Amend CSSB 294 (committee printing) as follows:                              
	(1)   In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 502.1725, 
Transportation Code (page 1, line 26), strike "The" and substitute 
"Except as provided by Subsection (l), the [The]".
	(2)   In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following 
proposed Section 502.1725(k), Transportation Code (page 2, between 
lines 42 and 43), insert the following:
	(l)  The commissioners court of a county shall call an 
election on the issue of imposing a fee under this section.  The 
election must be held on a uniform election date under Section 
41.001, Election Code.  If a majority of the votes cast at the 
election approve the imposition of the fee, the fee is imposed.  The 
county must notify the department not later than September 1 of the 
year preceding the year in which the fee takes effect.  
Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the county may order the fee 
removed and shall notify the department not later than September 1 
of the year preceding the year in which the removal takes effect.  
This subsection applies only to a county that has a population of 
more than 325,000 and that is located adjacent to:
		(1)  an international border; and                                      
		(2)  a county with a population of more than 550,000.