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

____. Conversion of Nontolled Highways. 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 nontolled highway to a tolled highway unless a design or construction contract for the project was entered into before September 1, 2015.