Amend CSSB 1 in Article VII of the bill immediately following the appropriations to the Department of Transportation by amending the following Rider #17 on page VII-26, as follows:

17. Bond Programs. The Department of Transportation:

b. in accordance with Subchapter N of Chapter 201, Transportation Code, is authorized during the biennium to pay in addition to amounts appropriated above from the State Highway Fund No. 006, or otherwise dedicated or appropriated to such fund or available therein, debt service payments for notes issued or money borrowed in anticipation of a temporary cash shortfall in the State Highway Fund No. 006. The commission may pay amounts due on the obligations from discretionary money available to it that is not dedicated to or appropriated for other specific purposes.