Amend CSHJR 2 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 3, line 12, between "Sec. 7-a." and "Subject" insert "(a)".
(2) On page 4, between lines 9 and 10, insert:
(b) On or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, the comptroller shall certify to the governor and the legislature the amount of anticipated revenue that will be available under Subsection (a) of this section for the purposes of acquiring rights of way, constructing, and maintaining public roadways other than toll roads for each year of the next state fiscal biennium, and the Texas Transportation Commission or its successor in function shall certify to the governor and the legislature the amount of revenue needed for those purposes for those state fiscal years. In each fiscal year for which estimates are certified, the Texas Department of Transportation or its successor agency may, without the necessity of an appropriation, use money in the Texas Enterprise Fund or its successor fund for the purposes described by this subsection in an amount not to exceed the amount, if any, by which the estimated amount needed for those purposes exceeds the estimated amount available for those purposes for that fiscal year.
(3) On page 5, between lines 7 and 8, insert:
(d) Not later than December 31, 2013, the comptroller and the Texas Transportation Commission shall make the certifications required by Section 7-a(b), Article VIII of this constitution, for the remainder of the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2014 and the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015. In each of those fiscal years, the Texas Department of Transportation may, without the necessity of an appropriation, use money in the Texas Enterprise Fund for the purposes described by Section 7-a(b) in an amount not to exceed the amount, if any, by which the estimated amount needed for those purposes exceeds the estimated amount available for those purposes for those fiscal years.
(4) On page 5, line 8, strike "(d)" and substitute "(e)".
(5) On page 5, line 15, between "roadways" and "and to provide" insert ", to provide for the use of the Texas Enterprise Fund for those purposes in certain circumstances,".