Sec. 402.031.  PREPARATION OF LANDOWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS
	STATEMENT. (a) The attorney general shall prepare a written
	statement that includes a bill of rights for a property owner whose
	real property may be acquired by a governmental or private entity
	through the use of the entity's eminent domain authority under
	Chapter 21, Property Code.
	(b)  The landowner's bill of rights must notify each property
	owner that the property owner has the right to:
	(1)  notice of the proposed acquisition of the owner's
	property;
	(2)  a bona fide good faith effort to negotiate by the
	entity proposing to acquire the property;
	(3)  an assessment of damages to the owner that will
	result from the taking of the property;
	(4)  a hearing under Chapter 21, Property Code,
	including a hearing on the assessment of damages; and
	(5)  an appeal of a judgment in a condemnation
	proceeding, including an appeal of an assessment of damages.
	(c)  The statement must include:
	(1)  the title, "Landowner's Bill of Rights"; and
	(2)  a description of:
	(A)  the condemnation procedure provided by
	Chapter 21, Property Code;
	(B)  the condemning entity's obligations to the
	property owner; and
	(C)  the property owner's options during a
	condemnation, including the property owner's right to object to and
	appeal an amount of damages awarded.
	(d)  The office of the attorney general shall:
	(1)  write the statement in plain language designed to
	be easily understood by the average property owner; and
	(2)  make the statement available on the attorney
	general's Internet website.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Property Code, is
	amended by adding Section 21.0112 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.0112.  PROVISION OF LANDOWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS
	STATEMENT REQUIRED. (a) Before a governmental or private entity
	with eminent domain authority begins negotiating with a property
	owner to acquire real property, the entity must send by first-class
	mail or otherwise provide a landowner's bill of rights statement
	provided by Section 402.031, Government Code, to the last known
	address of the person in whose name the property is listed on the
	most recent tax roll of any appropriate taxing unit authorized by
	law to levy property taxes against the property.
	(b)  The statement must be:
	(1)  printed in an easily readable font and type size;
	and
	(2)  if the entity is a governmental entity, made
	available on the Internet website of the entity if technologically
	feasible.