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Floor Packet Page No. 133
Amend CSSB 1, in Article VII of the bill, by adding the
following appropriately numbered rider following the appropriation
to the Texas Department of Transportation:
___. Efficiency Review by Legislative Budget Board. It is
the intent of the legislature that the Texas Department of
Transportation, pursuant to the department's authority under
Chapter 771, Government Code, use an appropriate portion of the
funds appropriated to the department by this Act to contract with
the Legislative Budget Board to perform an effectiveness and
efficiency review of the department's policies relating to the use
of state money and determine whether the department's proposed use
of toll facilities to generate revenue is necessary for the
department to meet the transportation infrastructure needs of this
state. It is the intent of the legislature that the Legislative
Budget Board complete the review and report the results of the
review to the governor and the legislature not later than January 1,
2007.