Amend CSHB 20 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 222.001(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Money that is required to be used for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title 23, United States Code, may be used only:

(1)  to improve the state highway system; or

(2)  to mitigate adverse environmental effects that result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway by the department[; or

[(3)     by the Department of Public Safety to police the state highway system and to administer state laws relating to traffic and safety on public roads].