Amend CSSB 1 to insert the following appropriately numbered rider in the Article VI bill pattern of the Texas Department of Transportation:

____. Limit to the use of Appropriated Funds. In Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019, the Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with local governments, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, or other governmental or non-governmental entities for the purpose of purchasing supplies and materials to be used for aesthetic entrances to cities or census designated places along interstate or highway corridors and ornamental decorations along overpasses, however the Department of Transportation shall not expend appropriated funds to plan, design, or construct solely aesthetic entrances.