Amend CSHB 16 (house committee printing) by adding the following SECTION, appropriately numbered, to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) In this section, "biennial state taxes and fees general revenue estimate" means the amount of revenue stated in the comptroller's estimate provided in advance of the regular legislative session as required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution, that, based on the laws in effect at the time the estimate is made, is anticipated to be received by and for the state from collections of taxes and fees the revenue from which is anticipated to be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and is not set aside by law for a particular purpose or entity, including probable changes to that anticipated revenue as shown in supplemental statements submitted in accordance with Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b)  The comptroller of public accounts shall deposit to the credit of the state highway fund an amount of money equal to the amount by which the revenue derived from state taxes and fees that is received by the comptroller in the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, exceeds the estimate of revenue contained in the biennial state taxes and fees general revenue estimate for that biennium. The amount of money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under this section may not exceed $2,000,000,000.

(c)  This section expires September 1, 2015.