Amend SB 304 by adding the following section to the bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent sections of
the bill appropriately:
      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
Aircraft Pooling Board shall establish and maintain in Central
Texas an airport open to the general public for the use of licensed
aircraft. The State Aircraft Pooling Board shall move its
headquarters to the state airport in Central Texas.
      (b)  In determining the appropriate location for a state
airport in Central Texas, the State Aircraft Pooling Board 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 commerce reasons,
government officials, and tourists;
            (2)  in the interest of cost efficiency, property with
existing airport facilities; and
            (3)  the safe operation of aircraft flying into and
departing from the Central Texas region.
      (c)  The State Aircraft Pooling Board may acquire property by
eminent domain that the board considers necessary to enable it to
meet its responsibilities under this section.
      (d) The State Aircraft Pooling Board may not consider for the
purposes of this section any property in a municipality without the
approval of the governing body of the municipality.  The State
Aircraft Pooling Board may not consider for the purposes of this
section any property outside of municipalities without the approval
of the commissioners court of the county in which the property is
located.
      (e) The State Aircraft Pooling Board may not consider for the
purposes of this section any property owned by the most populous
municipality in the region if the property was previously used as
an airport.