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	Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
	SECTION 1.____. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  In carrying out this section, the commission shall 
provide for:         
		(1)  [maximizing the generation of revenue from 
existing assets of the department, including real estate;
		[(2)  increasing the role of the private sector and 
public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other 
assets in the development of highway projects;
		[(3)]  setting and attempting to meet annual revenue 
enhancement goals;
		(2) [(4)]  reporting on the progress in meeting revenue 
enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
		(3) [(5)]  contracting for an independent audit of the 
department's management and business operations in 2007 and each 
12th year after 2007; and
		(4) [(6)]  developing a cost-benefit analysis between 
the use of local materials previously incorporated into roadways 
versus use of materials blended or transported from other sources[; 
and
		[(7)  increasing private investment in the 
transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of 
causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation 
facilities, in the border region, including the counties of 
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, 
Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, 
Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, 
Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, 
Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, 
Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala].