Amend SB 1458 on third reading by inserting a new SECTION to
read as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS appropriately:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 472.015 to read as follows:
      Sec. 472.015.  CONTRACTS FOR REMOVAL OF PROPERTY. In
contracting with a private business or businesses for the removal
of personal property from the right-of-way or roadway of the state
highway system, the department may:
            (1)  use a purchasing method described in Chapter 2156,
Government Code;
            (2)  include the removal work in a contract entered
into under Chapter 223; or
            (3)  select a business or businesses based on an
evaluation of the experience of the business and the price and
quality of the business's equipment and services.