Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered rider in Article VII after the appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation:

____. Conversion of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane. The Texas Department of Transportation or a local toll project entity, as that term is defined by Section 373.001, Transportation Code, may not use any money appropriated by this Act for a project to convert a high occupancy vehicle lane to a toll lane, unless a design or construction contract for the project was entered into before September 1, 2015.