Amend HB 2522 by striking SECTION 1 of the bill and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.  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
department, in consultation with the State Aircraft Pooling Board,
shall establish a state airport in central Texas that is open to
the general public.
      (b)  In determining an appropriate location for the airport,
the department shall consider:
            (1)  the convenience, comfort, and accommodation 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)  In determining an appropriate location for the airport,
the department may not consider:
            (1)  any property in a municipality without the
approval of the governing body of the municipality;
            (2)  any property outside of a municipality without the
approval of the commissioners court of the county in which the
property is located; or
            (3)  the property in Austin, Texas indentified as
Robert Mueller Airport.
      (d)  The commission may acquire by the exercise of eminent
domain property that the commission considers necessary to enable
the department to meet its responsibilities under this section.
      (e)  The department may only utilize federal matching funds,
federal grants, in kind contributions, private sector funds,
nonprofit grants and local government funding for the establishment
of this facility.
      (f)  The department shall have all the powers necessary or
appropriate to implement this section, including all the powers
granted to a local government under Chapters 22, 23, and 25.
      (g)  Upon completion of the construction of the airport, the
department shall contract with a private entity or a county or
municipality for the long-term management, operation and
maintenance of the facility.  Such contract shall comply with all
applicable Federal Aviation Agency regulations relating to the
management, operation and maintenance of an airport.