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	Amend CSHB 300 (house committee printing) as follows:  by 
adding the following appropriately numbered sections and 
renumbering existing sections accordingly:
	SECTION ____  Section 228.004, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 228.004.  [PROMOTION OF] TOLL PROJECT INFORMATION.  (a) 
The department may, notwithstanding Chapter 2113, Government Code, 
engage in [marketing,] advertising[,] and other activities to 
provide information relating to the status of pending or 
ongoing[promote the development and use of] toll projects and may 
enter into contracts or agreements necessary to procure 
[marketing,] advertising[,] or informational [other promotional] 
services from outside service providers.
	(b)  This section does not authorize the department to engage 
in advertising or other activities for the purpose of influencing 
public opinion about the use of toll roads or the use of tolls as a 
financial mechanism.
	SECTION ____  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a contract or agreement entered into or renewed under Section 
228.004, Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  A contract or agreement entered into or renewed under 
that section before the effective date of this Act is governed by 
the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION ____  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.