Amend SB 416 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
      "SECTION __. Section 203.004, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      Sec. 203.004. CONTRACTS FOR MANAGEMENT <ADMINISTRATION> OF
PROPERTY USED <ACQUIRED> FOR MITIGATION OF ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS. (a) The department may contract with any public or private
entity <the Parks and Wildlife Department> for the management
<administration, control, or maintenance> or property used
<acquired under Subchapter D> for the mitigation of an adverse
environmental impact directly resulting from the construction or
maintenance of a state highway.
      (b) A contract under this section is not subject to Chapter
771, Government Code.
      (c) In this section, "management," in connection with
property, means administration, control, or maintenance that is
required by an agency of the United States.".