Floor Packet Page No. 133                                                   

	
Amend CSSB 1, in Article VII of the bill, by adding the 
following appropriately numbered rider following the appropriation 
to the Texas Department of Transportation:
	     .  Efficiency Review by Legislative Budget Board. It is 
the intent of the legislature that the Texas Department of 
Transportation, pursuant to the department's authority under 
Chapter 771, Government Code, use an appropriate portion of the 
funds appropriated to the department b this Act to contract with the 
Legislative Budget Board to perform an effectiveness and efficiency 
review of the department's policies relating to the use of state 
money and determine whether the department's proposed use of toll 
facilities to generate revenue is necessary for the department to 
meet the transportation infrastructure needs of this state. It is 
the intent of the legislature that the Legislative Budget Board 
complete the review and report the results of the review to the 
governor and the legislature not later than January 1, 2007.