Amend CSHB 300 (Senate committee printing) in Article 1 of 
the bill by adding the following SECTION to that article, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of 
that article accordingly.
	SECTION 1.__.  Section 21.042, Property Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  This subsection applies only in connection with a 
portion of a tract or parcel of real property that is condemned in 
connection with a highway or other transportation project of the 
Texas Department of Transportation.  In estimating injury or 
benefit under Subsection (c), the special commissioners shall 
consider an injury or benefit that is peculiar to the property owner 
and that relates to the property owner's ownership, use, or 
enjoyment of the particular parcel of real property, including a 
material impairment of direct access on or off the remaining 
property that affects the market value of the remaining property, 
but they may not consider an injury or benefit that the property 
owner experiences in common with the general community, including 
circuity of travel and diversion of traffic.  In this subsection, 
"direct access" means ingress and egress on or off a public road, 
street, or highway at a location or locations where the remaining 
property adjoins that road, street, or highway.