Amend HB 300 on third reading as follows:                                    
	(1) In Section 372.152, Transportation Code, as added by 
Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett at the end of that section add 
the following:
	A person who enters into or submits a proposal for a contract 
with the department or with any board or agency of this state whose 
governing members are appointed by the governor may not make a 
political contribution to the governor's campaign.
	(2) Strike Section 372.155(a), Transportation Code, as added 
by Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett, and substitute the 
following:
	(a)  A local toll project entity or the office of the 
governor may not use any money under its control to attempt to 
influence the passage or defeat of a legislative measure.
	(3) Strike Section 372.155(b), Transportation Code, as added 
by Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett, and substitute the 
following:
	(b)  This section does not prohibit a board member or 
employee of a local toll entity, the governor, or an employee of the 
office of the governor from using the entity's resources to provide 
public information or to provide information responsive to a 
request.
	(4) In Section 372.155(c), Transportation Code, as added by 
Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett, at the end of that subsection 
add the following:
	If the governor or an employee of the office of the governor 
violates this section, the department may not develop, finance, 
construct, or operate a toll project within the territory of a local 
toll project entity without the consent of the local toll project 
entity.
	(5) Strike Section 372.157, Transportation Code, as added by 
Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett, and substitute the following:
	Sec. 372.157.  COMPENSATION PROHIBITION.  A local toll 
project entity, the governor, or the office of the governor may not 
use any money under its control to compensate a board member or 
employee who violates Section 372.153 or who causes or assists in 
the violation of Section 372.154 or 372.155(a), or an employee who 
is subject to termination under Section 372.156.
	(6) Strike Section 372.158, Transportation Code, as added by 
Floor Amendment No. 125 by Pickett, and substitute the following:
	Sec. 372.158.  ADVISORS, CONSULTANTS, AUDITORS, AND OTHER 
EXPERTS.  A person may not serve as a consultant, or advisor, 
auditor, or other expert in connection with a contract of a local 
toll project entity or for the department if the person or the 
person's affiliates have a financial interest in the contract.