85R12983 BEE-F     By: Holland H.B. No. 3441       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to compensation to a property owner for property acquired   by an entity with eminent domain authority.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.041, Property Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 21.041.  EVIDENCE. (a) 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;                (3)  the benefit to the property owner's remaining   property; and                (4)  the use of the property for the purpose of the   condemnation.          (b)  The special commissioners may admit evidence on the   price paid for pipeline or power line rights-of-way in privately   negotiated transactions made in the absence of a potential, actual,   or threatened condemnation.          SECTION 2.  Section 21.041, Property Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to an eminent domain proceeding commenced on   or after the effective date of this Act. An eminent domain   proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law applicable to the proceeding immediately before   the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.