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Amend SB 792 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 10 of the bill
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 370.302, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) An authority created under Section 370.031(c) may not
enter into an agreement:
(1) for the construction, operation, or maintenance of
a transportation project that requires a total expenditure of more
than $200 million unless the project is approved by a majority of
the voters who:
(A) reside within the boundaries of the
authority; and
(B) vote in an election held for the purpose of
approving the transportation project; or
(2) with another state of the United States or the
United Mexican States unless the agreement is approved by a
majority vote of the governing body of a municipality creating or
participating in the authority.