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Amend CSSB 1747 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.101(2), Transportation Code (page 1, line 33), between "for," and "construction", insert "administration of,".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.101(4), Transportation Code (page 1, line 22), strike ", including a disposal well".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Sections 256.102(a)(1) and (2), Transportation Code (page 1, lines 46-49), and substitute the following:
(1) any federal funds received by the state, including funds received under the federal act, deposited to the credit of the fund;
(2) matching state funds in an amount required by the federal act;
(3) funds appropriated by the legislature to the credit of the fund;
(4) a gift or grant;
(5) fees paid to the bank; and
(6) investment earnings on the money on deposit in the fund.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.103, Transportation Code (page 1, lines 56 and 57), strike "county energy transportation reinvestment zones" and substitute "a county containing at least one county energy transportation reinvestment zone".
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code (page 1, line 60), strike "county energy transportation reinvestment zones" and substitute "counties".
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.103(b)(1), Transportation Code (page 2, line 4), strike "designated the county" and substitute "designated a county".
(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.103(b)(2), Transportation Code (page 2, line 11), strike "designated the county" and substitute "designated a county".
(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.103(b)(3), Transportation Code (page 2, line 17), strike "designated the county" and substitute "designated a county".
(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.104(a), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 22-24), strike "board of directors of a county energy transportation reinvestment zone or jointly administered zones" and substitute "county".
(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.104(a)(1), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 26-27), strike "or counties that designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone".
(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, insert a new proposed Section 256.104(a)(2)(A), Transportation Code (page 2, between lines 29-30), to read as follows and redesignate the existing Section 256.104(a)(2)(A) and subsequent paragraphs of that section appropriately:
(A) provides a list of transportation infrastructure projects to be funded by the grant;
(12) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.104(c), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 50-51), strike "board of directors " and substitute "county".
(13) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 256.105, Transportation Code (page 2, lines 52-55), and substitute the following:
Sec. 256.105. MATCHING FUNDS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible to receive a grant under the program, matching funds must be provided, from any source, in an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the amount of the grant.
(b) A county that the department determines to be economically disadvantaged must provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least five percent of the amount of the grant.
(14) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.106(a), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 56-57), strike "A board of directors" and substitute "A county".
(15) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.106(a)(1), Transportation Code (page 2, line 60), strike "and".
(16) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 256.106(a)(2), Transportation Code (page 2, line 62), strike the period and substitute "; and
(3) provide an accounting of how previous grants were spent, including any amounts spent on administrative costs.
(17) In the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill (page 2, line 67), strike "Sections 222.1071 and 222. 1072" and substitute "Section 222.1071".
(18) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(b)(2), Transportation Code (page 3, lines 17 and 18), strike ", as provided by Subsecion (l)".
(19) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike proposed Section 222.1071(f)(5), Transportation Code (page 3, lines 48-50), and substitute the following:
(5) designate not less than 90 percent of the tax increment to be used for planning for, construction of, reconstruction of, or maintenance of transportation infrastructure projects;
(20) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(f)(6)(A), Transportation Code (page 3, line 55), strike "and".
(21) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(f)(6)(B), Transportation Code (page 3, line 57), strike the period and substitute the following:
; and
(C) details the transportation infrastructure projects for which each county is responsible.
(22) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(i), Transportation Code (page 3, line 68), strike "board of directors" and substitute "county".
(23) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(i)(1)(B), Transportation Code (page 4, line 3), strike "and".
(24) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(i)(2), Transportation Code (page 4, line 4), strike the period and substitute the following:
;
(3) establish an advisory board to advise the county on the establishment and administration of the county energy transportation reinvestment zone;
(4) use not more than one percent of any grant distributed to the county under Subchapter C, Chapter 256 for the administration of a county energy transportation reinvestment zone;
(5) use not more than ten percent of the tax increment in a tax increment account for the administration of a county energy transportation reinvestment zone; and
(6) enter into an agreement to provide for the joint administration of county energy transportation reinvestment zones if the commissioners court of the county has designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone under this section for the same transportation infrastructure project or projects as another county commissioners court.
(25) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 222.1071(k), Transportation Code (page 4, lines 9-10), strike "zone's board of directors" and substitute "county commissioners court that designated the zone".
(26) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike proposed Sections 222.1071(l) and 222.1072, Transportation Code (page 4, lines 11-49), and substitute the following:
(l) The captured appraised value of real property located in a county energy transportation reinvestment zone shall be treated as provided by Section 26.03, Tax Code.