Amend CSHB 300 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
	SECTION ____.01. Section 256.001, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 256.001. USE OF COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. (a) Except 
as otherwise provided by law, [Money] money in the road and bridge 
fund of a county may be used only for:
		(1) working public roads or building bridges;                   
		(2) purchasing right-of-way for public roads or 
bridges; or          
		(3) constructing and maintaining public roads or 
bridges, including the hiring of labor and the purchase of 
materials, supplies, and equipment [except as otherwise provided by 
law].
	(b) Money in the fund may be spent only by order of the 
commissioners court of the county.  The court may make the necessary 
orders for using the money for the purposes provided by this 
section.
		(1) The commissioners court, in spending the vehicle 
registration fees for county road purposes, shall regard the roads 
and highways of the county as a system to be built, improved and 
maintained as a whole to the best interests and welfare of all the 
people of the county and of all the precincts of the county.