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	Amend CSHB 300 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
	SECTION 4.____.  (a) Section 222.104, Transportation Code, 
is amended by amending Subsections (i) and (j) and adding 
Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(i)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 
228.002(b), the department is responsible for the administration of 
pass-through agreements under this section and is responsible [To 
the maximum extent permitted by law, the department may delegate 
the full responsibility] for the design, bidding, and construction, 
including oversight and inspection, of the facility [to a 
municipality, county, regional mobility authority, or regional 
tollway authority with which the department enters into an 
agreement under this section].
	(j)  An agreement under this section must provide that the 
municipality, county, regional mobility authority, or regional 
tollway authority is required to meet state design criteria, 
construction specifications, and contract administration 
procedures [unless the department grants an exception].
	(l)  The department may not agree to pay a public or private 
entity an amount more than an amount equal to the construction costs 
of a project under an agreement under this section.
	(b)  The change in law made to Section 222.104, 
Transportation Code, by this article applies only to a pass-through 
agreement entered into on or after September 1, 2009.  A 
pass-through agreement entered into before September 1, 2009, is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the agreement was entered 
into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.