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Amend CSSB 1 in Article VII of the bill, at the end of the
appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation by adding
the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. APPROPRIATION FOR RAIL RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT
FUND. (a) On a finding by the comptroller under Subsection (b) of
this rider, an amount not to exceed $91 million is appropriated out
of the state highway for state fiscal year 2010 and $91 million is
appropriated out of the state highway fund for state fiscal year
2011 for transfer to the Texas rail relocation and improvement
fund. The amounts are appropriated for expenditure out of the Texas
rail relocation and improvement fund to the Texas Department of
Transportation for the purposes described by Section 49-o, Article
III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The appropriations under Subsection (a) of this rider
may be made only if the comptroller issues a finding of fact that
the following items total an increase for the 2010-2011 state
fiscal biennium of at least $182 million over the 2008-2009 state
fiscal biennium:
(1) the net impact of enacted revenue measures on
incoming revenue of the state highway fund;
(2) the amount of any reduction in appropriations made
from the state highway fund to state agencies other than the Texas
Department of Transportation; and
(3) any increase in appropriations made to the Texas
Department of Transportation from the general revenue fund.
(c) The appropriation of money under Subsection (a) of this
rider does not include money in the state highway fund that is
dedicated for particular purposes by the constitution of this
state.
(d) Any unexpended balance on August 31, 2010, of amounts
appropriated by this rider is appropriated for the purposes of this
rider for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2010.