing the land being taken; and

(6)  a statement of the amount of damages awarded by the special commissioners, or by the jury on appeal, for the taking of the land.

SECTION ____.  Section 273.002, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 273.002.  CONDEMNATION. Condemnation of property under this chapter shall be in accordance with state law relating to eminent domain, which may be Chapter 21, Property Code, or any other state law governing and relating to the condemnation of land for public use [purposes] by a municipality.