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Amend CSHB 3588 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  In SECTION 1.01 of the bill, in proposed Section 
227.022, Transportation Code (page 3, line 26) strike (2) in its 
entirety and insert the following:
(2)  the entity may not file a declaration of taking 
and obtain early possession of real property, unless the 
acquisition of property is in conjunction with a turnpike or a toll 
road project in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
	(2)  In SECTION 1.01 of the bill, in proposed Section 
227.045, Transportation Code (page 6, line 3) strike (2) in its 
entirety and insert the following:
(2)  may not file a declaration of taking and obtain 
early possession of real property, unless the acquisition of 
property is in conjunction with a turnpike or a toll road project in 
a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
	(3)  In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, in proposed Section 
370.163, Transportation Code (page 17, line 24) strike the last 
sentence in its entirety and insert the following after project.:

An authority may not file a declaration of taking and obtain early 
possession of real property, unless the acquisition of property is 
in conjunction with a turnpike or a toll road project in a county 
with a population of 3.3 million or more.