Amend SB 1514 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Section 223.044, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
      (e) The commission may authorize the department to contract
with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the provision of
inmate labor or the labor of persons placed on community
supervision for a brush control project, as defined by section
203.001, Agriculture Code, on an area located on or adjacent to a
state highway system improvement project.
      (f) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board may also
enter into a contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
for the provision of inmate labor or for the labor of persons
placed on community supervision to perform a brush control project
described by Subsection (e) or under Chapter 203, Agriculture code.