Amend CSHB 2702 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 2.26 of the bill (committee printing,
page 21, lines 40-50) and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.26. Subchapter A, Chapter 228, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Sections 228.005 and 228.0055 to read as
follows:
Sec. 228.005. REVENUE OF TOLL PROJECT OR SYSTEM. Except as
provided by Subchapter C, toll revenue or other revenue derived
from a toll project or system that is collected or received by the
department under this chapter, and a payment received by the
department under a comprehensive development agreement for a toll
project or system:
(1) shall be deposited in the state highway fund; and
(2) is exempt from the application of Section 403.095,
Government Code.
Sec. 228.0055. USE OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS. Payments received
by the department under a comprehensive development agreement may
be used by the department to finance the construction, maintenance,
or operation of a transportation project or air quality project in
the region.
(2) In SECTION 2.32 of the bill, strike transferred,
redesignated, and amended Section 228.053(f), Transportation Code
(committee printing, page 24, lines 9-12), and substitute the
following:
(f) The revenue and disbursements for each toll [turnpike]
project or system shall be kept separately. The revenue from one
[turnpike] project may not be used to pay the cost of another
project except as authorized by Sections 228.0055 and 228.006
[Section 361.189].