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	Amend SB 792 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES accordingly.

ARTICLE ___. INTERNATIONAL TOLL BRIDGES
	SECTION ___.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 364, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 364.0001 to read as follows:
	Sec. 364.0001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "bridge" 
includes a bridge used by vehicles, pedestrians, or railroads, or a 
combination of vehicles, pedestrians, or railroads.
	SECTION ___.02.  Subchapter A, Chapter 364, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 364.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 364.004.  AGREEMENTS RELATING TO TOLL BRIDGE.  (a)  A 
county may enter into and make payments under an agreement with a 
private entity or another governmental entity to acquire, 
construct, maintain, or operate a toll bridge, including an 
international toll bridge, and a private or governmental entity in 
this state may enter into an agreement with a county for that 
purpose.
	(b)  In connection with or in support of an agreement entered 
into under Subsection (a), the county may enter into a lease, an 
operating agreement, a service agreement, a license agreement, a 
franchise agreement, or a similar agreement with a private entity 
or another governmental entity.
	SECTION ___.03.  If another Act of the 80th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2007, enacts Section 364.0001 or 364.004, 
Transportation Code, it is the intent of the legislature that 
Sections 364.0001 and 364.004, Transportation Code, as added by 
this ARTICLE prevail, regardless of the relative dates of enactment 
and regardless of whether any differences are reconcileable, 
notwithstanding Section 311.025(b), Government Code.