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	Amend CSHB 300 (house committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 202, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 202.0215 to read as follows:
	Sec. 202.0215.  OFFER OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT 
CORPORATION.  (a) In this section, "nonprofit corporation" means a 
corporation governed as a nonprofit corporation under the Texas 
Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes) or under Chapter 22, Business Organizations 
Code.
	(b)  The department as part of the acquisition of real 
property for right-of-way purposes may take title to unusable 
remainder real property not to be used for right-of-way purposes.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 202.021, the department shall 
offer the real property described by Subsection (b) to a nonprofit 
corporation designated by the municipality in which the real 
property is located or, if the real property is not located in a 
municipality, by the county in which the real property is located, 
without cost or expense to the designated nonprofit corporation.
	(d)  Property acquired under this section by a nonprofit 
corporation or by another entity from a nonprofit corporation that 
acquired the property under this section must be used for the public 
purpose of development and diversification of the state economy.