Amend SB 2601 (house committee printing) by striking SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 8) and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Section 203.092, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows:
(a-5) Notwithstanding another provision of this section, a utility shall make a relocation of a utility facility required by improvement of the state highway system at the expense of this state if the commission determines that the utility:
(1) is a water supply or sewer service corporation organized and operating under Chapter 67, Water Code; and
(2) would not be able to receive a state infrastructure bank loan under Subchapter D, Chapter 222, to finance the cost of the relocation, or is otherwise unable to finance that cost.