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].