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Amend SB 249 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 342.004, 	Transportation Code (House Committee Printing page 1, lines 7-8), 
strike "VEHICLE STICKER" and substitute "AND PORT ARANSAS FERRY 
VEHICLE STICKERS".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
342.004(a), Transportation Code (House Committee Printing page 1, 
lines 8-12), and substitute the following:
	(a)  The department may adopt rules to establish a system 
under which an owner of a motor vehicle registered under Chapter 502 
may apply to the department for issuance of:
		(1)  a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the 
vehicle to have priority in boarding the Galveston-Port Bolivar 
ferry operated by the department; or
		(2)  a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the 
vehicle to have priority in boarding the Port Aransas ferry 
operated by the department.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 
342.004(b), Transportation Code (House Committee Printing page 1, 
line 14), between "sticker" and the semicolon insert "for each 
ferry".
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 
342.004(b), Transportation Code (House Committee Printing page 1, 
lines 23-24), strike "Galveston-Port Bolivar" and substitute 
"applicable".