Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
rider in Article VII of the bill after the appropriations to the 
Texas Department of Transportation:
	_____.  Use of Appropriated Funds for Certain Contracts 
Prohibited.  No money appropriated to the Texas Department of 
Transportation by this Act may be used to award a contract with a 
value of $50,000 or more and a term of longer than two years to a 
vendor, contractor, or subcontractor unless the contract is awarded 
using a competitive bidding process.