Amend CSSB 354 as follows:
      (1)  In the recitation of SECTION 1 of the bill (Committee
Printing, page 1, line 5), strike "(g)-(k)" and substitute
"(g)-(j)".
      (2)  Strike Subsections (g)-(k), Section 431.101,
Transportation Code, as added by SECTION 1 of the bill (Committee
Printing, page 1, line 19, through page 2, line 26), and substitute
the following:
      (g)  A corporation created by a municipality for the purpose
of developing a convention center hotel project is exempt from
competitive bidding requirements and other restrictions on the
award of contracts.
      (h)  A corporation created by a municipality after September
1, 1999, for the purpose of developing water treatment and
distribution facilities is exempt from competitive bidding
requirements and other restrictions on the award of contracts for
the limited purpose of completing projects as described in a
project definition document issued before December 31, 2000.  Any
expansion of treatment facilities beyond the project described in
the project definition document is exempt from the competitive
bidding requirements but shall comply with Chapter 2254, Government
Code.  Any expansion of distribution facilities by the corporation
is subject to all state law that applies to the local government
that created the corporation, as provided in Subsection (e).
      (i)  A local government corporation created for the purpose
of developing an area within a tax increment reinvestment zone
created by a municipality pursuant to Chapter 311, Tax Code, is
exempt from competitive bidding requirements but shall comply with
Chapter 2254, Government Code.  A corporation created for the
purpose described by this subsection is also exempt from any
competitive bidding requirement or restriction imposed on the
procedure regarding the lease, sale, or other disposition of real
property.
      (j)  Any competitive bidding requirement imposed on the
procedure regarding the lease, sale, or other disposition of
property does not apply to a transaction related to the transfer of
water rights by a local government corporation.