CSSB 370 is amended by inserting a new Section 1.12 to read
as follows and renumbering the current Section 1.12 and all
following sections as appropriate:
      SECTION 1.12.  Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 201.706 to read as follows:
      Sec. 201.706.  Local Government Assistance.  From funds
appropriated in Strategy A.1.5, routine maintenance, General
Appropriations Act, the Department of Transportation shall assist
cities and counties with the maintenance of city streets and county
roads. The department shall:
            (1)  when requested by any local government, provide
engineering/maintenance expertise on roadway maintenance within
available department resources.
            (2)  make maximum usage of surplus materials on hand by
making surplus materials available to any local government needing
such materials. 
            (3)  develop rules and procedures in order to implement
this section and provide for the equitable distribution of these
surplus materials and other assistance with a preference given to
counties with an above average number of overweight trucks at a
total value of assistance of not less than the assistance provided
in the 1996-97 biennium. 
            (4)  undertake cooperative and joint procurement of
roadway materials with local governments and General Service
Commission procedures.