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 by 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.