Amend CSHB 500 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 28, line 16, between "PROJECTS." and "Contingent", insert "(a)".

(2)  On page 28, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:

(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that the money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section be used by the Department of Transportation to develop projects in a geographically diverse manner. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Department of Transportation shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and publish on the department's Internet website a report showing the geographic dispersion of funded projects and methods used to determine geographic diversity in the disposition of the money appropriated by Subsection (a) of this section.