Section 21.017 - Alternative Pleadings(a) This state, a political subdivision of this state, a person, an association of persons, or a corporation that is a party to a suit covered by Section 21.003 of this code by petition, cross-bill, or plea of intervention may assert a claim to the property or, alternatively, seek to condemn the property.(b) A plea under this section is not an admission of an adverse party's title to the property in controversy. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3501, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1984.