Amend CSHB 300 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following ARTICLE to the bill, appropriately numbered, and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES accordingly:

ARTICLE ___.  RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES
	SECTION ___.01.  Subchapter E, Chapter 203, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 203.0923 to read as follows:
	Sec. 203.0923.  SPECIAL FUNDS FOR RELOCATION OF UTILITY 
FACILITIES.  (a) In this section, "utility" means a utility as 
defined by Section 203.091.
	(b)  If the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, 
improvement, or repair of a road, highway, or bridge that is funded 
in any part by federal funds provided under the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5) requires the 
relocation of a utility facility, the department shall:
		(1)  reimburse the utility owning or operating the 
facility for the expense of the relocation in the proportions 
described by Sections 203.092 and 227.029 using funds provided 
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; or
		(2)  if Sections 203.092 and 227.029 do not provide for 
reimbursement to the utility, subject to Subsection (b-1), from 
federal funds provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act, share the expense of that relocation equally with the utility 
that owns and operates the facility.
	(b-1)  The maximum amount of federal funds the department may 
spend for the relocation of utility facilities under Subsection 
(b)(2) is $25 million.
	(c)  The amount of a reimbursement for a relocation of a 
utility facility may not exceed the actual expense incurred by the 
utility in the complete or partial relocation of the facility less 
any salvage value of the existing facility.
	(d)  The department by rule shall establish a procedure for 
making reimbursements under this section and shall notify affected 
utilities of that procedure.
	(e)  This section expires December 31, 2012.