Amend CSHB 1892 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS  
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 223.210 to read as follows:
	Sec. 223.210.  MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN TERMS IN COMPREHENSIVE 
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OR SALE OF TOLL PROJECTS.  (a)  In this 
section:
		(1)  "Toll project" means a toll project described by 
Section 201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll project:
			(A)  is a part of the state highway system; or                        
			(B)  is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
department.              
		(2)  "Toll project entity" means a public entity 
authorized by law to acquire, design, construct, finance, operate, 
or maintain a toll project, including:
			(A)  the department;                                                  
			(B)  a regional tollway authority;                                    
			(C)  a regional mobility authority; or                                
			(D)  a county.                                                        
	(b)  A comprehensive development agreement entered into with 
a private participant by a toll project entity on or after the 
effective date of this subsection for the acquisition, design, 
construction, financing, operation, or maintenance of a toll 
project may not contain a provision permitting the private 
participant to operate the toll project or collect revenue from the 
toll project, regardless of whether the private participant 
operates the toll project or collects the revenue itself or engages 
a subcontractor or other entity to operate the toll project or 
collect the revenue.
	(c)  On or after the effective date of this subsection, a 
toll project entity may not sell or enter into a contract to sell a 
toll project of the entity to a private entity.
	(d)  A legislative study committee is created.  The committee 
is composed of nine members, appointed as follows:
		(1)  three members appointed by the lieutenant 
governor;             
		(2)  three members appointed by the speaker of the 
house of representatives; and
		(3)  three members appointed by the governor.                          
	(e)  The legislative study committee shall select a 
presiding officer from among its members and conduct public 
hearings and study the public policy implications of including  in a 
comprehensive development agreement entered into by a toll project 
entity with a private participant in connection with a toll project 
a provision that permits the private participant to operate and 
collect revenue from the toll project.  In addition, the committee 
shall examine the public policy implications of selling an existing 
and operating toll project to a private entity.
	(f)  Not later than December 1, 2008, the legislative study 
committee shall:
		(1)  prepare a written report summarizing:                             
			(A)  any hearings conducted by the committee;                         
			(B)  any legislation proposed by the committee;                       
			(C)  the committee's recommendations for 
safeguards and protections of the public's interest when a contract 
for the sale of a toll project to a private entity is entered into; 
and
			(D)  any other findings or recommendations of the 
committee; and    
		(2)  deliver a copy of the report to the governor, the 
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives.
	(g)  On December 31, 2008, the legislative study committee 
created under this section is abolished.
	(h)  This section expires September 1, 2009.