Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following SECTION, appropriately numbered, to the bill and renumbering 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.
(b)  On the 91st day of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013, an amount of money determined as provided by this subsection is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Department of Transportation for the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other than toll roads. The amount of money appropriated under this subsection is the amount by which revenue received by this state during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, from collections of taxes and fees that is anticipated to be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and is not set aside for a particular purpose or entity exceeds the estimated amount of that revenue for that fiscal biennium as contained in the biennial state taxes and fees general revenue estimate for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013. The amount of money appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation under this subsection may not exceed an amount that, when added to all other appropriations of state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution made for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, would exceed the maximum permissible amount of appropriations of those revenues for that biennium, as provided by Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
(c)  This section expires January 1, 2016.