Amend HB 2522 by striking Section 1 and substituting:
      SECTION __. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding section 21.069 to read as follows:
      Sec. 21.069. STATE AIRPORT IN CENTRAL TEXAS. (a) The State
Department of Transportation in consultation with the State
Aircraft Pooling Board shall establish and maintain in Central
Texas an airport open to the general public. The site selection
shall be conducted by the Aviation Department of the Texas
Department of Transportation.
      (b) In determingig the appropriate location for a state
airport in central Texas, The Aviation Department of the Texas
Department of Transportation (ADTDT) shall consider:
                      (1) the convenience, comfort, and
accomodation of air traffic flying into and departing from the
central Texas region, including persons traveling for business and
commercial reasons, government officials, and tourists; and
             (2) the safe operation of aircraft flying into and
departing from the central Texas region.
      (c) The Texas Department of Transportation may acquire
property by emminent domain that the board considers necessary to
enable it to meet its responsibilities under this section.
      (d) Neither the Texas Department of Transportation nor the
ADTDT may consider for the purposes of this section any property in
a municipality without the approval of the governing body of the
municipality.  The Texas Department of Transportation may not
consider for the purposes of this section any property outside of
municipalities without the approval of the commisioners court of
the county in which the property is located.
      (e) The Texas Department of Transportation and the ADTDT may
not consider for the purposes of this section the property in
Austin, Texas identified as Robert Mueller Airport.
      (f) The Texas Department of Transportation shall utilize only
federal matching funds, federal grants, in kind contributions,
private sector funds, nonprofit grants and local government funding
for the establishment of this facility.