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Amend CSHB 300 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 223.213 to read as follows:
Sec. 223.213. PROHIBITION AGAINST NONCOMPETITION
PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding Section 371.103(b), the department
may not enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a toll
project, including a managed lane, that contains a provision that
limits or prohibits the construction, reconstruction, expansion,
rehabilitation, operation, or maintenance of a nontolled highway by
the department or a provision that requires the department to
reimburse a private entity for the loss of toll revenue
attributable to the construction of a nontolled highway.