Amend CSSB 18 (house committee printing) by inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering 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 costs to the property owner to replace residential property being condemned;

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

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