Amend CSSB 2722 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 284.014(b), Transportation Code (page 1, line 29), strike "Subsection (d)" and substitute "this section".
(2) Strike added Section 284.014(d), Transportation Code (page 1, lines 43-57), and substitute the following:
(c-1) Of the revenues collected from tolls and charges that remain after paying the costs described by Subsection (b), including costs to establish reserves required by a bond instrument and to maintain ratings on bonds or other obligations related to a project:
(1) 30 percent of the amount remaining or $80 million, whichever is less, shall be distributed to the municipality that contains more than 40 percent of the number of lane miles of the project and may be used by the municipality only for the costs of providing law enforcement and other emergency services during accidents and disasters affecting a project of the county; and
(2) subject to Subsection (e) and except as provided by Subsection (f), the amount remaining after the distribution described by Subdivision (1) or after reimbursement under Subsection (c-2) shall be retained by the county and may be used only to pay costs related to a county road owned and maintained by the county.
(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (c-1), a contractual arrangement entered into between a county and a municipality regarding the reimbursement of emergency services provided on a project by the municipality supersedes the distribution of those revenues as provided by Subsection (c-1)(1).
(c-3) An independent auditor hired by a municipality described by Subsection (c-1)(1) shall review the municipality's annual financial report to determine whether the municipality is in compliance with the usage requirements of that subsection and shall certify the amount of the municipality's expenditures that were used for the purposes described by that subsection. The independent auditor shall report any violation of the usage requirements of Subsection (c-1)(1) to the commissioners court of the county and the state auditor's office. If the independent auditor certifies that the municipality's expenditures were less than the amount transferred to the municipality under Subsection (c-1)(1) for the applicable period, the county shall deduct that difference from the amount to be transferred to the municipality as the next disbursement under Subsection (c-1)(1).
(c-4) This subsection and Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) expire September 1, 2030.
(d) Beginning September 1, 2030, the county shall retain the amount that remains from the revenues collected from tolls and charges after paying the costs described by Subsection (b), including costs to establish reserves required by a bond instrument and to maintain ratings on bonds or other obligations related to a project, and, subject to Subsection (e) and except as provided by Subsection (f), may use the amount retained only to pay costs related to a county road owned and maintained by the county.
(3) In added Section 284.014(e), Transportation Code (page 1, line 59), strike "Subsection (d)(2)" and substitute "this section".
(4) In added Section 284.014(f), Transportation Code (page 2, line 7), strike "Subsection (d)(2)" and substitute "this section".