Amend CSSB 342 in SECTION 2 by striking proposed Section 361.003, Transportation Code (page 3, lines 12-27) and substituting the following: "Sec. 361.003. REGIONAL TOLL AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may by order authorize the creation of a regional toll authority for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, or operating a turnpike project in a region of the state. (b) The governing body of a regional toll authority shall consist of representatives of political subdivisions in the county or counties in which a project will be located, as determined by commission order. The governor shall appoint one member of the governing body who shall serve as the presiding officer. (c) A regional toll authority shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the department under this chapter, except for those powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by Section 361.031(d) and Sections 361.032-361.037, and subject to any restrictions and regulations of the commission. (d) A regional toll authority may not construct, maintain, or operate a turnpike project in a county that, on November 6, 2001: (1) was part of a regional tollway authority; or (2) operated a project under Chapter 284. (e) A regional toll authority: (1) is a political subdivision of this state for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; (2) is subject to Chapter 552, Government Code; (3) is a state governmental body for purposes of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code; (4) has the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a county under Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code, except for Section 262.029 of that subchapter, and except for contracts subject to Section 361.231; and (5) is a local government for purposes of Subchapters D and F, Chapter 271, Local Government Code. (f) The commission may grant or loan funds for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a turnpike project under this section, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or other law. (g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section." (h) Each year, if a regional toll authority determines that it has surplus revenue from turnpike projects, it shall reduce tolls, expend the revenue on other transportation projects in the region, or deposit the revenue in the Texas Mobility Fund. The commission shall by rule define the term "transportation project." For purposes of this subsection, "surplus revenue" means toll revenue that exceeds the regional toll authority's debt service requirements, coverage requirements of any bond indenture, and cots necessary to operate and maintain turnpike projects of the regional toll authority. To the extent this subsection conflicts with Section 361.189, this subsection prevails.